Msnthrp451 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Went to the range today with my 10mm stock 1... at the end of a string the slide locked back but the magazine would not drop....after some WTF moments I found that the mag follower had jumped past the slide stop/release locking it up...and only by shoving down on the follower could I get things back in order. Im not sure if the follower is the culprit or the Slide stop. One mag consistently does it (Aha, So its that mag!)....but wait! one other mag will do it every 4th or 5th time... the gun has about 1k rounds through it and I don't know where to start.. Mags are the Mec Gar 14 rd which I load to 13 to keep them from expanding. I don't mind so much replacing whatever is causing the issue but I hate chasing something that appears inconsistently. If it's just a matter of replacing the follower..thats the least expensive route...then will a .40 follower work or is this 10mm specific? Open to any ideas...suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbu Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 10mm and 40sw followers are different. I wonder if the slide stop is at fault.? Never ran across this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polymer Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 I have removed/grinded some of the material off slide stop where it contacts the slide in order to have it harder to accidentally hit slide stop during shooting and to make slide auto forward easier on slide lock reloads. I had same issue as you and ever since this was done it has never happened again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Msnthrp451 Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 (edited) Seems to be confined to 1 mag for sure and the second one again once every 4th or 5th time.. I ordered 2 new 10mm specific Grams Engineering springs and followers to see if that might solve the issue... To Polymer- I did have 2 premature slidelock engagement issues today at the range....I will take a hard look at the stop to see if and where its making contact..I shoot Lefty and don't have the issues of bumping the stop so at least I can rule that out.. later in the session I had a couple of FTRB but that was after 150 rounds of MagTech..I pullled the slide and wiped the feedramp off....that is some nasty dirty ammo...Then fired 50 rounds of some warm reloads without further issues... Will post updates as I narrow down the list Edited December 12, 2018 by Msnthrp451 added txt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
124gr9mm Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Stupid question, but did you drop or crush the magazine that's most frequently experiencing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Msnthrp451 Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 Good question, but no, none of the mags have been dropped or damaged Afaik. Got the GE followers and springs installed. The followers are steel and definitely shaped differently from the stock plastic ones... I won't be back to the range to try them until after the first of the year. Will post the results and hope the problem is solved.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Msnthrp451 Posted January 10, 2019 Author Share Posted January 10, 2019 Update- Finally got a chance to test out the Stock 1 mags with the Grams Engineering Springs and followers... worked thru 200 rds with zero issues on slidelock.. Ordered 4 more to re-fit my other mags. Two thumbs up for Grams Engineering products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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