As many of you know, I recently had a Black Dog 22LR AR conversion magazine fail me in the feedlip. Needless to say, BDM took care of me and sent me one of their new X-Form magazines, so I am going to do a side by side comparison review of their older generation models. I thought the one they were going to send was going to have steel feedlips, but wasn't the case. But I plan to order one when I see them available on their site.
A few things that caught my eye right off.
First, the Xform magazine seems lighter than the old one.
And as you can see, the new X-form magazine on the left has a flat/matte black appearance and looks more like an AR magazine than the old one on the right.
The old 27 round follower (on the right) has been replaced by a taller 26 round follower that will hold the bolt open on the last shot, which will help prolong the life of the firing pin by preventing the hammer to strike the bolt while on an empty chamber.
I was curious how BDM planned on incorporating replacable feed lips. I half expected a simple square notch in the top of the magazine, but they got a lot more creative than that and has a couple of different places that are made to retain the feedlip, and in the correct position.
I haven't had the chance to run this magazine through all the paces that I have the older generation model, but I have no doubts that this mag is going to do just fine.
A few things that caught my eye right off.
First, the Xform magazine seems lighter than the old one.
And as you can see, the new X-form magazine on the left has a flat/matte black appearance and looks more like an AR magazine than the old one on the right.
The old 27 round follower (on the right) has been replaced by a taller 26 round follower that will hold the bolt open on the last shot, which will help prolong the life of the firing pin by preventing the hammer to strike the bolt while on an empty chamber.
I was curious how BDM planned on incorporating replacable feed lips. I half expected a simple square notch in the top of the magazine, but they got a lot more creative than that and has a couple of different places that are made to retain the feedlip, and in the correct position.
I haven't had the chance to run this magazine through all the paces that I have the older generation model, but I have no doubts that this mag is going to do just fine.