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Originally Posted by llwhiteoutll
It looks like there was confusion in the press regarding the mags, the original articles claim they were loaded and the updated ones make no mention of it. As for cleaning, I clean after each range trip, regardless of the type of ammo used that time.
The one thing I'm a bit puzzled about is that they are calling them 28 round mags, I thought the C8 was a 30 round mag, unless the CPS short loads them for some reason.  |
We use to only load 28 rounds in, especially if we didn't know when we would be firing our weapons. It is easier on the spring and avoids undue stress on the spring (at least that was the story).
Also reduces stopages due to missfeeds.
When overseas we would unload the mag, take it apart and "stretch" the spring out when cleaning the weapon.
Two rounds won't make the difference.