Does anyone else find loading pellets deep enough into Edgun mags a PITA? Sometimes I don't press the pellets far enough in and the mag hangs up when inserted into the gun, R5M. Fixing the problem destroys the skirts of one or more pellets. So I drew up this 3d printed part to push the pellets deeper all at once. I should get it in about a week I hope it works well.
Loading Edgun magazines
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My friend I'm going to save you a lot of time, here's what you do. Load the pellets into the mag. Then simply lightly slap it, pellet nose side, down on the counter, floor, shooting table, once or twice. This will shift all the pellets down into the magazine and they will all be sitting at the same distance from the magazine edge. This is what I do and it works well without any need for any additional tool. And you are right, if the pellets are not all positioned below the edge of the magazine it will hang up. At least it does on my Lelya.
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Yes I saw Mr Edgun doing that in a video, however I don't like the fact that I would be slamming a plastic mag into a table impacting a spring loaded steel ball bearing into the surface.
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thanks for pointing this out, i did not know that the new magazines are PLASTIC
really??!!
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really??!!
I love this place you learn something new every day.
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I could have been politically correct and use the term polymer instead of plastic. My opinion plastic is fine and probably preferable to metal in that it is lighter and probably will work just as well and last just as long.
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I find the plastic ones aren't as good.
The plastic ones can break if you get a jam and try to pull the mag out. Like you said sometimes the pellets back out of the mag and sometimes that happens and sometimes it happens in the breach block. Not really an easy way to get the mag back out when there is a pellet jammed up inside where you cant see.
I had this happen recently and the damn mag broke into pieces when I try pulling it out.. the metal ones pull out just damage the skirts.
Not only that but the few plastic ones a had kinda seemed to wear out. By that I mean I kinda seemed like the holes in the mags were getting bigger loading the pellets. The pellets just slid ride in and with the littlest tap they almost fall out of the other side.
My though is keep the aluminum ones. Plastic/polymer ones just aren't good quality in my opinion.
The plastic ones can break if you get a jam and try to pull the mag out. Like you said sometimes the pellets back out of the mag and sometimes that happens and sometimes it happens in the breach block. Not really an easy way to get the mag back out when there is a pellet jammed up inside where you cant see.
I had this happen recently and the damn mag broke into pieces when I try pulling it out.. the metal ones pull out just damage the skirts.
Not only that but the few plastic ones a had kinda seemed to wear out. By that I mean I kinda seemed like the holes in the mags were getting bigger loading the pellets. The pellets just slid ride in and with the littlest tap they almost fall out of the other side.
My though is keep the aluminum ones. Plastic/polymer ones just aren't good quality in my opinion.
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IMO the EDgun polymer magazines are better than the earlier aluminum ones. The metal mags were heavier and sometimes didn't cycle properly that is why they switched to the plastic mags. My R3M .22 cycled perfectly every time with zero "clocking" issues (like some were having with the metal mags). I didn't own the gun long enough to see how long term durability was but pretty sure it would have been fine?
DeadEye, you broke an EDgun magazine trying to clear a jam?
DeadEye, you broke an EDgun magazine trying to clear a jam?
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Plastic EDgun Magazines are 100% better than the old aluminum ones. When compared to the older aluminum magazines plastic magazines provide smoother cycling, they are cheaper, load better and they are much less likely to wear out the anodizing inside the breech
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Here is the finished product. I works great! Tested with .25 JSB kings and MKII heavies
The V3 file I made later with edge chamfers I forgot to add. I didn't print this one.
View attachment 1542010490_4513644365be9367a43cdf1.86073339_Edgun R5M pellet seater fillet v3.step
V1 is the one printed shown in the photo. I used 3dhubs to print it using Generic Standard ASA plastic.
View attachment 1542010490_19300501405be9367a5d1bc9.92123623_Edgun R5M pellet seater v1 v1.step
The V3 file I made later with edge chamfers I forgot to add. I didn't print this one.
V1 is the one printed shown in the photo. I used 3dhubs to print it using Generic Standard ASA plastic.
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I just can confirm -- plastics magazines are much:
1. Smoother.
2. Lighter
3. Beautiful (not wearing during the use)
4. Cheaper
1. Smoother.
2. Lighter
3. Beautiful (not wearing during the use)
4. Cheaper
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