Bullets loose and rattling inside the mag??

[Drjones]

I noticed an interesting problem with my G30 tonight:

I removed the fully loaded 10 round mag and noticed it was rattling. "Uh-oh," I thought. Upon closer inspection, I determined that the noise was caused by a bullet rattling loose inside the mag.

What gives??

Do I need new mags or does this happen on occasion?

I racked several rounds through the gun and it seemed to feed ok.

What do you guys think?

Thanks.

 

[WonderNine]

I had this happen once with an Astra 19 round mag for a Beretta 92. I don't know what caused it. The magazine rattled and wouldn't feed. I removed all the rounds and one round was loose inside. I put all the rounds back in and it was fine. I never had a misfeed with any of them at the range ever. Course I never wanted to trust those mags for carry again even though they were very high quality magazines that I'd liken to factory ones.

 

[stans]

This happens most often with double column magazines. The bottom rounds tend to nose dive in the mag, the top round stays where it should, the rounds in between have a little extra room to move around. I usually tap the back of a fully loaded mag against the palm of my hand to try to shake everything into proper position.

 

[mrapathy2000]

it happens with kel-tec p11's though has never affected performance.

number of things can do it.

I use a hks speedloader and will press down on top round pushing it far as it will go and release suddenly and all the rounds will snap up fast. usually takes slack up and gets the cartridges pushed together and dont rattle. when I handload though they will rattle.

I could take a vise and close the mag bodies width slightly to cure it.
wouldnt do that with glock polymer mag.

 

[Warbow]

When I fully load my SIG P228 10 round mags, a round or two will be loose and rattle. It doesn't affect magazine functionality or reliability whatsoever.

 

[gbelleh]

I've had mags rattle a little, but they usually stop once inserted in the gun. It has never affected performance for me.

 

[Redlg155]

I've had the same thing happen to me with BHP mags.

Drives you a little nutty, but they work fine.

I had heard somewhere about folks gently squeezing HP mags in a vise to get rid of the rattle. I personally wouldn't try it myself.

Good Shooting
Red

 

[Drjones]

Thanks guys.

I just worry about the loose round getting caught funny inside the mag when it starts feeding while shooting.

Guess its not a concern.

Thanks!

 

[WonderNine]

I had heard somewhere about folks gently squeezing HP mags in a vise to get rid of the rattle. I personally wouldn't try it myself.

That's from using those crappy "NATO" marked prebans or the unmarked ones that look like them that everyone thinks are so wonderful. Get some factory pi marked or Mec-Gar magazines and you won't have any rattle.

 

[axeman_g]

same problem

I noticed this issue last night after taking apart KRD manufactured mag for my HP, cleaning it, replacing the parts and loading it up. Not only was it a beeyotch to load, I only got 12 rounds in, but one of the rounds was jiggling around in there making a racket.

I tapped the mag against the bench and everything settled down. I assume it is the 15 rd KRD mags, as I never had this problem with some double stack MecGar sig 226 mags, or older Ingliss and MecGar HP 13 rounders.


Axe