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- From: post@hpfcso.fc.hp.com (David Post)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Ramline Sig Magazines...
- Message-ID: <9211200551.AA28785@hpfcso.HP.COM>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 13:47:07 GMT
- Sender: news@mimsy.umd.edu
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
- In-Reply-To: article <1992Nov18.171411.17005@netcom.com> of Thu, 19 Nov 1992 15:13:19 GMT
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- Paul Yoshimune:
- >Does anyone have any experience, good or bad, with Ramline's 18-round (!) Sig
- >P226 magazines?
-
- I have five. I bought them all at gun shows for $10 to $15.
-
- I retired one because several times it locked the slide open on the next to
- last round. I consider that too unreliable and inconsistent.
-
- I have temporarily retired another because I broke the bottom plate by
- dropping it on the ground during a speed reload. It was heavy with its
- sixteen remaining rounds and I'm sure that contributed. It is important to
- realize that the plastic bottom plate is vulnerable to breakage from rough
- handling. On the other hand, they work fine with no bottom plate at all.
- It's just rough on your hand :-).
-
- I like the design because I feel that you can leave all 18 rounds in a
- magazine and not worry at all about spring fatigue. It is just the stupid
- plastic parts!
-
- My experience is that the reliable ones are absolutely reliable and the
- others don't deserve to be trusted ( just like any magazine ). This means
- they don't have a precise handle on manufacturing tolerances, and there is
- at least one design flaw.
-
- #From a political point of view, they are strong supporters! I was on a tour
- there and at the time the magazine bans were being considered by the House
- of Representatives. I mentioned to vice president Steve Chessnut that
- RamLine could make a bundle if the 7 round limitation went into effect. He
- looked at me with disdain and said " But that is not the point, is it?"
-
- These are good people to have on our side.
-
- >DVC,
- ^^^ in politics as well as self defense!
-
- David Post davep@hpfcpp.fc.hp.com hplabs!hpfcla!post
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