Extremo Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Have a 126mm mag with Bolen follower and spring. Too often the follower flips and jams the mag. Any tips & tricks on how to solve it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donnyglock Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Put grams guts in the mag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extremo Posted February 15, 2012 Author Share Posted February 15, 2012 (edited) Tried that, no good. Grams stacks differently and lost a round in capacity with the same spring length. (Well, actually lost 2 rounds. Stock spring & follower 18, with Bolen 19 and Grams only 17) Edited February 15, 2012 by Extremo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Donny gave you sound advice. Take it or leave it. If you want to maximize Bolens guts you have to modify the STI tubes. The ribs need extended inside the tube. Send it to somebody who does that kind of work for best results. Or dump the Bolens and save the money and get 100% reliability with one less round or maybe two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie j Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 Grams follower, and reload practice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extremo Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 (edited) If down loading and reload practice would be the answer for all questions we all would be shooting Single Stack. Luckilly this is not the case. The question remains, are there any tweaks regarding follower flips? Edited February 16, 2012 by Extremo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aircooled6racer Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Hello: If you want the Bolen follower/spring to work in a STI mag tube you will have to narrow the tube till it stops turning over. You will also have to to extend the ribs of the magazine down to near the bottom. This may also will effect how many rounds you get into the tube. The Bolen follower can be made to work if you take some time to make it work. Hope this helps. Thanks, Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 You will also have to to extend the ribs of the magazine down to near the bottom. This may also will effect how many rounds you get into the tube. The Bolen follower can be made to work if you take some time to make it work. Sounds familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 If down loading and reload practice would be the answer for all questions we all would be shooting Single Stack. Luckilly this is not the case. The question remains, are there any tweaks regarding follower flips? I thought my post was pretty clear. Read the part again about modifying the mags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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