I have some new AICS mags and the lips are super tight ( no pun intended 
..I have hard time loading the FGMM and BHI ammo. Any advices ? thanks.
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Re: AICS mags lips
I have NEVER heard of that problem before. Do the lips look damaged or different when compared to others? Sounds kind of like a defect.
I have NEVER heard of that problem before. Do the lips look damaged or different when compared to others? Sounds kind of like a defect.
Re: AICS mags lips
Are you trying to push the rounds straight down from the top of the lips?
To load the AICS mags you kind of have to push the rounds down that are loaded already with your thumb and rock another round underneath the lips, hope I explained that OK.
This may not be the info your looking for but thats all I guess I can give you.
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Are you trying to push the rounds straight down from the top of the lips?
To load the AICS mags you kind of have to push the rounds down that are loaded already with your thumb and rock another round underneath the lips, hope I explained that OK.
This may not be the info your looking for but thats all I guess I can give you.
GG
Re: AICS mags lips
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: GunGuru727</div><div class="ubbcode-body">To load the AICS mags you kind of have to push the rounds down that are loaded already with your thumb and rock another round underneath the lips</div></div>
Kind of like loading pistol mags.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: GunGuru727</div><div class="ubbcode-body">To load the AICS mags you kind of have to push the rounds down that are loaded already with your thumb and rock another round underneath the lips</div></div>
Kind of like loading pistol mags.
Re: AICS mags lips
that might be the problem. I'm loading them like an ar15, pressing straight down.
so should I load the tail first then the nose ? thanks.
that might be the problem. I'm loading them like an ar15, pressing straight down.
so should I load the tail first then the nose ? thanks.
Re: AICS mags lips
Dude, load it like a pistol mag. No better way to explain it.
Dude, load it like a pistol mag. No better way to explain it.
Re: AICS mags lips
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: USMCj</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Dude, load it like a pistol mag. No better way to explain it. </div></div>
This. You have to slide the rear of the round underneath the lips. When you load the subsequent rounds put slight pressure on the previous round to keep yourself from pushing the round out of the rear of the magazine.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: USMCj</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Dude, load it like a pistol mag. No better way to explain it. </div></div>
This. You have to slide the rear of the round underneath the lips. When you load the subsequent rounds put slight pressure on the previous round to keep yourself from pushing the round out of the rear of the magazine.
Re: AICS mags lips
I figured it had to be something like this. I knew AI wouldn't turn something out sub par.
I figured it had to be something like this. I knew AI wouldn't turn something out sub par.
Re: AICS mags lips
if you were able to top load any rounds, you probably fucked up the mag. they are single feed mags, a round should not fit between the lips.
if you were able to top load any rounds, you probably fucked up the mag. they are single feed mags, a round should not fit between the lips.
Re: AICS mags lips
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: gugubica</div><div class="ubbcode-body">if you were able to top load any rounds, you probably fucked up the mag. they are single feed mags, a round should not fit between the lips.</div></div>
Bingo...
The AICS/AE use double-stack, single-feed-position magazines. The AW (in 7.62) uses double-stack, double-feed-position magazines. Most common carbines and battle rifles (AR, AK, FAL, M14, etc) use a magazine which feeds from two positions, alternating back and forth. As such, you can just press the rounds down from above, and they'll pop into place under the feedlips. In the AE, due to the constraints of the receiver there's only room for a single-position feed.
If you actually <span style="font-weight: bold">DID</span> manage to force a round straight in through the top of the lips, something's probably wrong...
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: gugubica</div><div class="ubbcode-body">if you were able to top load any rounds, you probably fucked up the mag. they are single feed mags, a round should not fit between the lips.</div></div>
Bingo...
The AICS/AE use double-stack, single-feed-position magazines. The AW (in 7.62) uses double-stack, double-feed-position magazines. Most common carbines and battle rifles (AR, AK, FAL, M14, etc) use a magazine which feeds from two positions, alternating back and forth. As such, you can just press the rounds down from above, and they'll pop into place under the feedlips. In the AE, due to the constraints of the receiver there's only room for a single-position feed.
If you actually <span style="font-weight: bold">DID</span> manage to force a round straight in through the top of the lips, something's probably wrong...
Re: AICS mags lips
no I was able to get them inside by wiggling the round around
thanks for the tips guys.
no I was able to get them inside by wiggling the round around
