Benelli M4 + CarrierComp Extended Tube: Cannot load seven 2 3/4 shells in tube!

[Ligament]

Howdy,

 

I have a Benelli M4 with CarrierComp titanium extended tube, CarrierComp shell follower, and CarrierComp supplied spring. I am unable to load seven 2 3/4 Federal Tactical OO Buck 9 Pellets 1325 FPS LE127 shells in the tube.

 

I can get the seventh shell 98% of the way in the tube, but no further.

 

Any suggestions? Thanks!

[Sukhoi_fan]

Not all 2.75" 12 gauge rounds are the same length - I suggest you try another brand if you just have to have 7 rounds in the magazine.

[Huff64]

or better yet...everyone please list the shells that are short enough for 7+1. I too have a extension tube and cant get 7 shells loaded.

[Sukhoi_fan]

I too have a extension tube]

 

If you have a TacStar extension it will probably never hold seven rounds.

Edited February 6, 2013 by Sukhoi_fan

[Ligament]

Ok this is reassuring...

[Guest jsn124]

Check out this thread: Magazine Capacity Issue!

 

In particular posts #15 and #16 by XTrooper and benelliwerkes, respectively.

[Ligament]

Thanks guys.

[Sukhoi_fan]

Recently I've gotten a number of different types of rounds, and so far it seems the low recoil 00 buck is 1/8" (Remington) to 3/16" (Winchester Ranger) shorter than other 00 buck rounds (such as Nobel).

[Suthrn]

I had the same problem, if you will, when I first got my H20 and asked the same question here and found all shells are not created equal.

[jaegerbataillon511]

It is possible you need to replace the magazine spring to the original 34.25" long 064J "M4 S90 M1014". I assume the us market M4 tactical with the shorter tube has a shorter spring and aftermarket ones could be too long.

[Unobtanium]

When was this spring manufactured? How old is your setup? You can modify Kip's older springs by cutting the coils. You will note on the older springs there are several coils "stuck together" on each end that are all "flat" in their winding, and removing all but 2 or so complete 360* turns of "flat-wound" coil on each end should solve your problem. This was fixed on later runs of Kip's springs.

 

That being said, you may have found a shell that just isn't compatible. It's possible, as some shells are quite long even though they are "2-3/4" "

 

See? Trim that CC spring to look like that OE spring...

 

 

It will not harm function if you do it as I detailed, and it should allow that last shell to squeak in there. That spring is from 2009, and the image is courtesy of "Duggan". Kip has since revised his springs to be more like the OEM one shown, regarding the end, for the exact reasons you have noted.

Edited February 8, 2013 by Unobtanium