I think, or HOPE, I have solved the problem. The CLIP has a wall on each side of the cartridge. The top of each of these walls is bent slightly inward so as to partially encircle the top of the top cartridge, thus holding the cartridges in the CLIP. I used pliers to bend the top of each CLIP wall inward a bit more so as to give each side wall more grip on the top cartridge. So far it is working and the bolt feeds as it should ... SO .... problem solved I HOPE.

Thanks for the info.