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so today i go to the range to break in a couple of new mag's..... and make sure my P64 fires after all the fussing i did with it in putting in new 20# recoil spring, new firing pin spring, 18# hammer spring and messing with the safety.....

so it went bang on first round, and the mag full of 95 gr FMJ all worked just fine, brand of ammo from S&B, same brand i use in my 45 ACP.......

now i was a bit surprised on how hard the recoild was, even after reading stuff on the forum for the past month.... but on to the mag breakin....

new mag #1, 2 rounds, 3 rounds, 4 rounds, 5 rounds, and a jam failure to feed... so back to 2 rounds, etc, on the 3rd try at 5 rounds it fed and fired.... so on to 6 rounds... whoops, back to 4, then 5 and did this 3 times before it would feed the 6th round... by then i was glad i had brought 100 rounds of FMJ.....

and before i could break in the second magazine, i had fired the full 100..... plus 25 rounds of Hornady 95gr JHP/XTP....

i was surprised that the Hornady rounds did not have the bang/flash that the FMJ rounds did.....

ran out of ammo, had a hurting right web of my hand, along with a couple of small scrapes......

and i moved on to my Ruger P345..... only tried 50 rounds of Federal HST 230 gr JHP's, which is my 45 ACP carry ammo, no problems, but it was sure easier to load the mags of the 45 than of the 9x18..... and it was easier shooting.....

so, now they are all cleaned up, and i still have another magazine to get to work properly with 6 rounds.... i guess that will happen after the holidays....

all in all, at 7 yards, that little beast puts holes pretty close to where i was aiming..... and after 125 rounds there were two holes about 4 inches across, surrounded by a lot of little holes....

what fun.... i guess i will keep it..... but next time will be wearing a glove and probably limit it to no more than 50 rounds at a time....

jimb

When I got two new mags for my P-64 I had the same problem breaking in the mags also had some nasty cuts on my right thumb pretty sharp I haven't gotten around to sanding the sharp edges how is your thumb

so today i go to the range to break in a couple of new mag's

I treated my brand new mags like my old ones and they performed fine.

By new mags I assume you guys are talking about Asian made aftermarket mags. I never heard of such problems with original Polish mags.

By new mags I assume you guys are talking about Asian made aftermarket mags. I never heard of such problems with original Polish mags.

I don't know where the new ones I bought were made (isn't country of origin supposed to be printed somewhere?), but the only difference I can see is the originals have a small space you can barely see in the side of the magazine follower and the new ones don't.

michaelap,
actually my thumb is fine, and i actually only have some slight stiffness in my right hand, like i had done some manual work... Ha.... my finger tips are still a little sore from loading that 125 rounds.....

jimb

beasleydano,
i really am not good enough at this to even tell whether they are original or not..... or if they are from asian market...... they look pretty close to the original mag's .... but if there are some suttle differences my eyes can not see it..... i got the mags from the mag's from Makarov.com and the add said 'like new'...... and they look new..... no wear marks at all.....

is there any way to tell if they are Polish or asian .....

jimb

jboller4

the brand new mags have a plastic follower in them


the originals they are metal


NORM

okay, the new mag's have metal followers........

okay, the new mag's have metal followers........

Yep, my new ones ($19.95) also have metal followers.

BTW, get a Mantis loader for $10 at http://the-tactical-store.com/ and save your fingers.

Asian magazines? Plastic followers? Norm or others could you post some verification on this, I haven't read of such before. I'm still catching up I guess.