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Posted: 1/29/2008 6:19:23 PM EDT
| Ok so today I was at the shooting range running some ammo through my AR-15. I shot my new P-mags with no problems. Then I loaded up my Beta-C mag and was shooting with no problems as usual. And then I thought I ran out of ammo since I had been shooting the drum mag for a while and couldn’t see any more bullets through the back cover. But then I look and see my gun had jammed. First time my gun has ever jammed with the beta-c mag and I run it though my M-16 mostly. So I take out the magazine and clear the jam and then I noticed there is zero spring pressure on the rounds. So I flip the magazine over and the ammo just dumps out along with the dummy rounds that aren’t supposed to come out. I also noticed there are live rounds still mixed up with some other dummy rounds stuck in the magazine I can see though the clear back cover. It did shoot almost all of the 100rds though with no problems which caught me off guard. All I can think what happened was that somehow the live rounds got jammed up with some dummy rounds. It was fully loaded and bouncing around the trunk of my car, so I can see if something might have messed it up on the drive to the shooting range. I should be able to fix it I think, I’ll check it out later on tonight, and if not I’ll be back asking for help. But I can see now that this can’t handle my abuse. Just thought I would share my story since I’ve never heard of this ever happening. Anyone else ever experience something like this? |
should be done with each loading. The one time I forgot to lube mine I had the same problem. After I fixed the problem and relubed the problem went away. That is one of the reasons the C-mag is no good for combat but perfect for range run |
| Ok i took it apart and lubed it up and put it back together. Looks like it is good to go again. But yeah it was just strange. I think from now on i'm going to load it up only at the range. Also lube might have been one of the problems since I haven't lubed it for a while. So i'll have to make sure i lube it after each range session as well. I also lubed up my 9mm beta-c drum as well while i was at it. I'll have to hit the range again soon. Also does Beta sell spare parts if something breaks? |
They sell 'some' spare parts, but if anything major (springs, follower arms, sprockets, etc..) breaks, they (BetaCo) will fix it for you. www.betaco.com/assembly.asp?cat=556 |
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