Sounds like you got her banging good. Errrr.....going bang that is! Glad to hear it! Once you get the mag fixed, it works great! And welcome to the forum!
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Show posts MenuQuote from: Chokejug on December 04, 2017, 11:28:42 PM
I had problems with my first two, modification seems to have cured the problem.
With on slight exception, #1 quite often won't hold but six rounds, without fussing with it a bit.
Comes up solid, but if you keep "jabbing" it down, it with finally snap over somewhere inside and accept that last cartridge. At first, both #1 and #2 did that, but now only #1.
#'s 4 & 5, somewhere in between on the spring strength.
But the thing is, none of #3, 4, or 5 magazines needed any mods whatsoever!
OH, and yes, one of mine did have too steep an angle, or was bent too far, meaning that little tab on the front of the mag, meant to stop the follower from raising too far up out of the mag.
They should have used some other means of stopping that follower!
Still have that set of "Big Leaf Western Maple" wood grips, that I had on the first one less than two weeks. First $20 gets someone a real nice set of a bit thicker than stock, wood grips!
Cant beat that price!
Quote from: JDCRAB on December 04, 2017, 11:33:00 AM
What is the deal with Charlottedville NC frames?
My R51 is stamped as Charlottesville NC and functionally it runs good. The accuracy is not that good, but good enough for it's intended purpose.
Quote from: springfield art on December 02, 2017, 01:20:14 PM
Springfield Art recently fired his r51 120 more rounds of hardball; total now at 200 rds. with zero fails...no nosedives, jams, FTFs, etc.
Quote from: paul7177 on December 02, 2017, 02:14:23 PM
Thanks for the nice review. There have been several magazine modifications mentioned over time. What did you do to your magazines?
Quote from: 1911SHOOTER on December 01, 2017, 08:49:05 PM
Hello all,
Re the mag problems, Maybe Big Green should hire all of us as consultants.
We are the ones having the problems and fixing them our selves.
Or at the least, one of Big Greens engineers should start reading our
comments and fixes.
Kirk, you seeing this?
Blackie
Quote from: funflyer on November 30, 2017, 07:48:16 PM
Sportsman's Warehouse in Flagstaff Arizona had 3 when I bought mine. They're on line so maybe they'll ship.
Quote from: 1911SHOOTER on November 30, 2017, 04:45:15 PM
R51Fan,
Take out the magazine followers and trim 3/16" off the legs. That is what I and a bunch of others have done. Eases the last round in the mag.
Lock the slide back, insert the mag, and sling shot the slide. Works every time.
Blackie