mattsa80 Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Just got a set of ares 85 round midcap M16 mags. They are a nightmare to load, i can get in maybe 65 rounds max and they just wont feed properly. Maybe one in every three or four shots of the gun actually fires a bb. The last few bbs seem to stick in aswell and the spring jams so the last few aren't pushed up into the gun. Iv tried them all so its not an issue with just one or two. Any suggestions or advice would be great. Went for some midcaps because im fed up winding highs but i cant seem to win Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CES_williamson Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 i had the same problem with some MAG brand mid caps just oil the springs and the spring walls that made a major difference with mine and check the magwell make sure they fit well ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattsa80 Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 cool. whats going to be the best stuff to use. Iv got a game on sunday and it'd be useful to have them working for then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CES_williamson Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 use some silicone oil i dont know about wd40 any gun/spring oil really Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattsa80 Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 Anywhere around town etc that i can get some suitable oil so i haven't got to order it online? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CES_williamson Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 aslong as i wont ruin your springs it will be fine you have just got to take care of your mags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigshep Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 You can buy silicone lube at hardware or motorist discount centres or the like. If you have new midcaps, you spray down the hole, load them up with bb's, empty them out the next morning, load them up again, and you will find they now take more bb's, leave for 24 hours and then load another set in and you should be near your limit. The bb's you used will be covered in lube now, so you may as well ditch them or put them in a grenade as they will lube the inside of your hop rubber if you fire them, which is never a good thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters sp00n Posted June 29, 2013 Supporters Share Posted June 29, 2013 Just out of interest what bb's are you using? As this can have an effect on mid caps. Airsoft supply drop did 2 very good blogs on the subject :- http://www.airsoftsupplydrop.co.uk/store/blog/midcapsvsbbs102/ http://www.airsoftsupplydrop.co.uk/store/blog/midcapsvsbbs/ Hope this may help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattsa80 Posted June 29, 2013 Author Share Posted June 29, 2013 using zero one 0.2 bbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ride_Zero Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Hi, If you can, try a diffent brand of BB's. Some AEG's/Mags are annoying like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Ian_Gere Posted July 2, 2013 Supporters Share Posted July 2, 2013 Don't, whatever TF you do, put WD40 in a mag! If it gets on your hop rubber there's a good chance it will deform it. I once used it to clean some really pernicious dust from my landlord having ripped down an 80yr old ceiling, without telling me beforehand, from the silicone rubber track under the keys of a midi keyboard (two floors below me mind you, through 2 locked doors also - that dust was possessed by the spirit of some Puritan arsehole). I really wish I hadn't... PS I have had similar trouble, but not quite as bad I think, with some AK midcaps - I didn't go through a whole rigmarole (no offence to rigmarole devotees ), I just put a single drop of silicone oil on the bit of plastic which sits on the top of the spring (the follower) and stacked them upright to let it run down into the tube. They worked a lot better after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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