HeavyDuty Ken
Member
I recently picked up a second six round magazine for my Shield .40 and took it to the range today for the first time.
I was having extreme difficulty loading the sixth round in the new magazine only - it was almost impossible to get it in there, and extremely difficult to seat the magazine with the slide down when fully loaded. After a few cycles it wasn't getting any better, so I popped off the bottom plate to see what the issue might be.
The problem was immediately apparent - the magazine spring was not correctly assembled onto the follower. Rather than having the tail of the spring inserted into the hole in the follower, the spring simply nested under the follower. It was quick work to properly assemble the spring and follower, and all was well after.
If you run across a Shield magazine that just won't load to capacity, look for this assembly error!
I was having extreme difficulty loading the sixth round in the new magazine only - it was almost impossible to get it in there, and extremely difficult to seat the magazine with the slide down when fully loaded. After a few cycles it wasn't getting any better, so I popped off the bottom plate to see what the issue might be.
The problem was immediately apparent - the magazine spring was not correctly assembled onto the follower. Rather than having the tail of the spring inserted into the hole in the follower, the spring simply nested under the follower. It was quick work to properly assemble the spring and follower, and all was well after.
If you run across a Shield magazine that just won't load to capacity, look for this assembly error!
or else just poor training.
Something this simple shouldn't be assembled wrong I mean 4 parts come on now.
