aandabooks Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 Who makes better springs/followers for MBX mags? I bought 2 140mm and 1 170mm for my Gold Custom. I am getting some feed issues when shooting fast with double feeds and it feels like the springs could be stronger. Followers look to be 3d printed. Checked Grams website and they don't show anything available. Also checked EAA for extended mags and they don't seem to list any options there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ck867 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 13 hours ago, aandabooks said: Who makes better springs/followers for MBX mags? I bought 2 140mm and 1 170mm for my Gold Custom. I am getting some feed issues when shooting fast with double feeds and it feels like the springs could be stronger. Followers look to be 3d printed. Checked Grams website and they don't show anything available. Also checked EAA for extended mags and they don't seem to list any options there. I don't have any experience with the mbx mags for tanfo but I do have one factory mag with an extended henning base pad using grams spring and follower and that works flawless and fits 23 reloadable 9mm rounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aandabooks Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 Grams doesn't have anything available under the Tanfo tab. Maybe just out of stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATLDave Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 I use grams springs and followers in my EAA/Mecgar mags with Henning 141 base pad extensions. Ben Stoeger and Henning sells them. IDK how those work in an MBX mag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ck867 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 39 minutes ago, aandabooks said: Grams doesn't have anything available under the Tanfo tab. Maybe just out of stock. I am not sure why Grams doesn't have it listed on their website. I purchased the basepad and grams guts together. http://benstoegerproshop.com/henning-eaa-tanfoglio-limited-open-basepad-base-pad/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalShooter69 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 51 minutes ago, Ck867 said: I am not sure why Grams doesn't have it listed on their website. I purchased the basepad and grams guts together. http://benstoegerproshop.com/henning-eaa-tanfoglio-limited-open-basepad-base-pad/ Bevin does not want to manufacture parts for MBX mags. He and I had pretty extensive discussions about the 140 and 170, when I was beta testing them for Adrian. As I've stated before, the tanfo MBX were made for Caspian open guns, and it just so happened they "kind of" worked in the GT. The were never manufactured specifically for a Tanfo. That being said, to get a MBX to run 100%, you need to use wooden dowels in a bench vice to create the indentations that the MBX lack. That is the reason for the feed issues and the nosedives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aandabooks Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 I'll have to look at doing some work with wooden dowels. I have extra factory mags from my Lim Pro & Stock II so I'll get the Henning pads and springs. Where do I go to get a factory 170mm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aandabooks Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 I ordered a couple Henning basepads for some stock 17rd mags with the spring/follower. I'm still looking for who carries a 170mm mag other than MBX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbu Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 http://taylorfreelance.com/shopping/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=10&products_id=52 Taylor Freelance had 170 Grams kits in stock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sc0 Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 MecGar 170mm tubes would be nice.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aandabooks Posted October 3, 2017 Author Share Posted October 3, 2017 I ordered 2 Henning basepads for a couple EAA 17rd mags that I have. Those went together and get a reloadable 23 in them. Did have to take a little material out of the magwell and blended. Ordered 2 extra 140mm springs and followers. Put those in the 140mm MBX mags. The springs are longer than the MBX and the follower is wider. In testing in my basement both mags hand cycled perfectly. i then noticed that the stock spring is the same length as the MBX 170mm. Swapped the spring and stock follower into that mag. Lost a round down to 27 but easily hand cycled. I can shave height off the stock follower to try to get the round back. I'll be at my range for live fire testing tomorrow and should have a live fire report. Pretty excited by results so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aandabooks Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Got out to test. Both 140mm MBX ran great with the Henning internals. Loaded to 22 and ran 3 mags through each. One from each was a mag dump and both were 100%. The stock 17rd with Henning extensions worked well except when I put 23 in one the follower bound at the bottom of mag. The 170mm is still a work in progress. Won't run with EAA internals more than a few rounds without the bullet binding by going straight into feed ramp. Going to order the TF 170mm spring/follower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbu Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Check your lengths. Longer has been reported here to cause feed issues. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs1 Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 On 9/27/2017 at 12:23 PM, SoCalShooter69 said: Bevin does not want to manufacture parts for MBX mags. He and I had pretty extensive discussions about the 140 and 170, when I was beta testing them for Adrian. As I've stated before, the tanfo MBX were made for Caspian open guns, and it just so happened they "kind of" worked in the GT. The were never manufactured specifically for a Tanfo. That being said, to get a MBX to run 100%, you need to use wooden dowels in a bench vice to create the indentations that the MBX lack. That is the reason for the feed issues and the nosedives. School me on the wood dowel / vice process. I'm having the same double feed problem with the mbx 170mm mag in my tanfo gold team, 9mm major. Thx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPostman Posted October 12, 2017 Share Posted October 12, 2017 So did you ever get the 170 sorted out?Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aandabooks Posted October 19, 2017 Author Share Posted October 19, 2017 Not yet. Going to try some loads down to 1.125". I'll get out on Friday to try. Waiting for JJ Racaza to get more EAA 170mm mags in. Haven't heard from him for over a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPostman Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Not yet. Going to try some loads down to 1.125". I'll get out on Friday to try. Waiting for JJ Racaza to get more EAA 170mm mags in. Haven't heard from him for over a week.Picked up my 9mm Gold Team today I should be getting a loaner 170 mbx to try to tune next month, hopefully I can figure out a solution. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aandabooks Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 Any updates? I haven't gotten around to messing with my 170mm mag yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aandabooks Posted December 10, 2017 Author Share Posted December 10, 2017 My 170mm mag just about got shot at a match today. I've done the indents and am loading at 1.165". Can't get this mag to run. Just about done messing with it. I think it is time to look into getting a couple Mecgars welded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs1 Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Are there any new insights in getting 170mm mags to run in a Tanfo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apolo Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Aandabooks sold his gold team. I am in the gt experimental process myself. Best I'm getting so far is the Tanfoglio 170 mag with grams kit, and Mecgar mag with Taylor Freelance 140 pad + grams kit. There is word on the street there is something else special coming.... As far as the MBX they take tuning. There is a write up somewhere about squeezing them in a vise to get them to run. Good luck finding a tanfo 170. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aandabooks Posted April 8, 2018 Author Share Posted April 8, 2018 I was trying to get a couple 170s from JJ Racaza at his shop in Vegas. They received some factory EAA in but didn't work out in testing. Then they ordered Grams followers and went into testing. I was calling them about once a week and never got to where they were ready to sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs1 Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 I have an MBX and a Tanfo 38 super mag and I have issues with both causing either double feeds or FTE. My 140s are flawless.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kujo929 Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Hopefully I don’t give myself bad luck here, but I have used an MBX 170mm in my open Tanfo at 5 or 6 matches and several practice sessions and they run in both of my canyon creek open conversions. I’m currently shooting 125 TC bullets at 1.165Probably 2-3k fired through them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apolo Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 2 hours ago, kujo929 said: Hopefully I don’t give myself bad luck here, but I have used an MBX 170mm in my open Tanfo at 5 or 6 matches and several practice sessions and they run in both of my canyon creek open conversions. I’m currently shooting 125 TC bullets at 1.165 Probably 2-3k fired through them. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Have they been squeezed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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