My new Smith & Wesson brand magazine binds after 3 round. I can stick something thin down there like a pencil and it will go all the way to the bottom. But with rounds it binds after 3. Has anyone had this problem?

Are you saying it does this when you are loading it or when you are shooting it? There was a problem with the followers on some of the 6906 magazines and they required a little "fitting" to work properly. It involved some filing or grinding on the follower. The follower was catching on the slot in the magazine.

Are you using a magazine loader or just your fingers?

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I only have older 5900 magazines, but one thing that can cause loading problems is the length or bullet shape of reloads. Some magazines might require the use of a loading tool for the first several loads. Getting more than five rounds in my new Shield mags is impossible without the loading tool. Just my experience.

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This is just my fingers.
The problem seems to be the point in the magazine where it widens to be double stacked. I can hear a little click sound and then no more rounds can go in. I think the follower is tilting and binding.
These are factory Remington loads.

Take apart the Mag and take a look at the follower, springs etc...

Originally Posted by cpeblue View Post
The legs on the followers were catching on the openings in the magazine for the magazine catch while reloading the mag. Take the follower out and cut the bottom of the legs on a angle and it will glide right by the opening. Some of those reviews were funny, I'll be glad to give them $5 for each of those junk mags. You have to wonder about quality control , someone should have caught that.
I got a brand new 6906 in box that was never fired. It was a Cali Dept of Corrections gun that was never issued with 2 12 rnd mags that say government on them
One filled fine with 12 rounds. the other feed 3 i had to pull it down and fix the leg that was cut to big. And that gun was made in Dec 2007
So they must know they have been turning out bad mags for some time now.
I just ordered 2 new mags for the 4516 that I just got as it was new but no box and one mag
To make a nice trio of 3rd gens
Lets hope that they are made right.
Who has the best price on Real S&W mags I want two more 14rnd for the 5906 and two more 12 rnd for my 6906 Thanks and sorry for the slight high jack

Thanks so much for the advice. I took the magazine apart and filed the outside of the follower legs to round them off a bit. Put it back together and works perfectly.
Whole thing took 2 minutes. If I had more I could do them in about 30 seconds.
Silly how easy.

Even sillier that you had to do it to begin with!

Sorry. Just noticed this part. I got mine from Midway. They had a %33 off sale but unfortunately it has ended.