Not really an AR guy so apologizes if this has been asked before...
When you're running steel case ammo in a metal mag, do you need to always download by 1?
I built up a beater AR and have a bunch of new pmags and new aluminum mags (PSA and brownells). The pmags seem to run fine with 30 rounds of wolf steel in them. The aluminum mags won't feed the first round in very well if at all. rounds 2-30 are ok and if I download it to 29 it seems to work just fine. Wondering if that's normal for steel, or if it's a function of the mags all being brand new?
All the 'serious' ammo is brass and run out of pmags, but the "let's do a mag dump!" ammo is steel.
Lego fun... anderson lower, CPMG lower build kit, magpul stock, vintage pre-99 CA ban bushmaster "AK" brake upper:
When you're running steel case ammo in a metal mag, do you need to always download by 1?
I built up a beater AR and have a bunch of new pmags and new aluminum mags (PSA and brownells). The pmags seem to run fine with 30 rounds of wolf steel in them. The aluminum mags won't feed the first round in very well if at all. rounds 2-30 are ok and if I download it to 29 it seems to work just fine. Wondering if that's normal for steel, or if it's a function of the mags all being brand new?
All the 'serious' ammo is brass and run out of pmags, but the "let's do a mag dump!" ammo is steel.
Lego fun... anderson lower, CPMG lower build kit, magpul stock, vintage pre-99 CA ban bushmaster "AK" brake upper:
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