Originally Posted by
MegademiC
I want to be able to induce double feeds to practice clearing them. Is there a way to make it happen or do you have to set it up? I saw a youtube vid of Jason Falla(iirc) where he got one half through the mag. Is there a way to do that or was it just coincidence?
If im not able to induce one, how does it happen? Failure to eject, where the empty shell gets stuck up by the gas tube and fresh round partially in chamber? Thanks.
Setting up a double feed yourself is definitely a good way to practice but remember that a true double feed will not always be as easy to clear.
What I do is lock the bolt to the rear, tilt the barrel down, drop a round in the chamber, insert a mag then release the bolt. When clearing it, I lock the bolt to the rear and strip the mag while tilting the barrel up and rack the slide a couple times. In an induced double feed, this is usually an easy process as the round in the chamber will most likely fall out when the mag is stripped. In a true double feed. There's more work involved and sometimes you need to put your hand inside the magwell and wiggle the round loose.
So, I'd just take a GI mag, spread the feed lips a bit and let it happen on it's own. I have a couple older ones around with the black non anti-tilt followers around I might do that too and throw not the training mag mix.
Last edited by jonconsiglio; 09-03-11 at 17:28.
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