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    Would you mind elaborating? I have the mag catch screwed in flush with the button on both of my lowers. They both work but if this isn't right, I'd love to learn to the correct way

    Quote Originally Posted by Iraqgunz View Post
    Is your magazine release adjusted correctly?
    OP, I added a pic for you in my post above.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lunchbox View Post
    Have you tried down loading mags to see if level/spring/somethn is off? Just a thought.
    Yup, I've downloaded to 20 and it hasn't helped.

    Quote Originally Posted by Eric D. View Post
    I sometimes have a similar issue with pmags and I know some other members have too but it doesn't come up very often. The next time it happens, take the mag out and look at the round just below the top one. Sometime it can get tilted upwards and cause the problem you're experiencing.
    No tilt in any of the mags from what I can see.

    Quote Originally Posted by Tweak View Post
    Is the BAD lever hitting the mag catch? Take the upper off of the lower and see how the mag fits. Make sure that the trigger guard isn't sticking into the mag well.
    I was wondering about this one because the lever moves some when a magazine is seated. I can't see why it would have any effect but it did make me curious. As soon as I find the hex key for it I'll take it off and see if that helps.

    Quote Originally Posted by Iraqgunz View Post
    Is your magazine release adjusted correctly?
    I would assume so, since I never had a problem with it before and don't know why it would have changed. Again, empty mags are fine and all magazines drop free when I hit the release.

    Quote Originally Posted by GrumpyM4 View Post
    OP,

    Do you load your magazines from boxes, or bulk?

    I've seen this issue recently and the shooter was loading from bulk, and didn't actually count the rounds he loaded in the magazine.

    Pmags can actually be loaded to 31 rounds and won't seat if the bolt is forward.

    Check the top round of your magazines and if they are fully loaded and the top round is on the left side of the magazine and you can't push the rounds down, then it has 31 rounds and is causing your issue. This has been a well known issue with Pmags since they were first released. Well, more of an end user issue.

    If the top round is on the right and you can push the rounds down far enough so that another round *could* be loaded, then this is not your issue and i'd suggest following IG's advice and check to see if your mag catch is properly installed.
    Bulk, but I unloaded and reloaded a magazine and counted thirty. Plus, since downloading doesn't help I guess that's not what it is.


    From the way it looks and feels when trying to insert a loaded magazine, the rounds are hitting the BCG and that's what is stopping them. Then I have to push again and watch the spring inside the magazine become even more compressed before the magazines locks into place.
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    Who makes this lower in case I missed it?



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    I think in the topic post he mentioned Noveske.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jay35 View Post
    I think in the topic post he mentioned Noveske.
    A friend of mine has the same issue with his Noveske SBR that he's had quite a few years. Some PMags seats fine but it seems the bulk of it does not (to include M4 marked versinos). And he forces them into the rifle, they end up jammed in there and will not drop out unless you apply a lot of force to dislodge them.

    Kinda strange that a high-value rifle and normally reliable magazines will have these types of issues.
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    Maybe they got a bad batch of lowers. Anything is possible.



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    But again, I've never noticed it before and I really think I would have. I don't know what's going on.
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    How do they fit with the upper off the lower?

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    right, if the upper is too narrow, it can squeeze the top of the mag lips in.
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    They work fine with just the lower, same as when the bolt is locked to the rear. I still haven't been able to find that damn Torx wrench so I'll have to wait until hopefully tomorrow to take off the BAD lever and see if that somehow is doing something. Seems unlikely, but I'm running out of ideas.
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