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Old 01-16-2017, 11:43 AM
grimes1965 grimes1965 is offline
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Default Shield .45 mag dropping

For what its worth, left handed Shield shooter here and had the same problem with the difference that mine is a 9mm and only occured with 8 round magazine. After considerable trial and error and watched closely by a spotter I was hitting the mag release with the middle finger of my left hand. It only happened with a very strong 2 handed grip, holding as high as possible on the grip. Using a slip on Hogue grip sleeve eliminated the problem (slightly changed the position of my fingers on the grip?) but I dislike slip on grips sleeves. So, a solution I found here and a few other places was to use a punch and put a slight raised "bump" on the magazine catch slot on the magazine so that the mag catch grabs a larger section of the magazine. Crude but it works. In 1,500 rounds since this modification mags are retained 100% of the time.
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