Chambering Problems

Dwight Gruber · 11-10-2003, 02:14 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Sieger:
Try your visual check of the first three rounds, noting how they sit just a split mm or so before they engage the lips of the magazine. Are they parallel to the lips or are they canted downwardly?<hr /></blockquote>I have four magazines in fromt of me: an original Erfurt armorer's replacement, an original unmarked commercial, the no-name aftermarket noted above, and a Mec-Gar. With three rounds of Winchester in each magazine, they all exhibit the tilting phenomenon equally.

However, I notice this: the top cartridge tilts down until the the nose of the bullet contacts the front of the magazine at the point it is cut out. When the cartridge continues down the magazine, it resumes the orientation it had when it was in the feed lips--tilts back up. All four magazines exhibit this as well.

It works this way with S&B, as well--I don't have any Blazer to try right now.

--Dwight

11-10-2003, 02:14 AM	#31
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by Sieger: <strong>Try your visual check of the first three rounds, noting how they sit just a split mm or so before they engage the lips of the magazine. Are they parallel to the lips or are they canted downwardly?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">I have four magazines in fromt of me: an original Erfurt armorer's replacement, an original unmarked commercial, the no-name aftermarket noted above, and a Mec-Gar. With three rounds of Winchester in each magazine, they all exhibit the tilting phenomenon equally. However, I notice this: the top cartridge tilts down until the the nose of the bullet contacts the front of the magazine at the point it is cut out. When the cartridge continues down the magazine, it resumes the orientation it had when it was in the feed lips--tilts back up. All four magazines exhibit this as well. It works this way with S&B, as well--I don't have any Blazer to try right now. --Dwight