feed prob w/ new mags
 

I bought a couple hi-cap mags at a gunshow this weekend and was dissapointed when i got home and tried them out to find that they don't feed very well. I have to jiggle the slide on every round to get it to chamber properly. I have never had a single problem with my factory mags.

So my question is: Is there anything I can do to get these new mags to feed right or did I just buy myself a $65 lesson on why to buy factory parts?

Thanks for any help yall can provide.

*edit* In case it matters the gun is a Beretta model 96 full size.

Have you tried doing it with different ammo? Sounds like the springs in the mags may be too weak and aren't feeding fast enough.

Were they USA mags?

I bought a few hicaps for my P226 and everyone of them had feed trouble.

I'll be buying factory hicaps come September (ya, AWB sunset!)

War Wagon: I haven't tried any other ammo yet. All I have in the house right now is half a box of winchester super x silvertip hps.

Lebell: I'm not sure. There isn't any branding on them that I saw. Actually I'm not even sure why i bothered for 1 extra round.

I wonder if it would be worth swapping the magazine spring and follower from one of the factory mags into one of the hicaps and see if that helps. I may try that when i have some time.

I don't have any experience with this, but just one comment... if you swap the spring from the factory mag into the hi capacaty mag, will it be long enough to feed the last round? It's designed for a shorter magazine, so it probably won't work correctly in the new one.

Or I could be completely wrong. Probably worth a try anyway, if it's not too much effort.

I think that swapping the spring will cause tension to be too low as teh last round or two is loaded, and may cause a jam. It might be possible to stretch the spring a bit, but my guess is that you learned a $65 lesson on why to buy factory equipment.

Hold the bad magazine right beside a good one and look for differences. The two most common areas are the follower and the magazine's lips.

The follower can be as subtle as the angle of the plastic. The lips may be slightly in or out from normal and possibly worked to feed better.

Well I tried swapping them the other night and it turns out the factory spring is like twice as long as the hicap spring and the follower is different as well. I think the hicaps are just poorly made crap. In the future it will be factory mags for me.