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This is for 30-06 shooters only. Having had occasional issues with ammo that was a bit on the short side, and seen a few posts about this issue in recent months, I thought I would share an all too obvious solution to the feeding problems caused by this dilemma. I am sure others knew about this, but I had to learn for myself. Hard lessons are always the best, eh?
Recently I was at a local range where magnetic projos are a no no. So I had bought some ungodly expensive commercial ammo to play around with. Being noticeably shorter than surplus, the expected feeding problems were the result. Really messed up the fun.
Well, I was perusing a military manual not long ago. In doing so, I rediscovered the solution that had been developed for just such an issue. Lo and Behold, the Short Round Stop. Wouldn't you know, it is designed to do exactly as the nomenclature implies: allow the gun to function with short ammo. Remembering that I had a couple lying around that I hadn't known what to do with, I took them to the range last weekend. Time to put those accursed commercial rounds back in the feedway.
And what to my wondering eyes would I find? The gun functioned flawlessly with short ammo and the stop in place. Just to be sure, I removed the stop and fired a couple more rounds. Sure enough, the gun failed to extract a round from the belt twice in a row. Put the stop back in, and it finished the belt without a hitch.
While feeling quite stupid about something that should have been so obvious, I figured confession would be good for the soul. So for any of you who have had this happen with short 30-06 ammo, get yourself a Short Round Stop and keep it in your shooting box.
Now this works only for 30-06. 8mm and 308 use the spacer that encloses the 30-06 right front stop, and that is exactly where the SR Stop goes too. But for you -06 guys, this can make your day a lot less frustrating, should you be stuck with short rounds at the range one day.
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This is for 30-06 shooters only. Having had occasional issues with ammo that was a bit on the short side, and seen a few posts about this issue in recent months, I thought I would share an all too obvious solution to the feeding problems caused by this dilemma. I am sure others knew about this, but I had to learn for myself. Hard lessons are always the best, eh?
Recently I was at a local range where magnetic projos are a no no. So I had bought some ungodly expensive commercial ammo to play around with. Being noticeably shorter than surplus, the expected feeding problems were the result. Really messed up the fun.
Well, I was perusing a military manual not long ago. In doing so, I rediscovered the solution that had been developed for just such an issue. Lo and Behold, the Short Round Stop. Wouldn't you know, it is designed to do exactly as the nomenclature implies: allow the gun to function with short ammo. Remembering that I had a couple lying around that I hadn't known what to do with, I took them to the range last weekend. Time to put those accursed commercial rounds back in the feedway.
And what to my wondering eyes would I find? The gun functioned flawlessly with short ammo and the stop in place. Just to be sure, I removed the stop and fired a couple more rounds. Sure enough, the gun failed to extract a round from the belt twice in a row. Put the stop back in, and it finished the belt without a hitch.
While feeling quite stupid about something that should have been so obvious, I figured confession would be good for the soul. So for any of you who have had this happen with short 30-06 ammo, get yourself a Short Round Stop and keep it in your shooting box.
Now this works only for 30-06. 8mm and 308 use the spacer that encloses the 30-06 right front stop, and that is exactly where the SR Stop goes too. But for you -06 guys, this can make your day a lot less frustrating, should you be stuck with short rounds at the range one day.
