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    As others have stated the PMAG was designed to lock on a closed bolt even when filled to capacity (30). Since the PMAG is designed to be stored with the Impact Cover on - which pushes the top round down (to remove the stress on the feed lips) much as a BCG would do when the PMAG is inserted on a closed bolt - I would hazard to say that if the impact cover won't snap onto the mag that is your first clue that something is wrong.

    If you cannot load a PMAG into your rifle on a closed bolt it sounds as though you either have an out-of-spec lower, or you have managed to load the mag with 31 cartridges (which I have seen done and Generalpie confirms - a PMAG loaded to 31 will NOT lock into place on a closed bolt).

    Splintra got his quote from this document.

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    Quote Originally Posted by skullworks View Post
    If you cannot load a PMAG into your rifle on a closed bolt it sounds as though you either have an out-of-spec lower, or you have managed to load the mag with 31 cartridges (which I have seen done and Generalpie confirms - a PMAG loaded to 31 will NOT lock into place on a closed bolt).
    I think some of this issue is in the difficulty of defining and/or quantifying ease or difficulty in seating the magazine. Some will fail a mag containing 30rds if it doesn't slide in smooth and lock without any effort. Some will accept a certain amount of effort and not consider it a problem.

    I know for sure that I, and others, aren't mistaking 31 rounds for 30 when contemplating the issue, nor using good-as guns.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Skintop911 View Post
    I think some of this issue is in the difficulty of defining and/or quantifying ease or difficulty in seating the magazine. Some will fail a mag containing 30rds if it doesn't slide in smooth and lock without any effort. Some will accept a certain amount of effort and not consider it a problem.
    Probably so; I'm a slide-and-tug kinda guy myself (feel free to respond with dirty comments if needed ).

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    ^ If that ain't what she said..... Nothing is. ^

    I have relatively unused pmags (compared to most of you guys I'm sure) and I usually load 30, and chamber the round. Generally they won't lock if I chamber a round and stick the mag in with a full 30 rounds. I imagine this will become less and less of a problem the more rounds I run through, but for now that seems to work pretty well for me.
    Last edited by Tzook; 02-05-12 at 17:42.

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