Someone a little while ago was asking about magazines for the older RAW smaller 15mm breech PCP's and Orion had made the newer larger RAW 17mm Magazines and he wanted to know if the older magazines were the same except for thickness. I PM'd him saying I believe they were and could send him one of my OEM magazines for him to check out but he also thought they were the same besides the thickness. He then asked if I would be interested in being a beta tester for one and I said yes of course! So yesterday I received one in the mail of the color I chose (blue) and the build quality is like all his other magazines, exceptional! It holds 15 projectiles, has a magnetic cover that you remove then turn the inside carousel counter clockwise if I remember correctly, holding it there as the spring tension increased then you load the first projectile head first into the first opening (I put a finger in front of the first opening somthe projectile won't fall out but it's not necessary if you let the carousel turn after inserting it) then one can drop each subsequent projectile into each remaining holder hole and you can then let go of the carousel as the first projectile holds the carousel in place, they load easily and smoothly without any wobble and then place the magnetic cover back on. He also told me I needed to insert and reinsert the magazine into the breech a few times to "break in" as he designed it to be "snug" and just like he said it took about 5 insertions before the magazine fully seated and "clicked" into place. The magazine performed flawlessly while shooting, I tried both pellets and slugs and both worked smoothly and effortlessly with no change in POI when using my single shot loader. Orion, I want to thank for for building such quality magazines for the Airgun community and for choosing me me to test this magazine! This 15mm RAW magazine holds 3 more projectiles than the OEM versions and to me easier to load plus you have a choice of different colors so you can load one magazine of a certain color with pellets and a different color mag with slugs when you are shooting so one can identify which ammo they want to shoot more easily than same color mags. Here are some photos.....
