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MaciekA · July 14th, 2011, 21:39

Hi folks,

Avid forum reader here, first-time poster. Let me preface by thanking everyone here for your awesome posts, I've learned a lot just by lurking here and reading.

Also, forgive me if I get some of the part names wrong, I haven't yet had a chance to read up on how a mag is constructed and what everything is called.

On to the question:

I recently picked up a CYMA G36 mid-cap mag, fed it perhaps 60-70 BBs using my speed loader, popped it into my G36 and.. nothing. I took it out and saw that no BBs had been loaded into the gun. I looked inside and could see BBs nestled near the exit, but they didn't seem to be quite touching the spring-loaded "blocker" (the part the gun's BB feeder tube pushes out of the way. When I pull it out of the way manually by hand, they don't fly out like they would with any of my other mags.

Instead of taking it back to the store (didn't spend much on it anyway) I thought hey, why not try to learn something and take the mag apart and put it back together again to see if I could figure out what had gone wrong. I was careful not to lose any parts and got all the BBs out, then put it back together, fed the spring through the screwed-in side door of the mag, sealed it up, put the mag together, fed in some BBs again, and.. nothing.

The BBs in the mag seem to be "jammed". The spring seems to be pretty lively so I'm not sure what else it could be. Should I try lubricating the interior of this thing? Am I loading too many BB's? Could it be how I'm loading them in?

Here's a picture I took of the inner mag when the outer shell is off:

Any suggestions on what I can try?

Thanks

July 14th, 2011, 21:39	#1
MaciekA Trader rating Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Portland, Oregon, USA	CYMA G36 Mag Feeding Problems Hi folks, Avid forum reader here, first-time poster. Let me preface by thanking everyone here for your awesome posts, I've learned a lot just by lurking here and reading. Also, forgive me if I get some of the part names wrong, I haven't yet had a chance to read up on how a mag is constructed and what everything is called. On to the question: I recently picked up a CYMA G36 mid-cap mag, fed it perhaps 60-70 BBs using my speed loader, popped it into my G36 and.. nothing. I took it out and saw that no BBs had been loaded into the gun. I looked inside and could see BBs nestled near the exit, but they didn't seem to be quite touching the spring-loaded "blocker" (the part the gun's BB feeder tube pushes out of the way. When I pull it out of the way manually by hand, they don't fly out like they would with any of my other mags. Instead of taking it back to the store (didn't spend much on it anyway) I thought hey, why not try to learn something and take the mag apart and put it back together again to see if I could figure out what had gone wrong. I was careful not to lose any parts and got all the BBs out, then put it back together, fed the spring through the screwed-in side door of the mag, sealed it up, put the mag together, fed in some BBs again, and.. nothing. The BBs in the mag seem to be "jammed". The spring seems to be pretty lively so I'm not sure what else it could be. Should I try lubricating the interior of this thing? Am I loading too many BB's? Could it be how I'm loading them in? Here's a picture I took of the inner mag when the outer shell is off: Any suggestions on what I can try? Thanks