🚀 go-pugleaf

I recall a while back that some people complained about aftermarket mags
(ramline included) not being up to snuff.  Well, I saw a ram-line mag
for the SIG P226 with a capacity of 18 for $15 and thought that it would
be a neat thing to have for my SIG P228 (it fits, just sticks out a
little).

When I took it out of the package, it had a definite film of grease (or
something on it) which I proceeded to wipe off with some Hoppes.  I
loaded up a full mag and cycled the stuff through my SIG, no problem.

I then noticed that the base plate was not securely attached.  It should
slide onto two rails on the magazine itself, but was only on one of them.

I then got curious and popped the baseplate off.  The entire inside was
covered with a THICK layer of grease, with obvious excesses built up at
the feeder (is this the right name?  the part that moves up and down.). 
This may be a great way to insure smooth operation, but I don't want
that crap on my ammo.  I wiped down the insides with Hoppes.

The spring by the way is pretty neat.  It appears to be a coil spring
attached to the feeder that unwinds as the feeder is depressed down.

Attaching the baseplate was difficult.  Difficult to do correctly that
is, I could see why only one rail was attached.

I took it to the range today and experienced flawless function.

Overall, once I corrected the defects (inexcusable I admit) it seems to
be a good piece of work.  I especially like the finish which is some
sort of smooth laquer -- should ease magazine insertion and ejection.

By the way, would there be any problem with using a magazine that sticks
out like this one, other than a slightly changed grip?  It doesn't stick
out much, seems OK.

-Seth

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Seth Eliot                    Dept of Material Science and Engineering
                              Carnegie Mellon Univerity,   Pittsburgh, PA
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