How to Load High Capacity Airsoft Magazines
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One of the notable challenges of opening a new airsoft gun are the horribly translated directions that ship with them. While the Chinese and Taiwanese airsoft manufacturers make some great products, they lack in the ability to create equally great instructions. One item that many first time users have trouble with is the Airsoft High Capacity Magazine - specifically the wind up style of airsoft magazine. Those helpless souls are easy to identify with comments like "it only shoots when I hold the gun upside down" or "putting the BBs into the hole one-by-one is very difficult." Fear not airsofter novice, many of us made this same mistake once, and it's easy to correct. Once you learn how to use an Airsoft High Capacity Magazine you'll find they are easy to use and an innovative way to feed Airsoft BBs into your AEG.
A little background on how they work. Under spring tension, BBs are fed from a storage well up a feed tube and into the Airsoft Gun. BBs move freely into the gun as long as there is a sufficient spring tension (spring is wound) and enough BBs to continue feeding up into the gun. It is important to note, depending on the airsoft magazine type, the last 7-20 BBs will not feed due to the High Capacity Airsoft magazine design. Basically there aren't enough BBs to maintain tension in the feeder tube.
To properly load a high capacity airsoft magazine, open the BB well door on top of the magazine. Using a small funnel, or your carefully placed hand, fill the BB well all the way to the top. You should be able to easily close the door when filled, do not overfill or force the door as it may break.
Locate the winding wheel on the bottom of the magazine, note that it will usually turn one direction only. Wind the ratchet wheel for approximately 30-45 seconds, until you hear a different click sound. Once the click sound changes, your magazine is fully wound. This process is a good way to build up your thumb muscles. If you are not very patient or have weak thumbs, SRC makes an electric airsoft Magazine winder (SRC Mr. Roll up) that is five times more efficient than using a thumb.
With your airsoft gun on Safe, insert the High Capacity magazine into the AEG Magazine well. You should hear the BBs charge into the Gun’s Feed point. You are now ready to set your Airsoft Gun's selector switch to fire and let'er rip!
Before storing your airsoft gun it is always best to release tension on the High Capacity airsoft magazine spring. Hold the Magazine upside down over a bag (Very important or you'll be picking up BBs for hours). Press the release button (located next to the feed hole) and hold until you hear the spring completely unwind and the BBs stop coming out. Open the BB well door and empty the remaining BBs into the Bag.
If you have any additional questions or don't quite understand this guide, check with your airsoft retailer for further guidance.
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i have the SPm4 by stunt police, how do i open the bb well, its on the bottom and guarded by 4 supporters
i have a g36k the mag doesnt have a bb well and after i load it, it will shoot for a little bit then stop, from there it will only fire when held up side down. do i need to load the mag with more bbs, i only loaded it with a few each time, also everytime i would insert the mag too many bbs would come out which wouldnt allow for them to enter the feeding tube for the gun, is the spring broken in the mag or am i just not doing it right. any info will help.
how do i load my m24 it is the new one and i have to put bbs in it somehow buts its a type of mag that i have never used befor
how do i load my m24 it is the new one and i have to put bbs in it somehow buts its a type of mag that i have never used befor
my bb well door wont open on my m4 hi-cap mag...i looked at it and theres a little slit thing sticking up thats blocking it from opening... help?
Nice site. I've been thinking about getting an airsoft gun for a little while now. Unfortunately there is really nowhere locally to shoot it.
I know how to work the magazine (and i read the article) but when put my mag in my gun, it doesn't shoot. I don't think BBs are going into the feed tube. When i manually load them into the small tube, the gun will shoot, but only upside down! I have never had any problems with it and it would be great to get some help!
HOW MANY BBS CAN A MAGAZINE HOLD?
my mag dosent a bb well door and i have no idea how to put the bbs in
I did all this and it worked (thanks!) but I took out all the BBs from the well but the spring wasn't unwound. Now it is empty but if I wind up the wheel, it will make the clicking noise in a couple seconds. How can I release the tension if nothing is in there? Thanks.
hey dude in the first 15 minutes of using my high cap magazine the thing stopped working and im too cheap to get a new one how do i take it apart or fix it?
Scottster,
Any CA/TM Compatible M4/M16/SCAR/416 Mag will work. Here is on that sell from SRC. It's solid.....
I found out what is wrong with my gun. But the magazine is a piece of crap and I am trying to find a new one. I use a JG HK 416 short barrel gun. Please respond fast.
I don't get what is wrong with my gun. It worked the first day I used it and then a little bit the second day, then in the middle of shooting it, it stops working. I dont have a cleaning rob for the gun and i am not good at taking it apart. But i dont think its a jam because whenever i wind the magazine, nothing happens.
3V@N,
depends on the spring gun. You should see if a friend or local store has the hight caps in stock and test one out in your spring gun.
This is gonna sound stupid, but can I use a High Cap M-14 mag for my spring M-14??? Help me out.
Do you have to wind it while u are having a war. I want to get a high capacity airsoft gun with a 400 bb magazine. Would I have to rewind it in the middle of an airsoft war?
As you know I dislike very much high caps, but the winding system on the JG mags is great. On the side of the mag toward the bottom is a allen type head. The Guns and mags come with a butterfly wrnch winder. Saves painful fingertips from winding mags. The finish is terrible though. I suggest stripping to bare metal prime and flat black them.
The high capacity magazine you sent me for my Well MP-4 is awesome, i will check out the winder you recomeded.
Always informative Major.
I can't tell you how excited my newphew was recieving his airsoft gun!! I also appreciate the excellent service we recieved when ordering are gun not only that how simple it was and what great choices to choose from. We will be ordering again.
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Pedro 2 months ago
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