Magazine spring is EXTREMELY stiff/resistant to bullets?
My magazine is a struggle to load. I'm scared of trimming the spring for fear of misfeeds, but this isn't just a stiff mag I'm breaking in... This is a used pistol (FEG AP~MBP 7.65mm; .32 ACP) and I literally have marks on my fingers and the bullet casings are scratched to shit from struggling to get the last few bullets in. At first I couldn't even get the last bullet in. If I keep the mag loaded for a while, will this help loosen the spring a little bit?
Maybe.
The big question - how well does it fire? Sometimes with too stiff a sping the firearm will strip off the round from the top and a second round tries to jump out. Result is a jam.
My advice. Disassemble the mag and clean it thoroughly - then dry out any liquid oil etc and lubricate the sides, walls follower and springs with a dry lube like mica or graphite. It's been my experience that excessive spring tension is the product of too much resistance of the spring rubbing along the wall.
Next - verify you are not oveloading the mag.
Next - find a similar firearm in a store or shop and see it it's spring has the same tension.
The absolute last resort is cutting the spring......... and I would only do this if you had a new replacement handy.
Hope this helps
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