mikeinctown Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 I have a half dozen of the nickel plated Mecgar mags for my Shadow. Recently the gun hasn't always been going to slide lock when the magazine is empty so I got some replacement Wolff springs. Only problem is that the springs are a bunch narrower than the Mecgar springs and they do not fit around the plastic baseplate to snap in place. I pulled out one of my OE 19 round mags and they have metal plates with a hook that will work with the Wolff springs. Does everyone who runs Wolff springs just order new factory baseplates for their Mecgar mags, or are you using some other baseplate/spring combination? If you are using some other spring besides the Wolff springs, where are you ordering from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMS Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Same thing happened to me, and I have the same question. I should have just contacted Wolff, but, laziness... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Krywicki Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Had that problem. These are the springs you want to buy: https://czcustom.com/spring-mag-mecgar-follower.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeinctown Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 On 9/10/2017 at 7:13 PM, Jason Krywicki said: Had that problem. These are the springs you want to buy: https://czcustom.com/spring-mag-mecgar-follower.html Excellent, thanks. Like the quantity discount as others wanted like $7 each with no discount. Would figure since I just did an order with CZ last week and didn't realize the other springs I bought wouldn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowdyb Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 i've used those springs and just didn't seat them on the locking plate. yeah the spring was a little crooked at the bottom but the mag still worked and i didn't have to spend any money. i've also cut the base of those mag springs so they contacted the locking plate along just one side, clipping the coil from a U shape at the bottom to an I shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeinctown Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 On 9/12/2017 at 6:45 PM, rowdyb said: i've used those springs and just didn't seat them on the locking plate. yeah the spring was a little crooked at the bottom but the mag still worked and i didn't have to spend any money. i've also cut the base of those mag springs so they contacted the locking plate along just one side, clipping the coil from a U shape at the bottom to an I shape. Thanks for the suggestions. Well they are just sitting on my table so using them would be better than letting them get rusty. I'll just use the ones I got and be super careful taking them apart for cleaning. New ones going on order for next time. BTW, have you had a chance to use or look at any of the orange ones that they have at the benstoegerproshop? I like the idea of high viz orange and for $2 a pop they are cheap enough to try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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