function question

Drachenstein · 03-29-2010, 04:12 PM

What part causes the magazine to spring out when the magazine catch is depressed? Is it the spring of the magazine itself or is it the function of a different part?

alanint · 03-29-2010, 05:10 PM

It is downward pressure on the follower from the holdopen device.

Vlim · 03-29-2010, 06:31 PM

...and gravity

03-29-2010, 04:12 PM	#1
Drachenstein User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Elizabethtown, KY Posts: 78 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	function question What part causes the magazine to spring out when the magazine catch is depressed? Is it the spring of the magazine itself or is it the function of a different part?

03-29-2010, 05:10 PM	#2
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	It is downward pressure on the follower from the holdopen device.

03-29-2010, 06:31 PM	#3
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,990 Times in 1,205 Posts	...and gravity