MJF Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 I have three new 17 round Shadow 2 mags. I put extensions on them and now they hold exactly, 17 rounds. I used the stock follower and spring. I thought with all of that extra room they would hold a few more. Does the spring and follower need to also be changed? I like the slide lock function of the stock follower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KlausN Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 I get between 21 and 23 depending on spring, Follower and base pad. 21 of 9mm with the stock spring and blue Follower in a mac-gar 17rd tube. 23 with grams spring and follower and the Taran base pad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mveto Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 I get 23 with grams followers and springs and Henning extensions. When I had the stock springs and followers I’d get 21 rounds. Your follower could be catching on the lip of the extension when fully loaded, how many rounds could you fit in the mag with the stock base plate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJF Posted November 25, 2020 Author Share Posted November 25, 2020 With the stock base plate I could get 17. I'll take the base plate off and see if it fits the extensions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eerw Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) I get 21 with stock follower and springs, 22-23 with CZC follower and springs. CZC pads. my guess is the follower is contacting the pad and stopping Edited November 25, 2020 by eerw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJF Posted November 25, 2020 Author Share Posted November 25, 2020 The follower is a tight fit. It does have just enough room to move and get caught up on the lip of the mag extension. It can be seen when looking down with a flashlight. I'll have to blend it like you do a mag well. Thank you all. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George16 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 If you want to add more rounds to your mag/extension while using the stock followers, you need to cut the feet (the two extended plastic part on both sides of the follower’s bottom portion) leaving enough plastic to enable slide lock on an empty mag. You can use a dremel with a cutoff tool and just sand the cut to clean it up. If you look at the grams or CZC followers, they are almost flat and don’t have the protruding plastic on the bottom part of the stock followers. These protruding feet on each side on the bottom part of the follower is what preventing you from loading more rounds into the mag because it will physically hit the extension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJF Posted November 25, 2020 Author Share Posted November 25, 2020 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJF Posted November 26, 2020 Author Share Posted November 26, 2020 I trimmed the followers today and now I can get 20 rounds in comfortably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George16 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 47 minutes ago, MJF said: I trimmed the followers today and now I can get 20 rounds in comfortably. Glad it worked out well for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slavex Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 are those followers hollow? does the spring extend down into it? the +2 basepads aren't anywhere near as big as those. Also, how the heck do those even seat in the gun with that weird angle on the basepad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJF Posted November 26, 2020 Author Share Posted November 26, 2020 The extensions are the same angle as the stock base pads. The followers are solid, I just cut three of them. With a different follower they will hold more than 20. I like the slide lock on the last round, so I kept the stock follower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slavex Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 man they look like a totally different angle. weird. sorry I totally screwed up and said followers when I meant basebads, are the pads hollow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KlausN Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 56 minutes ago, slavex said: man they look like a totally different angle. weird. sorry I totally screwed up and said followers when I meant basebads, are the pads hollow? Extended basepads are hollow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slavex Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 @KlausN not all of them are. Plenty in fact, aren't, not everyone is legally allowed to use extended pads that increase capacity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KlausN Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 5 hours ago, slavex said: @KlausN not all of them are. Plenty in fact, aren't, not everyone is legally allowed to use extended pads that increase capacity. Good point. But aren’t the extensions tor 10 rd mags used on short tubes (CZ) and additionally they slide inside the tube not outside? I have not even considered 10rd extensions as all my 10 rd mags have short tubes and look different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slavex Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 @KlausN MecGar makes 10 round mags that are full body tubes with indents on the side, so +2 or whatever baseplates don't actually add capacity, but some regions still won't let them in simply because those region's law enforcement think they could add capacity. As well some places a factory 19 round mag is fine, but adding a new baseplate that adds more capacity isn't. Laws are stupid everywhere it seems. So in some places you'll see what looks like an extra capacity baseplate but in fact is nothing more than a larger baseplate, either for ease of handling, looks, or weight, or all of the above, or, maybe, is extra capacity too. It all depends where you are, and what the intent is behind them. I've had to deal with a few people who've bought large baseplates thinking they were going to get extra capacity, only to discover they didn't when the baseplates were solid, but they couldn't actually figure out why until it was explained to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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