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On 2/13/2017 at 0:10 PM, TennJeep1618 said:

I tried the Mecgar's, but I couldn't get them to fall free in my guns.  I've found that 18rnd SP-01 mags with +10% springs work the best for me, though they aren't cheap.

This has been my experience with two accu-shadows also (the upper portion of the SP-01 mags is narrower than the 17rd Mecgars--they do work if you hold the mag release a bit longer).  I prefer SP-01 mags plus Springer Precision basepads and 10% springs.

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4 hours ago, mrasam said:

This has been my experience with two accu-shadows also (the upper portion of the SP-01 mags is narrower than the 17rd Mecgars--they do work if you hold the mag release a bit longer).  I prefer SP-01 mags plus Springer Precision basepads and 10% springs.

Interesting. My mecgar woth springer pads pop right out. Sure it's the mags?

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2 hours ago, Bullets said:

Interesting. My mecgar woth springer pads pop right out. Sure it's the mags?

Best I could figure out was that I hit the mag release very quickly in match situations and the mag catch was "grabbing" the mag before the mag was clear and it wasn't dropping.  I could not reproduce it in practice--it would only happen in matches--so I thought it was fine before the first match I used them in.  I probably could have re-trained my timing to solve the issue, but I didn't have the issue with the SP-01 mags, so I just switched back.  If you look at the two mag styles next to each other the profile difference is quite clear.  I can see how not everyone would have the problem and I don't intend to disparage the Mecgars--they do every thing else well for me and I still used them for practice.

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3 hours ago, Bullets said:

Interesting. My mecgar woth springer pads pop right out. Sure it's the mags?

 

I explained the problem and sent pictures to Mecgar, asking if they had any suggestions.  They told me that wasn't normal and replaced all of my mags for free.  I was getting serious wear on the part just above the mag catch hole.  I even relived the inside of the mag catch and nothing helped.  The mags would fall about 1/2", then stop.

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17 round Mecgar and their +2 baseplates. Simply the best mag going. It's the same mag that CZ ships with the 2. The Nickle/Chrome (whatever it is) being the best of the two.

They are made with a slightly thicker metal, and have a few upgrades to their design, the rear, top of the mag has a rounded cut now instead of a square cut, where the slide goes through to strip the round from the mag. As well at the top front the mag has a lip that sticks up to stop the next round from partially feeding forward as the top round goes into battery. This only becomes an issue during a mag change.

As for them not falling out of regular Shadows, that is a known issue and easily fixed. Bend the mag catch spring so that the mag catch can't go into the pistol too far, binding the mag in place. 

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The MecGar can hang up in regular CZ's but not the Shadow 2 as they've changed the mag catch button significantly. But for a regular CZ it's a 5 minute fix to bend the mag catch spring. The mags last a lot longer. My practice mags are used almost exclusively on an indoor range with concrete floors, I have had to tweak the lips maybe 5 or 6 times in 3 years of running them. The same 8 mags were also my match mags the first season I ran them, so right now somewhere around 250,000 rounds through those 8 mags, and in Canada we can only have 10 in the mag, so lots and lots of mag changes with the mags slamming into the floor. To fix the lips I just take another mag and smash the lips together a tad until it looks right. I've replaced the springs 4 times as well. 1 mag also survived a nice case head separation which slightly mangled the front of the mag and wrecked the follower. A leatherman to bend the front tang and a new follower and all was good. MecGar also makes a dented/pinned version in 10 round for places that require that (I pinned my 17/19 mags myself before those became available). The regular CZ mags with the square cut on the top at the back crack pretty quickly I find, especially with the concrete floors, I have yet to crack the new MG ones. In all honesty I don't know why anyone would use any other mag. 

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