turkishroy Posted March 7, 2013 Share Posted March 7, 2013 Wish they made these for the .45... Ended up buying a pistol gear well for mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristianHE Posted March 11, 2013 Share Posted March 11, 2013 Wish they made these for the .45... Ended up buying a pistol gear well for mine. I also wish they would make one for the xd-m 5.25 .45. Haven't bought a magwell yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ropsitos Posted April 15, 2013 Share Posted April 15, 2013 Any pics from the side with the mag installed? I'm trying to determine which baseplate height I need with the EZoffs. I don't want a whole lot of extra stickout past the bottom of the magwell, because I would then just go with the ones that add capacity. thanks Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkishroy Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 (edited) Wish they made these for the .45... Ended up buying a pistol gear well for mine. I also wish they would make one for the xd-m 5.25 .45. Haven't bought a magwell yet. the pistol gear one " works." The website listed it would work with the number two strap, found out it only works with the one on the .45. it attaches by replacing the roll pin for the back strap with a threaded piece that simply threads into the magwell on one side and then butts up against the other inside wall of the magwell. doesn't seem terribly secure but I've never had it budge on me. it's the only option for a magwell on the .45 that I've seen. the other problem though is it is flush with the factory base plates. I made some home made bumpers with a chunk of rubber and double sided tape. gets the job done... Edited April 19, 2013 by turkishroy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdawgbeav Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Wish they made these for the .45... Ended up buying a pistol gear well for mine. I also wish they would make one for the xd-m 5.25 .45. Haven't bought a magwell yet. the pistol gear one " works." The website listed it would work with the number two strap, found out it only works with the one on the .45. it attaches by replacing the roll pin for the back strap with a threaded piece that simply threads into the magwell on one side and then butts up against the other inside wall of the magwell. doesn't seem terribly secure but I've never had it budge on me. it's the only option for a magwell on the .45 that I've seen. the other problem though is it is flush with the factory base plates. I made some home made bumpers with a chunk of rubber and double sided tape. gets the job done... I had that one on my xdm 5.25. I found the same thing and have been working with pistol gear on the problems. I also found that a magazine with even 1 round wouldn't drop free from slide lock. Waiting on a new one, and its a custom one. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkishroy Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Wish they made these for the .45... Ended up buying a pistol gear well for mine. I also wish they would make one for the xd-m 5.25 .45. Haven't bought a magwell yet. the pistol gear one " works." The website listed it would work with the number two strap, found out it only works with the one on the .45. it attaches by replacing the roll pin for the back strap with a threaded piece that simply threads into the magwell on one side and then butts up against the other inside wall of the magwell. doesn't seem terribly secure but I've never had it budge on me. it's the only option for a magwell on the .45 that I've seen. the other problem though is it is flush with the factory base plates. I made some home made bumpers with a chunk of rubber and double sided tape. gets the job done... I had that one on my xdm 5.25. I found the same thing and have been working with pistol gear on the problems. I also found that a magazine with even 1 round wouldn't drop free from slide lock. Waiting on a new one, and its a custom one. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2 Sounds familiar. I found my mags doing the same thing. If you look at where the base plate is at the rear when inserted its probably rubbing the mag well. I took a file and rounded the rear corners of my baseplates just so, and no more sticking mags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdawgbeav Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 (edited) Sounds familiar. I found my mags doing the same thing. If you look at where the base plate is at the rear when inserted its probably rubbing the mag well. I took a file and rounded the rear corners of my baseplates just so, and no more sticking mags. Here's what I found... empty mag + close slide = drop free empty mag + slide lock = drop free loaded mag + closed slide = drop free loaded mag + slide lock = no drop (unless 7+ rounds in the mag and the weight takes over) Is that sound about right? Maybe it really is the basepad and even 1 round starts to compress the spring and therefore changing the profile of the basepad ever so slightly... Might have to do some filing tonight and see if that works. BTW: here's the video of the PistolGear magwell. They made this custom for me. Edited May 1, 2013 by bigdawgbeav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseM Posted May 7, 2013 Share Posted May 7, 2013 (edited) Sounds familiar. I found my mags doing the same thing. If you look at where the base plate is at the rear when inserted its probably rubbing the mag well. I took a file and rounded the rear corners of my baseplates just so, and no more sticking mags. Here's what I found... empty mag + close slide = drop free empty mag + slide lock = drop free loaded mag + closed slide = drop free loaded mag + slide lock = no drop (unless 7+ rounds in the mag and the weight takes over) Is that sound about right? Maybe it really is the basepad and even 1 round starts to compress the spring and therefore changing the profile of the basepad ever so slightly... Might have to do some filing tonight and see if that works. BTW: here's the video of the PistolGear magwell. They made this custom for me. I actually just watched your video. I had a pistol grear magwell on my 45 and I had similar problems which I personally found to be unacceptable so I returned it. I wish someone else made a magwell for the 45. You would think in this modern age of CNC machined parts it would be easy to do. Edited May 7, 2013 by JesseM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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