Front tab for AI AX magazine - needed?

[Legal-Eagle]

I built a competition rifle using a .308 chambered Remington 700, and the Accuracy International AICS AX 2.0 chassis.

The chassis was desert tan, and had a desert tan 5-round magazine with it. I wanted to buy some new magazines for spares, and found some on ebay. I purchased a 10-round steel magazine (AI stamped, so not a knock-off).

It holds 11 rounds (interesting), and inserts into the chassis just fine. I have fed the rounds through the rifle, so it seems to work. But when comparing it to the 5-round mag that came with the rifle, there's a difference. There is a little tab on the front of the 5-rounder that latches the front of the magazine in the well, whereas the 10-rounder does not have that lip, and is a little more sloppy in the well.

I would like to buy a couple more mags, but am worried that the magazine I just bought is either an older style, or is in some way defective.

Is the lip a new development? Does it appear on only the 5-round mags? Should I be worried if the 10-round mags don't have it?

Pictures attached, showing the difference.

Thanks.

 

[taliv]

welcome to THR

i hate to direct you to a different site on your first post, but read this
http://forum.snipershide.info/showthread.php?t=537&page=5
(btw, that site often has images which are probably not safe for viewing at work)

the info you are looking for is on page 5 of the thread, but you should start on pg 1

the short answer to your question is that you have an AX mag and an older AICS mag. you could say the lip is a new development

you should be ok but as you say, it won't fit quite as well.

 

[Legal-Eagle]

Taliv -

Thanks for the reply. So, is there a "fix" for this?" I have been brainstorming one, but would like to see if there is already a wheel invented here.