The. Heart. Of. The. System.
I've confirmed a lot of data that started with answers to my many questions from a community that's actively involved in truly using a platform that a lot is expected of. And thank you to the community, the participation has been awesome, and I appreciate everyone's responses, but there are many more questions to come.
The answers have served the development of a complete system that isn't hampered by a number of features that many have turned to that are actually part of the issues that have been experienced.
An adjustment on so and so's magazine, an adjustment on so and so's chassis and/or DBM, and no one has a clue where to start with all these adjustments that, frankly, are unnecessary.
Who knows what the exact process is to actually use all these adjustable releases and catches out there? Has a process been published by any of the respective manufacturers?
Has the single most important dimension to proper feeding and cycling been provided with all these adjustments out there? If one knew what this dimension was and why it's important, and if the system was capable of being adjusted while the magazine was inserted, one could be up and reliably running in a matter of seconds with a high-level of confidence that your system is optimized.
So, I've re-created what originally started all this, but it's going further than the original. I went back to the magazine and built on more than 15 years of fielded rimfire rifles. I have numerous features suppressed in the pictured magazine below (yes, it has a thumb button), but at the center of it is all the things that made the original so successful.
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