Help-my new mags are stiff as all getup

[yanici]

Got my new Sig. Newbie to semi-pistols. I Bought a box of A-Zoom snap caps. Tried loading a mag and I can barely get them in with all the spring pressure. What can I do. I can't take the gun to the range if I can't reload.

 

[lord1234]

get a speed-loader like the uplula, load the mags and unload them a bunch of times, will free up the spring tension.

 

[Blitz1]

get a speed-loader like the uplula, load the mags and unload them a bunch of times, will free up the spring tension.

2nd that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zos_7e-c4t0

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=uplula+magazine+loader&aq=0&oq=uplula&fp=L5QsugWTSAc

Stiff is good though, right?

 

[45collector]

Constant compressing and uncompressing is what breaks in springs. Leaving a magazine loaded for a long time does not necessarily loosen up the spring.

Constantly loading and unloading does.

Good luck

 

[yanici]

Thanks folks. The loader has been ordered. Easy when you know what you're doin'. Duh!!

+1 Lord
+1 Blitz

 

[Blitz1]

Thanks folks. The loader has been ordered. Easy when you know what you're doin'. Duh!!

Well I hope you ordered me one as well.

 

[johnN]

i was told when i got my 220, was to not fill the mags. leave then a round or too short and shoot & repeat. after a few range trips they were much easier.

 

[Squished]

Stiff is good though, right?

You would say something like that.

 

[pdm]

Best way to work in your mags is to shoot a lot.

 

[yanici]

You would say something like that.

Blitz is right, especially at my age, stiff is good!

 

[lord1234]

i want to explain very carefully. The uplula is not blue, nor is it in pill form! It will not help you with your ED but will help with your ML (mag loading)

 

[dagwag77]

Or you could sit infront of the TV tonight with a brewski and just load and unload your mags till you cant feel your thumb anymore...

 

[pdm]

Or you could sit infront of the TV tonight with a brewski and just load and unload your mags till you cant feel your thumb anymore...

Shooting them out of the mag is waaaaay more fun.

 

[drgrant]

Constant compressing and uncompressing is what breaks in springs. Leaving a magazine loaded for a long time does not necessarily loosen up the spring.

Leaving them loaded will help establish the initial set point of the springs, though.

If these are sig 10 round cripplemags we're talking about though, they'll probably always be a pain in the ass to load... most cripplemags are bad that way.

-Mike

 

[dagwag77]

Shooting them out of the mag is waaaaay more fun.

very true, but I can't quite do that in my living room....although I wish I could...

 

[yanici]

Leaving them loaded will help establish the initial set point of the springs, though.

If these are sig 10 round cripplemags we're talking about though, they'll probably always be a pain in the ass to load... most cripplemags are bad that way.

-Mike

Thanks for the good news. Yeah, they're the cripple mags, came with the gun, made in Italy.