need advise.. loosing rounds

boricua · July 26, 2005, 02:46

hope someone can give me some advise ..
this past sunday i'm using my fal on a 3p match... i'm using modified mags one, the 5 round from dsa , the other i modified it myself...
the problem started when i didn’t pushed the mag all the way in... one of the rounds (dsa mag)logged in.. when i pulled the cocking handle to clear.. 2 rounds came out...

having spared rounds next to me i loaded the 2 extra rounds after shooting the other 3 rounds in the mag...
so i got my 10 rounds out... well loaded again for the next 10 rounds..
so i switched mag and use the one i modified... first shot went fine , second round malfunction... pulled the cocking handle and then again 2 more rounds out of the mag...

any advise out there what could be wrong with the mags... or is something else I should be looking at...

Survey Punk · July 26, 2005, 06:07

Shot in the dark, here. *pun intended* Sounds like both magazine springs are weak and not holding proper tension on the rounds in the stack. Did they work before?
See if you can land a magazine of known functional reliabilty to test.

JB

boricua · July 26, 2005, 17:29

tried them before.. and they seem to funtion fine...

just made some dummy rounds to tried in the house and duplicate the problem...
thanks!!!

dasu · July 27, 2005, 07:17

maybe if you tighten your rounds up it will work

boricua · July 27, 2005, 10:31

they are tight... like my sister... virgin 15 times....
tried it with the dummy rounds... did'nt failed...

July 26, 2005, 02:46	#1
boricua Registered FALaholic #: 3139 Join Date: May 2001 Location: North Pole, Alaska Posts: 131	need advise.. loosing rounds hope someone can give me some advise .. this past sunday i'm using my fal on a 3p match... i'm using modified mags one, the 5 round from dsa , the other i modified it myself... the problem started when i didn’t pushed the mag all the way in... one of the rounds (dsa mag)logged in.. when i pulled the cocking handle to clear.. 2 rounds came out... having spared rounds next to me i loaded the 2 extra rounds after shooting the other 3 rounds in the mag... so i got my 10 rounds out... well loaded again for the next 10 rounds.. so i switched mag and use the one i modified... first shot went fine , second round malfunction... pulled the cocking handle and then again 2 more rounds out of the mag... any advise out there what could be wrong with the mags... or is something else I should be looking at...

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July 26, 2005, 06:07	#2
Survey Punk FALaholic #: 8380 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Blounts Creek, NC Posts: 4,160	Shot in the dark, here. pun intended Sounds like both magazine springs are weak and not holding proper tension on the rounds in the stack. Did they work before? See if you can land a magazine of known functional reliabilty to test. JB

July 26, 2005, 17:29	#3
boricua Registered FALaholic #: 3139 Join Date: May 2001 Location: North Pole, Alaska Posts: 131	tried them before.. and they seem to funtion fine... just made some dummy rounds to tried in the house and duplicate the problem... thanks!!!

July 27, 2005, 07:17	#4
dasu Registered FALaholic #: 6283 Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Maryland Posts: 566	maybe if you tighten your rounds up it will work

July 27, 2005, 10:31	#5
boricua Registered FALaholic #: 3139 Join Date: May 2001 Location: North Pole, Alaska Posts: 131	they are tight... like my sister... virgin 15 times.... tried it with the dummy rounds... did'nt failed...