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Posted: 7/25/2011 2:01:43 PM EDT
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I have a Noveske N6 project Leonidas (12.5" .308).
The thing is AR-10 based, so it uses AR-10 magazines.I have purchased all of my 25 round magazines from Noveske and the followers are made of sheet-metal. When I really get the gun going (like in the middle of a 3-gun match stage), it double feeds. I believe the follower is tilting and binding. The shock from the gun cycling un-fucks the follower tilt and the resulting spring unwinding causes two rounds to feed. Anyone know of an anti-tilt follower I can buy or a remedy for this? Thanks, SDS |
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Noveske said they are indeed Armalite magazines. Armalite said that depending on which mag it is, I might be able to change the follower to a glass filled plastic anti-tilt one.
Keeping my finger crossed until I can get home and take a look at the mags. Alot of $ invested in the 25 round mags to have to go and replace them with another variant. |
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Noveske said they are indeed Armalite magazines. Armalite said that depending on which mag it is, I might be able to change the follower to a glass filled plastic anti-tilt one. Keeping my finger crossed until I can get home and take a look at the mags. Alot of $ invested in the 25 round mags to have to go and replace them with another variant. Are these mags Gen I or Gen II? What i do with my ArmaLite mags is disassemble, clean, check for any burrs, use a dry lube like Rem oil or Eezox. ArmaLite recently lowered the magazine prices, if you have Gen I's upgrade to the Gen II's. ArmaLite sold Gen I kits to convert M14 mags, some people used cheap Korean import mags to convert, these can sometimes be problematic. Gen I conversion on usgi mags are gtg. There are AR10 style mags floating around that are reported to be USA made, they are unmarked. I have no experience with these, often seen on Gunbroker. If you have genuine ArmaLite mags the floor plates well be marked "ArmaLite" or "Gen II". I'm sure in 3 gun you are running your rifle harder than I am, I seldom do double taps but I have not had any issues in close to 1k rounds now. N6 upper on ArmaLite lower. |
| I had an issue with the "Armalite" mag that Noveske sent with my N6, the follower snapped in half the first round I fired through the gun. The quotes are because it was an Armalite STYLE mag but the lack of a roll mark on the bottom verifies that it was a rebuild done by Noveske (verified through Armalite and Noveske), I contacted Noveske and they sent me a new mag with a box to return the old one with no questions asked. My rifle was even purchased from a retailer and not Noveske. YMMV but I think if you contact Noveske with your concerns you will find their CS is hard to beat. |
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