Monday, December 07, 2020

Well, that's not good

Guy had a problem with his S&W Shield magazine: the seven-rounder suddenly wouldn't hold more than six.  Unloaded, reloaded, same.  So unloaded it and pulled the floorplate, and the spring didn't want to come out.  Little pulling, and
I don't think the spring is supposed to look like that.

Just to try I straightened it and reassembled, and like you'd expect it collapsed again when put under tension.  New spring time.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I had the same problem. Went with Wolff springs for my carry magazines. Seems to be a problem with S&W Shield magazines, I guess dues to the "step" in the middle of the spring.

Firehand said...

I had not heard that. I'll pass around the Wolff recommendation, I've used their stuff for years.