Magazine Bottom-Caps

01 Apr 10

Additional on rifle magazines:

As silly as it sounds, during rapid reloading, it is easy to partially insert an upside-down magazine into a rifle's magazine-well! I occasionally see the phenomenon in training, with ARs, XCRs, SIG/556s, M1 Carbines, and M1As. In fact, a newspaper photo of a uniformed officer holding her AR, with a magazine, upside-down and backward, hanging from the rifle's magazine well, recently circulated through the Internet. So, we know it can happen in real life!

With AKs, and FALs, the Operator is usually be made aware of the mistake sooner, as the magazine won't insert when upside down. However, much valuable time can still be squandered discovering the error!

Again, nettlesome issues like this need to be addressed in training. However, installing a rubber cap on the bottom of magazines will all but eliminate the problem.

In fact, that is the main reason for the existence of rubber bottom-caps!

Recommended!

/John

Re: DTI Quip email address additions

01 Apr 10 Dear Frank No problem. Done! /John