danielsolson4

I like the pin side! Going to have to get the springs as well. As far as the grinding into the tube - I think as long as you dont grind the follower keepers away, a little wont hurt as long as you stop when you get there and dont go further. As long as the follower still functions Id be ok with it.

Not a prob; Ill do my best to explain. My issue with the stock system was twofold really. I’d have the crimp edge of the second shell hitting the ledge between the follower and the factory ramp and jamming up my nice smooth reload and I also had issues with the shell wedging in the magazine tube about half way in. The wedging issue was mainly because I had a hard time keeping the lifter depressed during the whole reload and removing material from the side of the port allowed me to get the shells in deeper through the stroke of the reload. Opening the front of the port really isn’t opening so much as modifying the ramp. I removed that shelf the best I could to prevent the hang-up on the crimp of the shell. You have to be careful not to cut too deep into the magazine as to mess up the retention of the follower or too far forward as to weaken the connection of the magazine tube and the receiver. What I really did was change the angle cut that was there to more of a curved ramping that went deeper. Combine these changes with a high polish and the slight funnel cut in the front of the trigger guard and two shells just lay in perfectly and slide right in with the loading hand sweeping across the bottom of the gun and right out of the loading port. The front ramp just lets the hand exit without hanging up on things. D

I attempted to take a picture of it but it’s so shiny that it doesn’t work so well. The shelf is gone and the grind goes right to the follower. It’s hard to see in the pic but it’s basically a butter knife edge right to the opening and I used emery cloth to round and smooth that edge. The rim of the shot shell is perfectly flush with the edge (minus the minute curve of the smoothed edge)

I did it and I ground down on the pin side a bit too. Its much improved and I dont get hung shells. the TG now has a funnel to guide the shells as well. Very very happy with it now.

Im in the same boat. Im definitly going to be opening mine up becasue ive already ran into problems. The side with the pin probably wont be messed with much, but the other side and near the follower need some help. I find that on the first shell in an empty magazine its getting stuck almost every time right on the lip. Sometimes you can force the shell past that spot, sometimes not, and thats a big problem for a blind reload on a course of fire.