I hear ya, but I don’t blame the guys shooting the matches, those are the guys I’m trying to help and reduce their level of frustration after spending a ton of money and issues abound. The research they do has actually fed the problems, not eliminated them.
On the other hand, just because someone shoots a lot of matches doesn’t mean they’re qualified as a technical consultant (which isn’t what I hear you saying at all). I know a lot of pilots that fly airplanes, but none of them can tell ya how to build it.
I’ve not said much about this topic for roughly seven years of listening to people blame the Nylon magazines for the varied feeding issues.
Hence, the likely obvious intensity of my comments above, which some are likely to consider something other than the “high road,” but it’s time to put blaming the magazines to rest and shift focus to the real reasons.
And based on the diagrams and explanations posted everywhere showing the tilting, rolling and need for an adjustable gadget of some sort, it’s not that the issues aren’t known, but not many will step up and address it openly.
At any rate, you’re 100% correct. Proper setup is key, but you shouldn’t have to care if your magazine hits a bag. The rifle should still run like a Swiss watch.
MB