Ok, i received my new magazine springs from S&W. The new springs have a bit of yellow paint on a portion of them. The new springs are significantly longer than my original springs, but otherwise they look the same. My 5 original springs and a new spring are shown in the attached photo. My original springs varied in length, because of the extent each was used I assume.
My guess is that I have around 1200 rounds of total use spread across my 5 magazines. I wouldn't expect magazine springs to show this much wear (change in length) with such a small number of rounds of use. Maybe that is normal...who knows?
I haven't had a chance to get back to the range with the new springs installed, but we'll see if the new springs help with the issue. Hope so...
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