sk330lc Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Was at a local shop and they had Pro- mag Magazines for the M&P 9 and 40. I picked up one of the 17rd 9mm mags for testing. Seems well made. have yet to load and try it yet though. Has anyone else tried these? The price was $25 and is marked made in the USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rack&roll Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 I went to Pro-mag's website and they do not list any mags for the M&P 9mm. Where can these be found? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Bird Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 I have bought three of them. Have shot all three two complete dumps. One round fast fire, and the second round paced steady fire. I had zero issues. With that said I understand that some mag made by Pro-Mag do cause problems. I do not know how far back this problem went. So I can only attest for what I have. IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rack&roll Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 I have bought three of them. Have shot all three two complete dumps. One round fast fire, and the second round paced steady fire. I had zero issues. With that said I understand that some mag made by Pro-Mag do cause problems. I do not know how far back this problem went. So I can only attest for what I have. IMHO Please let me know where to buy them! (r.e. 2nd post above) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk330lc Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 Had a chance to run about 75 rounds threw the 9mm pro- mag tonight. Zero issues slide locked back every time when empty. I loaded it to capacity 17 the first time around . after that I was only loading 5. I'm hopeful for these mags Only time will tell. I found these at a tractor supply store. They had all kinds of pro- mag brand magazines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agney5 Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 We have them at Rural King here in the Midwest. A buddy of mine picked up a couple for 40 and ran them at a match without any feeding problems. However he wants then to drop free and that has been a task, I have polished, honed, and out right butchered one to no avail. The other just took a little work and it drops free no problem. Sent from my DROID RAZR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk330lc Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 SMI-A12 is the pro mag number Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armedmoose Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 I would love to find some of these magazines... I don't even need them to fill to capacity.. just hold 10 rounds so I can finally shoot my M&P in production. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken_Bird Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 When I bought mine I bought extra. I would part with three of them. They are brand new and I have not shot them yet. $28.00 plus shipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wideerhunter Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 There are a bunch of these available on Gun Broker for much more reasonable prices than the factory mags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannybot Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 (edited) How about this one? 32 rounds, I sent them an email to see how long it is, maybe it would be <170mm. http://www.promagindustries.com/product-p/smi-a14.htm Edited July 18, 2013 by Dannybot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partyboy424 Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 Please let us know what they say. Sadly that looks a whole hell of a lot longer. I know the hicap sig mags were something crazy like 220mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfish Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I don't know because I don't have one but I would assume that its longer than the 170mm. Just like the Glock ones are too long for open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgj3 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Cant get 32 in anything close to legal. 31 is do-able with rimless supercomp, but no way with 9mm in a 170. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthyBlagga Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 (edited) A buddy of mine picked up a couple for 40 and ran them at a match without any feeding problems. However he wants then to drop free and that has been a task, I have polished, honed, and out right butchered one to no avail. The other just took a little work and it drops free no problem. Have you made any more progress getting these mags to drop free? I just got a ProMag M&P9 mag, which feeds fine but is nowhere near dropping free. I doubt polishing will be enough... I'm thinking a squeeze in a vice will be needed. Anyone tried this yet? Edited July 25, 2013 by StealthyBlagga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franch1se Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 i had a few promags hang up. the follower would get hung up on the slidestop actuator tab. by flattening and creating a bigger surface, it was no longer grabbing. for the price and a bit of tweaking, the promags work flawless for me. i've even replaced the base plate, spring, base plate catch and follower... it's pretty much a promag shell with s&w factory internals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealthyBlagga Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 (edited) My ProMag M&P9 mag was hanging up on the magazine release. In an attempt to fix it, I squeezed it's tube in the vice today. It needed about 0.01" off the front-back dimension. Unfortunately the squeezing resulted in excessive bulging across the width where the tube starts to taper down to the feed lips, plus the feed lips themselves started to splay outwards. Basically, there is just too much metal in the tube! In the end I pretty much had to squeeze the shoulders back in, then bend the lips to the correct spacing. I think I have it right now - it seems to feed OK by hand, and the mag falls free most of the time. Still, I doubt I will use it for any serious competitive use... I have enough S&W-brand mags (which drop free easily 100% of the time) that I have no particular desire to roll the dice on this ProMag. I doubt I will buy any more either. One more interesting observation: I was able to bend the ProMag tube easily, whereas when I have tried to do the same with a S&W-brand tube in the past, the tube was so hard it cracked... it could only be bent after annealing. Edited July 29, 2013 by StealthyBlagga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveac1 Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Be careful with the ProMags. I had 4 of them and they spontaneously disassembled. All sent back to ProMag over 5 weeks ago. No word. They had a production issue out of the gate they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coordinator Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 A remedy I have employed in the past, on sticky Glock mags, was to cut a piece off a milk carton and wrap it over the mag then insert it in the pistol and let it set overnight. I know that worked on Glocks, perhaps it will work on the S&W M&P too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awfaxis Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 I bought two ProMags back in June, and will never buy again. I was doing a steel shoot, and after a second shot, the base failed and the spring shot out the bottom, followed by 14 rounds. Since then, I only use the remaining one for Barney loads. Paid $75 a pop for 8 more of the real deal on GB. Sad when the cost of stuff like this costs as much as the gun. Few weeks ago, another person had the same thing happen during a USPSA run. Free rounds for everyone. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon49erfan Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 From what I have read, Promag knows about this problem and people are getting them replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave C Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 In my opinion, Promag has never had a reputation for producing quality magazines. I was bitten once, many years back. I learned my lesson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveac1 Posted October 30, 2013 Share Posted October 30, 2013 Received my replacement magazines. I have a few that would spontaneously disassemble. These new ones seem to be manufactured better. The seam line is gone and the baseplate is tighter. Still not convinced to use in IDPA, but will keep beating them up to test reliability. kudos ProMag for at least replacing them. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk330lc Posted April 14, 2014 Author Share Posted April 14, 2014 Received my replacement magazines. I have a few that would spontaneously disassemble. These new ones seem to be manufactured better. The seam line is gone and the baseplate is tighter. Still not convinced to use in IDPA, but will keep beating them up to test reliability. kudos ProMag for at least replacing them. Steve The one I bought did this to me Saturday while running drills. Never did find the Spring. Up until it flew apart the mag had run Flawlessly. Not sure if it's worth my time contacting them about it or not. =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveac1 Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 Update. New replacement mags are fine. No issues thus far. I use for the range and drills but in competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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