HotorCold
.22LR
So I found a 930 SPX in really good condition at a local pawn shop. I tend to dislike used guns but it was too good a deal to pass up. $413 out the door. Background and all. So I got it home and was fully prepared for rust, corrosion and grime. It is surprisingly clean, no corrosion under the gas spacer. Just light surface rust on the barrel. I haven’t got to shoot it yet but I was practicing loading and unloading when I found that sometimes the mag tube will stop at 4-5 rounds. But the first time I loaded it I got 7 rounds of Hornady TAP 2 & 3/4 in it. But the 2 & 3/4 Federal slugs and buckshot wouldn’t load more than 4-5 rounds. And the TAP would do it to, just less often. It has the Choate extension with a ~35” spring that I’m guessing is factory. One at a time, I lightly chamfered the front of the magazine tube, both sides of the follower and the inside of the extension. The extension had a slight lip at the transition from the threads to the extension tube. I rounded that over so it didn’t catch my finger. But it still hangs up occasionally. I found that if I get to five and it stops I can work the rounds back and forth to free it. It works fine after that one spot. I believe it is the spring hanging up but I don’t know what else to do.
There is a separate issue with mag spring OAL. I am going to get a Wolff 65165 and shorten it to 30”. The factory spring is just too long to fit 7 rounds of 2 & 3/4 if they shells aren’t absolutely the shortest oal. I got some Remington #6 and the 7th shell sticks out about 1/4”. I didn’t mean to word bomb for my first post but I had a lot to say!
There is a separate issue with mag spring OAL. I am going to get a Wolff 65165 and shorten it to 30”. The factory spring is just too long to fit 7 rounds of 2 & 3/4 if they shells aren’t absolutely the shortest oal. I got some Remington #6 and the 7th shell sticks out about 1/4”. I didn’t mean to word bomb for my first post but I had a lot to say!