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    Feed lips spreading/seperating causes it. A true double feed of live rounds that is.

    Feeding an empty and a live is a dropped extraction and not a double feed. This is not magazine related.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jmart View Post
    If the lips look good, have you ever tried replacing the spring and follower? If so, did this restore functionality?
    No on the spring/follower (that was "armor" type of work). A bad spring would imply it is too weak.

    The double feeds that I've see are due to a round "jumping" out of the mag as the spent case is ejected then the bolt strips off the now top round of the mag. It's a bitch to clear those as the round gets jammed into the gas tube area.

    The other big mag failure I've seen is the catch wears out and the front end of the mag drops too low in the mag well and the nose end of the round hits the inside of the mag well. A slap on the bottom of the mag and it takes off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SuicideHz View Post
    So basically these were all home built rifles to a certain extent, right? Pieces/Parts rifles?

    It didn't come down to mags or ammo at all?

    I'd love to take a class where one guy can beat me and abuse me regarding my carbine skills and the only break would be to head over with my 1911 to get further chastized. I'll live through it and I know I'll learn something by the end of the class.

    We need one of these in the 219 area code of Indiana. Anywhere along I65 from Lake Michigan down sough to Indy would be ideal for me and two friends.

    I'm ready.
    Pat Rogers www.eagtactical.com teaches alot at Sheriff Ken Campbell's Boone County Range Facility outside Indianapolis. Also Sheriff Ken and Jay Tuttle, both Gunsite Instructors teach approved three day Gunsite classes there.

    S/F

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    Any carbines that really stood out?

    What role do you think that cleaning and maintenance played?

    What was the condition of these weapons? All things being equal, a lot of AR failures can be due worn parts.

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