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Before I start this thread, if it's in the wrong place, feel free to move it mods. Hope it's not steppin' on anyone's toes.
Now that we have that out of the way, on to business. I have a Promag AK mag, 30 rd. banana. Standard mag. I took it out shooting a while back, and it jammed. My Tapco polymer one didn't miss a beat, but my nice expensive American made steel Promag didn't even strip the first round off the magazine when loading. I have since taken it apart, and found a cheap, gunky, slimy grease (not axle grease, close) coated on every bit of the internals. It is the kind of grease that thickens when cold, and that's exactly what happened. The grease thickened enough in the ~30 degree Fahrenheit weather that the follower wasn't able to move.
I did have the mag downloaded for reload drills, so the follower and spring were not at full tension, if that matters at all. (it shouldn't IMO)
I'm glad I found that out in practice when I didn't need it. Have any of you had a similar problem?
Now that we have that out of the way, on to business. I have a Promag AK mag, 30 rd. banana. Standard mag. I took it out shooting a while back, and it jammed. My Tapco polymer one didn't miss a beat, but my nice expensive American made steel Promag didn't even strip the first round off the magazine when loading. I have since taken it apart, and found a cheap, gunky, slimy grease (not axle grease, close) coated on every bit of the internals. It is the kind of grease that thickens when cold, and that's exactly what happened. The grease thickened enough in the ~30 degree Fahrenheit weather that the follower wasn't able to move.
I did have the mag downloaded for reload drills, so the follower and spring were not at full tension, if that matters at all. (it shouldn't IMO)
I'm glad I found that out in practice when I didn't need it. Have any of you had a similar problem?
