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Posted: 3/3/2013 8:50:36 PM EDT
Ive got three mags for my GSG-5(My GSG is one of the original desert camo ones, which I was told they only got 80 into the country of before the whole H&K issues), and none of them work!
Anyway. on all three mags that I have, the follower is hanging up and causing them to not feed right. They have been this way pretty much since I bought them  . One came with the gun the other 2 were purchased new right after the gun, and all are genuine GSG mags.
I've tried taking them apart and cleaning them, I cant see any burs or anything that is causing them to hang up, and since I bought the gun and mags new they have never worked right, but up until recently I didn't have the time to really get some range time to troubleshoot and try to figure out more info. Sadly, it has been sitting in the gun safe for most of the past two years, since when Ive been able to find time to shoot, I never wanted to take it out because of the mag issues. I still have my Walther G-22, and my S&W 15-22, but Im getting the urge to try and fix it and get some more range time with it, especially with the prices of ammo lately. Any ideas on what could be causing the problem, or did I just get really unlucky and get three mags in a row that are bad? I thought about trying to put some grease in the mag, but dont want anything to funk up the ammo, and don't have any idea as to what grease I could use, or if that is just a bad idea all together? HELP!!! ETA: I discovered the problem on one of the mags. The two screws that hold the mag together on the top of the mag are both stripped out.  Guess I'll have to buy another one and see if I can maybe put some slightly thicker screws in this one to keep it held together. 
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| Use a stick on the follower and push it in, back and forth a few dozen times and that should help smooth things out. I would avoid any grease. If you do want to lube it use a dry graphite lube like for key locks and do the same stick work out and you should be good to go. |
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ANY magazines that I've had feed problems with need to be properly lubricated, deburred, and aligned.
Lubrication: I 100% agree that graphite is the best lubrication to use. BUT, a little of any lubrication goes a long way. A lot of lubrication can cause fowling probems. Deburring: all manufactured parts have burrs or rough areas on them. The trick is to clean up those rough areas and clean the burrs off without ruining the part. I use a deburr tool that I bought from McMaster carr. Enco has them too. There are many styles of deburr bits too. I usually buy the curved style ones as they tend to rid on the edge of a part without gouging it. Aligned: When I bought my Para Ord P14, two of the four mags that I bought for it gave me fits with feed problems. I laid ALL of the mags out and inspected those that did and didn't work. What I found was that the ones that did work had VERY smooth parts and the springs tended to be a little stiffer than the magazines that didn't work. So I took some ultra fine crocus cloth and CAREFULLY smoothed the followers in the "bad" magazines till they felt as smooth as a baby's butt. I then did a close inspection of the feed lips on the magazines and found that my "good" magazines had a slightly different arch to them than the "bad" magazines. I did a lot of soul searching before attempting to bend a $100 magazine! I made a template of the arch of the "good" magazines, compared it to the bend on the "bad" magazines, and CAREFULLY bent the "bad" ones till it matched my template. I then reassembled the "bad" magazines and luckily they have never failed me. BUT your problem is that you do not have one good magazine out of your three. In that case, I'd say that I'd poll other people that have the same firearm as you to find out what magazines they are using that work, buy one of those, test it in your firearm, and (assuming that it does work, compare the one that works with the three that don't to find and fix why they don't work. |
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