by commander faschisto » Tue Dec 07, 2021 6:36 pm
Just got the Torkmag (35-rd.) in today! Ok, so...it does indeed hold the 450b rounds in the correct slightly nose-up orientation. Good. Stock coil spring is quite strong; you need to use a speed loader to push the cartridges down into the mag with one hand and push the next round in with the other. This spring seems unnecessarily strong for the 450b, as most stock springs are, and I will gradually remove coils to balance loading pressure with feed reliability (later.) The base plate and coil spring are removable as per standard mags. The front "clock" spring and the follower are not supposed to be removed, but can be cleaned in situ without removing them. I did a quick feed check using the charging handle and bolt release, but that really doesn't prove a lot...nevertheless, it worked just fine. Range time for adjusting spring strength and checking "live" feed reliability is TBA...we shall see.
They make three sizes of these mags, 35-, 40- and 50-rounders Personally not sure I would ever need/want the two larger ones, but they are there if you want to try them. None of them are really expensive, all are $13-18 at the moment.
Edit: Hootster wondered about the position of the anchor point for the "clock" spring...turns out, it is well below the case mouth position of the loaded rounds, so no interference noted...yet.
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