I just purchased a Mini 14 today -- my first .223, and I almost hurt myself getting to our family farm to shoot it, I was in such a hurry. I had bought a 30 round mag at a gun show about 2 months earlier, in anticipation of buying the Mini 14, and the gun came with a 10 round mag.
It seems that I am having some trouble with seating the magazines in the gun. Perhaps I am not doing it correctly. When I put the mag in the gun, sometimes it does not snap securely. I have done this repeatedly, and then I pulled the mag out to inspect it, and it appears that the little notch that evidently is supposed to be attached to first (when inserting the mag) was not properly aligned with the little hole on the magazine, resulting in slightly bending in the magazine.
What am I doing wrong? Both magazines did this.
TD
It seems that I am having some trouble with seating the magazines in the gun. Perhaps I am not doing it correctly. When I put the mag in the gun, sometimes it does not snap securely. I have done this repeatedly, and then I pulled the mag out to inspect it, and it appears that the little notch that evidently is supposed to be attached to first (when inserting the mag) was not properly aligned with the little hole on the magazine, resulting in slightly bending in the magazine.
What am I doing wrong? Both magazines did this.
TD