S&W627shooter Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 I have a M&P 9 with 10-round magazines. The 10th round is hard to get in the magazine, and they do not seat into the gun very easily if you have the slide forward. Here is the issue I am having. In competition, when I am putting a full magazine into the gun that already has a round "in the pipe," the magazine does not want to seat without smacking it. I found that I was actually hitting the mag twice to make sure it was seated. The bad part is that the second hit on the mag would actually knock the slide out of battery. It took three stages for me to find out why I kept getting a "dead trigger." So here is my question, How do I modify the magazine so that the 10th round is not under so much pressure? Does the follower have legs that hit the bottom floor plate when the mag is full? If so, how much can I trim off the legs to give the last round more room? If not, can the big plastic floor plate be modified to allow the spring more room? I know that the spring could be cut, but that is a last resort. Thanks, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ManBart Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Does the follower have legs that hit the bottom floor plate when the mag is full? You haven't taken a mag apart to look? It only takes a few seconds... If you were knocking it out of battery, what sort of recoil spring are you running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOT QUITE RIGHT Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Get a MagLula Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eisenhow Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 You've found the joys of the "new" followers. Not only is it harder to get the 10th round in but it is so tight that it is difficult to seat the mag on a closed slide (doing 10+1). It also drags the slide and can keep it from going into battery. There are some pictures in this thread that show how someone trimmed the legs off the follower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ManBart Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Get a MagLula The MagLula puts the bullets in the mag, not the mag in the gun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOT QUITE RIGHT Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Get a MagLula The MagLula puts the bullets in the mag, not the mag in the gun... With that being said maybe he should carry a small hammer with a rubber end so as not to damage the mag. I told everyone up front that I was NOT QUITE RIGHT. Sorry I should have read better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S&W627shooter Posted January 20, 2011 Author Share Posted January 20, 2011 You've found the joys of the "new" followers. Not only is it harder to get the 10th round in but it is so tight that it is difficult to seat the mag on a closed slide (doing 10+1). It also drags the slide and can keep it from going into battery. There are some pictures in this thread that show how someone trimmed the legs off the follower. That did the trick! I trimmed 1/8" from the bottom rear "leg" of the follower, and now the last round has a little wiggle room. The mags still take a little pressure to seat, but it's alot better. I can even use the UPLULA for all ten rounds. Previously only 9 would go in with the loader, and the tenth had to be squeezed in by hand. I hope trimming the rear leg of the follower does not cause any feed issues in the future, but time will tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OpelBlitz Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 (edited) I have this exact problem on all but one of my mags for my M&P45. Even my extended 14rd mags. Seems to be a prevalent problem with M&P mags nowadays? Edited February 21, 2011 by OpelBlitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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