tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post5568549049600942091..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: Today's Gun Technical QuestionClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-15746868047770901632017-07-20T12:46:40.456-06:002017-07-20T12:46:40.456-06:00Wow. What they all said: The mag release button ...Wow. What they all said: The mag release button pops back out, and you need a better wrench-benderFidelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14623013337654868540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-40869462271637127482017-07-20T07:06:01.419-06:002017-07-20T07:06:01.419-06:00Clayton,
My AR-15 is a Colt Delta-Hbar model 6600....Clayton,<br />My AR-15 is a Colt Delta-Hbar model 6600. The mag release button springs back to the full, raised position when the mag is released.<br />The mag release is depressed only when I hold it down, a spring keeps it raised all other times ; whether a magazine is inserted or not.jimlongxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488088605533378801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-76531180114628732082017-07-20T06:10:08.104-06:002017-07-20T06:10:08.104-06:00In my experience 13 years in the army it does notIn my experience 13 years in the army it does notSabre22https://www.blogger.com/profile/17380582645499051908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-8945120926436005062017-07-19T23:53:01.845-06:002017-07-19T23:53:01.845-06:00Gunsmith is wrong. The entire magazine release on ...Gunsmith is wrong. The entire magazine release on an AR consists of 3 parts - the button (female threads), the magazine latch (which is L-shaped, with one arm of the L being the male threads that feed into the button and the other being the piece that actually holds the magazine), and a spring that resides between the button and receiver exterior. <br /><br />The button may not go out quite as far to the right when a magazine is inserted depending on clearances, but the button should always push out to the right when a magazine is released.RyanDChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09941756408276933029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-87775846323165796652017-07-19T22:06:42.358-06:002017-07-19T22:06:42.358-06:00No, of course not. It pops back out since that act...No, of course not. It pops back out since that action is what holds the magazine in. Get a new gunsmith.one_of_manyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16870782536865250105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-90636233326239934482017-07-19T20:31:13.379-06:002017-07-19T20:31:13.379-06:00Hit publish too soon. There is nothing to hold the...Hit publish too soon. There is nothing to hold the magazine catch open while no mag is in the well. Further, the spring is under the button, lok at a video on assembling a lower receiver. Truly, this "gunsmith" doesn't understand AR's.Cincinnatushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424218376882403880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-72033405101496080022017-07-19T20:28:10.323-06:002017-07-19T20:28:10.323-06:00The gunsmith is an idiot.The gunsmith is an idiot.Cincinnatushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10424218376882403880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-55965193611263633792017-07-19T19:40:46.400-06:002017-07-19T19:40:46.400-06:00the mag release button? that's on a spring tha...the mag release button? that's on a spring that pushes it back out.<br /><br />i guess if you left the spring out the button would tend to stay in.Jay Kominekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10329111965764211579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-88149243239799517172017-07-19T19:05:40.763-06:002017-07-19T19:05:40.763-06:004 years Marine Corps.
2.5 years Army National Gua...4 years Marine Corps. <br />2.5 years Army National Guard<br />5 years USAF Reserves. <br /><br />I've got a brand new AR on my lap (as in hasn't been fired). <br /><br />Find a gunsmith, he doesn't know what he's talking about. Petrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17851003426109622021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-87254246635548512632017-07-19T19:00:25.504-06:002017-07-19T19:00:25.504-06:00Absolutely not. The mag release button is spring ...Absolutely not. The mag release button is spring loaded. In fact, if it stayed depressed, one would have to push on the left-hand side to engage the mag, toggle style.<br /><br />Push- mag falls out.<br />Release- button returns to position.<br />Slam fresh mag in- no movement of button.<br /><br />This isn't even gunsmith level stuff, in my opinion. I assembled a couple of ARs myself and it is ridiculously evident when you do so as you have to put the spring in. I'm not totally mechanically ignorant, but I am far from a gunsmith. If he has been assembling them without the spring, I don't even know what to say.<br /><br />Either he's never assembled an AR or he is horribly ignorant for a modern gunsmith.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00972200511870503576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-1636160465970712102017-07-19T18:35:58.789-06:002017-07-19T18:35:58.789-06:00Nope. Absolutely not. Nope. Absolutely not. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276308375245158101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-60134618547558007012017-07-19T18:34:59.554-06:002017-07-19T18:34:59.554-06:00Find a new gunsmith ASAP. This is AR building 101....Find a new gunsmith ASAP. This is AR building 101.<br /><br />The mag release button is held out by a spring. It should always pop back out as soon as you release it. Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17162712908716501609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-15524557293222180872017-07-19T18:26:34.357-06:002017-07-19T18:26:34.357-06:00Nope. There's supposed to be a spring that pus...Nope. There's supposed to be a spring that pushes it back out.<br />Part #70 on this diagram: https://www.midwayusa.com/General.mvc/Index/Schematics~AR15<br /><br />I'd find a real gunsmith instead of this pretender.<br />coderpunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780416627307204084noreply@blogger.com