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Horus Lupercal

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#101
#101
JL MC.COOL said:
8bitCosmonaut can you help me plz?
How the AR 5.56 30rd magazine hold the ammo? Like how to stop the spring from pushing the ammo outside the mag?
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The top of a 5.56 double stack magazine has curved lips that is wide enough to let a single round pass downwards, but not 2 rounds upwards. Because the ammunition isn't polite enough to come out one at a time, they stay jammed upwards against each other, kind of like 2 people trying to walk through the same door, in the same direction, at the same time

Here is one of mine, these are the lips.

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At the top of the spring is a half round shaped mould, which forces the rounds to alternatively sit on the magazine

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So even though they're side-by-side, one sits slightly higher so the bolt can strip it before feeding
 
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Chara-cter

Chara-cter

37°14′0″N 115°48′30″W
#102
#102
Horus Lupercal said:
The top of a 5.56 double stack magazine has curved lips that is wide enough to let a single round pass downwards, but not 2 rounds upwards. Because the ammunition isn't polite enough to come out one at a time, they stay jammed upwards against each other, kind of like 2 people trying to walk through the same door, in the same direction, at the same time
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Oh
Now I understand it
Thanks:)
 
Chara-cter

Chara-cter

37°14′0″N 115°48′30″W
#103
#103
Ok, I'm building a Centurion with paper. I thought it would be ez cuz it's 1:72 (very small) but I was wrong. The thing is so small and it's a pain to build
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8BitCosmonaut

8BitCosmonaut

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#117
#117
Horus Lupercal said:
The top of a 5.56 double stack magazine has curved lips that is wide enough to let a single round pass downwards, but not 2 rounds upwards. Because the ammunition isn't polite enough to come out one at a time, they stay jammed upwards against each other, kind of like 2 people trying to walk through the same door, in the same direction, at the same time

Here is one of mine, these are the lips.

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At the top of the spring is a half round shaped mould, which forces the rounds to alternatively sit on the magazine

View attachment 23182

So even though they're side-by-side, one sits slightly higher so the bolt can strip it before feeding
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Wtf? That's yours?
 
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