They can absolutely be loaded down but keep in mind that 22 is extremely dirty and with such a light bolt any sort of foreign matter slows that bolt going home. If you want it to run100% instead of 98% load a couple less. Just my experience with the setup.
Practical Solutions' M10/.22 (2nd Edition) Conversion Kit Update
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I'm still waiting on mine, but does anyone know if the Lightnin Grip loaders with any of their available adapters happen to work with these mags? I'd like to order one ahead of time to make reloading a bit easier when mine finally gets in.
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took mine out over the weekend. running only blazer as recommended. On the first mag, i managed to get 2 spent casings down into the lower, under the trigger group. Not sure how this happens, but obviously caused an issue. After removing the two casings, i ran bout 6 more mags through it with no problems. Was able to mag dump, and short bursts without any more issues.
Awesome!!
I've had spent casings get down in AKs before. Not sure how but I found it at the end of the day when doing a check before the next day of class. Also saw an AK run with a 5.45 round pushed through between the dust cover and trunnion. It happens. Sometimes it causes issues, sometimes not.
I've had spent casings get down in AKs before. Not sure how but I found it at the end of the day when doing a check before the next day of class. Also saw an AK run with a 5.45 round pushed through between the dust cover and trunnion. It happens. Sometimes it causes issues, sometimes not.
Once I was able to get the mag situation figured out on my beta unit I too found that to be the case. I was running full 30s on the second set of beta testing mags with no issues. Took a looong time to run through any ammo 15 rounds at a time. 😄
I initially had the same trouble getting more than 18-20 rounds in my magazines, but I took them apart and cleaned the insides with a brass wire bottle brush--I did not go easy on them--then I oiled them pretty heavily. That helped considerably, but the biggest difference I have found is to make sure the rims are alternating from one side to the other as I push them into the mag. Three rounds all on the same side can lock everything up with as few as 15 rounds in the mag. I'm loading all my mags to 25 rounds with ease, so 2 mags per box of ammo. Btw, the mag loader that comes in the kit works the best for me.
The Blazer ammo ran the best--no failures whatsoever. I had a few failures to feed with the Federal ammo (nose sticking on the feed ramp). The Aguila had a few that failed to extract. In the videos you might see a round get ejected when I pull the bolt back after the end of the mag...I haven't figured out exactly what's happening there, but they are fired rounds and it's happening only on the last round in the magazine. Out of 500 rounds, I probably had less than 10 failures total. Rate of fire for all three ammo brands was about 945.
As far as shooting, this kit is SO MUCH FUN!! I feel like I could write my name on the target if it were wide enough. Here are some videos. I did this over and over and over all morning. It has been a great day! Thanks to everyone at Practical Solutions!!
The Blazer ammo ran the best--no failures whatsoever. I had a few failures to feed with the Federal ammo (nose sticking on the feed ramp). The Aguila had a few that failed to extract. In the videos you might see a round get ejected when I pull the bolt back after the end of the mag...I haven't figured out exactly what's happening there, but they are fired rounds and it's happening only on the last round in the magazine. Out of 500 rounds, I probably had less than 10 failures total. Rate of fire for all three ammo brands was about 945.
As far as shooting, this kit is SO MUCH FUN!! I feel like I could write my name on the target if it were wide enough. Here are some videos. I did this over and over and over all morning. It has been a great day! Thanks to everyone at Practical Solutions!!
Good write up and like you the majority of ammo worked for me especially as the kit broke in but the blazer just works the most consistently. As the round count gets higher the failure rate gets less and less. This is a great product
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Upper came in earlier than expected!!
Some photos to follow. The presentation is very good. opening the USPS box I was greeted with a handful of foam and this beautiful box!
Open the box to find the manual and more foam.
Remove the foam to find everything neatly packed and sealed in individual bags.
Put it all together with your lower and you get this!
Looking forward to trying it! I have some 40gr CCI, 40gr Federal, 40gr Remington to try. Hopefully I'll get a chance this weekend!
Special thanks to the folks at Practical Solutions for making these and for putting up with all my stupid questions!
Some photos to follow. The presentation is very good. opening the USPS box I was greeted with a handful of foam and this beautiful box!
Open the box to find the manual and more foam.
Remove the foam to find everything neatly packed and sealed in individual bags.
Put it all together with your lower and you get this!
Looking forward to trying it! I have some 40gr CCI, 40gr Federal, 40gr Remington to try. Hopefully I'll get a chance this weekend!
Special thanks to the folks at Practical Solutions for making these and for putting up with all my stupid questions!
Alright, range report.
I have 1 mag that came with the upper and 4 mags that I got before I ordered the upper that PS was kind enough to let us behind enemy lines order before a mag ban was supposed to be in place. The mag ban is currently held up in courts.
All 4 of the other mags do not feed. They all bind on the bolt as they seem to sit too high. The bolt will not pass over them with them in place.
Tried with some federal 40gr, CCI 40gr standard velocity and 40gr thunderbolt ammo.
The CCI standard velocity doesn't have enough oomph to cycle the bolt.
The federal and the thunderbolt ran flawless! I'm pretty excited!
I'll be asking PS about the other mags. I'll try to post a video later.
I have 1 mag that came with the upper and 4 mags that I got before I ordered the upper that PS was kind enough to let us behind enemy lines order before a mag ban was supposed to be in place. The mag ban is currently held up in courts.
All 4 of the other mags do not feed. They all bind on the bolt as they seem to sit too high. The bolt will not pass over them with them in place.
Tried with some federal 40gr, CCI 40gr standard velocity and 40gr thunderbolt ammo.
The CCI standard velocity doesn't have enough oomph to cycle the bolt.
The federal and the thunderbolt ran flawless! I'm pretty excited!
I'll be asking PS about the other mags. I'll try to post a video later.
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