Originally Posted By: pyscodogOriginally Posted By: 204 ARTry using only 1 side of the mag for a group. Load it up, but only shoot every other round and see what happens. If that turns out good, try the other side of the mag.
Not being an AR guy I have a question. Before I ask, I have had AR's and had a RRA that was as accurate as most bolt rifles. They just aren't my cup o tea.
So you load your mag, the bolt comes by and picks up a round and shoves it into the chamber, then the bolt locks up, you pull the trigger and BOOM. Does it really make a difference which side of the mag the bullet was on? Seriously, this is a for real question cause I don't know. I would never have thought that would make a difference.
It's never happened to me, that I've noticed anyway. I've read about it somewhere, and am repeating it as it seemed like the perfect explanation for what was happening here. But if you think about it, on a double stack mag for a semiauto, you're using two different feed ramps and going it the chamber at two different angles. If one side was messed up for some reason it could cause some damage to the rounds coming from that side. And testing it is simple enough to be worth trying and eliminating one possible cause.
It sounds like the op got his issues figured out, good on him for the troubleshooting.