by The Famous Grouse on Sun Jul 05, 2015 8:44 pm
I have an Axis in .223 as well. Two possibilities.
1. You're not pressing the magazine in hard enough. Turn the rifle over once, (chamber empty, of course) with mag empty and bolt open. Press the magazine in, rear first and then press the front of the mag in until you hear and see the magazine latch/lever snap and lock in to place. Get a good feel for what it looks and feels like.
2. Make sure the small spring clip on the rear of the magazine is in place and not broken off. I HAVE actully broken this little clip off during a P-dog hunt last year in SD. I only had one magazine and if the spring clip is broken off, the mag will not stay inserted. This spring clip is not replaceable.
If in doubt, go to a gun shop and compare your mag to a new one.
Grouse