Fuelie777 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Installed Taran Tactical Base pads on S&W 17 round magazine so I can get 23 rounds in it. I must be doing something wrong, as I can only get 18 rounds in the magazine. Looked at photo's, read installation instructions on web site, have the spring in the correct orientation. Need any assistance that can be provided Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rez805 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 20 minutes ago, Fuelie777 said: Installed Taran Tactical Base pads on S&W 17 round magazine so I can get 23 rounds in it. I must be doing something wrong, as I can only get 18 rounds in the magazine. Looked at photo's, read installation instructions on web site, have the spring in the correct orientation. Need any assistance that can be provided Thanks. This might sound a bit odd, but if you have something like an uplula . . . try "wiggling" the uplula as you try to get past the 18th round. I found that the spring sometimes catches on something on the inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkreutz Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 (edited) You need to taper the lower edges of the follower legs. (I use a sanding block and 100 grit paper) TT talks about this on their site, I also filed off the sharp edge on the inside edge of the base pad. Whats happening is the follower is getting stuck on the top edge of the pad. Edited January 1, 2017 by Bkreutz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuelie777 Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 2 hours ago, Bkreutz said: You need to taper the lower edges of the follower legs. (I use a sanding block and 100 grit paper) TT talks about this on their site, I also filed off the sharp edge on the inside edge of the base pad. Whats happening is the follower is getting stuck on the top edge of the pad. I will look at this very carefully. Probably correct. I will try to find where TT discusses this. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkreutz Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Yeah it happened to me the first time I tried loading a mag with the TTI 140 bases. Stopped solid at 18 rounds, looked at the website, saw the thing about trimming the follower and beveling the base. Looked closely at the plastic legs on the follower and could see where it was catching on the base. After that I made sure I counted the rounds going in, I can always feel the legs jumping past the base at round 19. (don't use those mags anymore, I switched over to STI so the M&P is the wife's gun now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolffy1876 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Yep getting caught on the extension. Light sand. I also found using a speedloader and every few rounds set the rounds by repeatedly pushing the loader up and down helped a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuelie777 Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 Thanks everyone. Suggestions incorporated. All is well in S&W Pro magazine land! Happy New year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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