First off, I am not trying to reopen a closed thread. I hope my posting this does not cause any controversy, if so I apologize in advance. I have no ill intent towards Daystate, this is strictly for information purposes.
The "hook" appears to be a leftover from earlier versions. I disassembled a magazine to check the action. My layout below should help to understand what's going on.
Originally (in blue) the bolt was pulled back withdrawing the pellet probe. At this point the lever was actuated: the right end pivoted down (Point A) releasing the cog and the magazine rotates, simultaneously the left end pivoted up and catches the next cog to stop the rotation. Close the bolt and shoot.
Currently with the non-double load feature: the actuator pin pops up when the gun is fired while the pellet probes is still in place. The pin moves back down immediately and the POINT A lever moves back up immediately. The magazine rotates just slightly clearing the cog and when the probe is withdrawn the POINT A catches the next cog and stops the rotation. Therefore as I see it, the hook on the other end of the lever no longer serves any purpose and it could be eliminated thereby ending the pellet probe abrasion.
Now to put my money where my mouth is.
Using a Dremel tool I carefully ground off the "offending hook". Reassembled, loaded up 10 pellets and test fired. It worked flawlessly from pellet 1 through 10. Reloaded and shot 4 more full mags from my Renegade with no problems whatsoever. The accuracy is far better than before too. Not as good as single loading, but that's not a surprise.
The only drawback that I can see is trying to manually cycle the magazine with it out of the gun, it doesn't stop on each cylinder as the "stop hook" is no longer there. Therefore it would no longer function on an older non-double loading style rifle.
By the way. I was told yesterday while at AOA that a new Daystate magazine should be available in March. No other details other than it will be less expensive.
The "hook" appears to be a leftover from earlier versions. I disassembled a magazine to check the action. My layout below should help to understand what's going on.
Originally (in blue) the bolt was pulled back withdrawing the pellet probe. At this point the lever was actuated: the right end pivoted down (Point A) releasing the cog and the magazine rotates, simultaneously the left end pivoted up and catches the next cog to stop the rotation. Close the bolt and shoot.
Currently with the non-double load feature: the actuator pin pops up when the gun is fired while the pellet probes is still in place. The pin moves back down immediately and the POINT A lever moves back up immediately. The magazine rotates just slightly clearing the cog and when the probe is withdrawn the POINT A catches the next cog and stops the rotation. Therefore as I see it, the hook on the other end of the lever no longer serves any purpose and it could be eliminated thereby ending the pellet probe abrasion.
Now to put my money where my mouth is.
Using a Dremel tool I carefully ground off the "offending hook". Reassembled, loaded up 10 pellets and test fired. It worked flawlessly from pellet 1 through 10. Reloaded and shot 4 more full mags from my Renegade with no problems whatsoever. The accuracy is far better than before too. Not as good as single loading, but that's not a surprise.
The only drawback that I can see is trying to manually cycle the magazine with it out of the gun, it doesn't stop on each cylinder as the "stop hook" is no longer there. Therefore it would no longer function on an older non-double loading style rifle.
By the way. I was told yesterday while at AOA that a new Daystate magazine should be available in March. No other details other than it will be less expensive.
