the neighbors are restless.....

I call dibs on your guns when the sheriff's sniper picks you off.

Congrats! I bought two metal mags from http://www.usmachinegun.com They work in the stock M11/9 upper, but not in the MAX-11. I've read that you can dremel the feed lips to change the geometry to get them to work. I'll probably try soon. Some people bend the feed ramp on the M11/9 receiver, but I'm not going to do that.

I also bought 2 pro-mag mags, which are fairly new to the market. They're plastic, but better than the factory Zytels. However, I find I need to insert the mag entirely, then tug down a bit to make it work with the MAX-11.

Remind me - are you getting a suppressor for it? Mine's fairly quiet with a Liberty Mystic and subsonics. Louder than an MP5 with the same can, but still much improved over unsuppressed.

Ammo-wise I've had pretty good luck with any round nosed ammo after it broke in some, but mine won't feed flat nosed or hollow points. I just put together a batch of 147 subsonics with Precision Delta round nosed 147's and hope I have good luck with them.

Hey Davy,

I've had mine for about two months now, I think. Time flies. I had a bit of a break-in period with my Lage upper - it initially didn't want to feed most types of ammo, but now it'll feed WWB reliably.

I don't know of any steel mags that work out of the box with the MAX-11. Richard's steel feed lips are supposed to be great. I've got a few sets but haven't installed them on any mags yet.

I'm sure you know this, but that Mystic is going to get crazy hot when you put it on your M11. I bought a pair of Nomex gloves for taking the thing on and off the gun. It doesn't hurt the can at all, but will hurt your skin if you grab it.

-Zack

Mine just required a break in period. The first couple of mags I had to rack the bolt pretty much every round. When some of us met up at Da Shed it was only about 2 days in my possession and was still very much teething.

I found shooting WWB during the break-in helped a lot. I was shooting American Eagle initially and it appeared not to have quite enough oomph to get the bolt to lock back into position. After a few hundred rounds it's now feeding everything but my 147 gr reloads, and I think I'm close to finding the right recipe there.

I got an email today from Jackie saying my MAX-22 conversion was ready to go, so hopefully I'll have that next week and can report on my experiences with it.