emilianoksa Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 I'm thinking of those small bullet shaped pieces of plastic that stick out when the mag is empty. Is there a danger of them breaking off: When you put an empty mag into the mag well? When you drop them in a dump pouch, or replace them in a mag pouch? I have three G&G mags which have these things and they look to be be rather fragile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Lozart Posted August 13, 2018 Supporters Share Posted August 13, 2018 They'll be fine. Also - why would you be putting an empty mag in the rifle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongemakje Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 They are sturdy, they wont break easily, i took them out of mine however, it made feeding a living hell. (for some reason) but yeah. push the pin back in before you put an empty mag in the rifle for for show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilianoksa Posted August 13, 2018 Author Share Posted August 13, 2018 When I watch youtube videos people do it repeatedly. Especially with pistols. People like to play with their guns. I don't do it myself but lots of owners keep dry firing their guns, attaching and removing their mags, racking the slides and hitting the slide release levers apparently because they like the sound.😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BibbsOnTour Posted August 13, 2018 Share Posted August 13, 2018 One of these things in one of my midcaps for my avalon just disappeared one day... Literally only after having it for a week or so. Didn't see it fall our or anything and the mag still feeds ok so no idea what happened to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Lozart Posted August 14, 2018 Supporters Share Posted August 14, 2018 18 hours ago, emilianoksa said: When I watch youtube videos people do it repeatedly. Especially with pistols. People like to play with their guns. I don't do it myself but lots of owners keep dry firing their guns, attaching and removing their mags, racking the slides and hitting the slide release levers apparently because they like the sound.😄 Not a problem then, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emilianoksa Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 It could be. How many of them wear their guns out early by constantly racking and firing them to no purpose? We don't know. Not necessarily a good idea with pot metal parts. That's why I would be a bit wary of buying second hand pistols. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Lozart Posted August 14, 2018 Supporters Share Posted August 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, emilianoksa said: It could be. How many of them wear their guns out early by constantly racking and firing them to no purpose? We don't know. Not necessarily a good idea with pot metal parts. That's why I would be a bit wary of buying second hand pistols. I actually meant that as YOU don't do it, it's not a problem for you, but you raise a valid point. Racking the slide a few times compared to the hammering it gets in use is pretty minor in the grand scheme of things but general poor maintenance is an issue on second hand sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporters Druid799 Posted August 14, 2018 Supporters Share Posted August 14, 2018 8 minutes ago, Lozart said: Racking the slide a few times compared to the hammering it gets in use is pretty minor in the grand scheme of things but general poor maintenance is an issue on second hand sales. Totally agree, I’d think you’d need to do a serious amount of racking and dry firing to have a failure due to wear and tear ? BUT due to poor quality materials ? Yea I could see that happening . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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