AICS Magazine rattle

[madgrad02]

I tried looking for some messages and in the interweb, didn't find much, so sorry if this was found elsewhere. . So I mocked up my rifle this weekend, got it all hand-tightened up and all was well, no magazine rattle. Once it was together, realized I had forgotten to decrease the trigger spring pressure, so popped bottom metal back off and back off the trigger tension screw. Get it all buttoned back up (granted, action not torqued down as I need a smith to torque barrel and headspace for me yet), but now the AICS magazine seems to rattle even after several attempts to re-seat everything. Maybe this will go away once actually torque down the action, but any way to minimize the AICS magazine rattle down the road? Just wondering what changed since it was quiet this AM? Thanks in advance.

 

[madgrad02]

Anyone experienced this and found a solution, or are the AICS variations just inherently a little noisier?

 

[Kimber7man]

The rattle should go away when you have it loaded with rounds in the mag.

 

[madgrad02]

It's not a rattle in the magazine so much as the magazine rattling like it's loose (can move an 1/8" or so seemingly). Will try to add a quick vid shortly.

 

[madgrad02]

Or perhaps a follow up, is a mesa precision strictly a drop in, or does it require bedding?

 

[Kimber7man]

It's not a rattle in the magazine so much as the magazine rattling like it's loose (can move an 1/8" or so seemingly). Will try to add a quick vid shortly.

Yep, mine does that when unloaded. put some rounds in it and it's snug as a bug in a rug

 

[madgrad02]

Yep, mine does that when unloaded. put some rounds in it and it's snug as a bug in a rug

K... will give that a try shortly

 

[woods89]

It's not a rattle in the magazine so much as the magazine rattling like it's loose (can move an 1/8" or so seemingly). Will try to add a quick vid shortly.

I have a strip of electrical tape on each side of my 5 round to give it just a bit of a friction fit. It keeps the mag from dropping out when the latch is hit as well. I've never noticed it rattling after doing that and with it loaded up.

 

[madgrad02]

Having rounds in the magazine helped, can try the electrical tape route too perhaps. Thanks all.

 

[Seeknelk]

Yeah they almost all have some play and rattle. Those fixes up there help the rattle but you still have a scrotum where you'd usually put your hand

 

[XLR]

Put some soft sided velcro around the magazine and it will take the rattle out. Due to there not being a true spec for AICS magazines, every one of them is going to have some variance so chassis/bottom metal manufacturers have to make them accept all of the different manufacturers mags.

 

[madgrad02]

That makes a lot of sense... figured they were all the same, though have heard issues with metal vs polymer mags. Thanks for all the feedback thusfar!