These dang Magazines!!!

Hello Forum;

My daughter is a LEO with a North Carolina agency and her duty weapon is a Glock 21 - Gen 4 in .45 ACP. When issued it was brand new, in case with the 2 extra 13 round mags, and a "chincy" Glock "plastic mag loader.

She was told in basic LEO ttraining to load up all 3 mags with full 13 rounds and then rotate quite often during qualifying and weekly practice events. I gave her my Uplula mag loader that I use for my Browning Hi Power and since then no troubles whatsoever.

I was never one to leave fully loaded mags in the safe or ammo boxes, but since my daughter told me that it is standard practice with her agency (duty belt has all 3 mags fully loaded, one in gun, two on belt), and that the springs actually are made with this in mind, I may change my take on this situation too.

Evidently the springs like full compression most times being relieved when shot, then fully compressed again.

I agree with the other posters....load em up, let em sit, smack with rims down into palm after loading to seat all rounds against the back of the mag, fire away......repeat.
 
When you attempt to chamber a round, are you releasing the slide and allowing it to slam forward? Some shooters have a tendency to "ride" the slide forward with their hand on it thus interfering with the round chambering.. As with seating your magazines, it's wrong to baby your pistol.

Your problems all appear to have occurred before you actually shot the Shield. Put 100 rounds through it and report back.
 
  • Like
Reactions: LAA
Str8 shot Stephen said:
Just bought my shield 9mm today and the first thing I do is try and load my 7 round clip into the gun.... Well guess what Brothers?!?!!!! The dang thing will not even come close to fitting... It only fits if I take a bullet out and run with 6...but then when I try and rack with the six it still doesn't work... It basically jams the gun!!!! This is my first smith and Wesson and I must say it will probably be my last.... Going shooting pretty soon.. So hopefully that helps my thoughts about the firearm. Anyone else have this problem??? From what I seen it's a pretty regular thing... So far Springfield xd mod 2 (1) s&w shield (0) but im not giving up yet.... BTW s&w is sending me 2 new mags
Click to expand...

Just a FYI on here don't call a magazine a clip or you will get a ribbing from some folks as a joke. No hurt feelings there just trying to let you know you are using the wrong terminology. Your new here so I will forgive you.
magvclip.jpg

Just ordered my shield yesterday so no help from me just yet.
 
gdnagle said:
Just a FYI on here don't call a magazine a clip or you will get a ribbing from some folks as a joke. No hurt feelings there just trying to let you know you are using the wrong terminology. Your new here so I will forgive you.
View attachment 280996

Just ordered my shield yesterday so no help from me just yet.
Click to expand...
[emoji106] If it says right on the gun magazine then it must be a magazine.

Friends don't let friends buy Taurus.
 
Welcome...beware the flying monkeys:D

Shields are stiff when you first get them. Mags and slide alike. Dont baby it, just get after it! First 100 rounds smooth everything up and get everything flexing properly and after 500 rounds you will have a dream of a gun.

All good ideas expressed above. Clean, lube, load the mags.

Question....what about the 8 round mag?? Problems with it??

...and everybody knows they are called clipazines:p
 
My Shield 9 came today, from Sportsmen's. Gravel road on the way to the soggy outdoor range after our Sunday rain and snow storm kept me away from the range tonight. So I'm just examining it and dry firing it. Trigger seems okay, not gritty. Field strip and reassembly easy. Mags tight, loaded eight by hand once, used the loader for the other, removed one round and put it back in by hand. Weird thing, I received two 8 round magazines, not a 7. But only one of the plastic inserts to fill the gap between bottom of frame and magazine. My question, do I call Sportsmans or Smith and ask for a seven round mag. And, will they send me another insert?
 
GoDevil Man said:
My Shield 9 came today...
Weird thing, I received two 8 round magazines, not a 7. But only one of the plastic inserts to fill the gap between bottom of frame and magazine. My question, do I call Sportsmans or Smith and ask for a seven round mag. And, will they send me another insert?
Click to expand...

I would call S&W CS first. No doubt they will send the proper mag (they may send a label to return the other 8 rounder, but I would bet that with a courteous and polite call you will come out 1 mag ahead). The store probably switched out mags hoping no one would notice.
 
hoc9sw said:
I would call S&W CS first.
Click to expand...

Yup, Dan from S&W CS offered the sleeve, I nicely asked for the short mag too and he says they are in the mail. Got the 9 to the range tonight for 66 quick rounds. I think I got a good one, was a blast knocking down the steel plates. One FTF, I'm gonna blame Remington UMC rebate ammo for that. The other 49 UMC and 16 Federal rounds from Wal Mart all fed and ejected fine, went bang!
 
These are pretty tight guns when they are new. I had kind of a funny experience with my 9mm Shield right after I bought it. I was taking a refresher class a couple of weeks afterwards with an instructor who didn't like the UPLULA tool. He came by my station and said "here, let me show you how to load without that thing." About five minutes later (still on bullet # 1) he said - "Is this one new? Never mind - you're doing the right thing."
 
Rastoff said:
Any instructor who doesn't like the UpLula is either an idiot or trying to sell a different brand. I would be looking for another instructor for subsequent refreshers.
Click to expand...

Yeah, this is the first class I had taken with this guy. I don't plan on taking any more with him. Nobody could figure out what his hangup with it was. All he would say is "you're not going to have this if you're in a situation where you have to draw." I was thinking "ummm - when I carry, I already have the magazine in place and a round in the chamber." But, yeah - you do have a point.
 
JLPiccard said:
All he would say is "you're not going to have this if you're in a situation where you have to draw."
Click to expand...
Ah, he was one of those. I understand wanting students to learn how to operate without special tools that they wouldn't normally have. Even so, I can't imagine a situation where I would want to load a mag and not have the UpLula. Even then, I'll learn on the job.
 
Rastoff said:
Any instructor who doesn't like the UpLula is either an idiot or trying to sell a different brand. I would be looking for another instructor for subsequent refreshers.
Click to expand...

If there was a Nobel Prize for firearm technology, the Uplula would be a winner. I can't imagine being without one. Maybe someone should explain the background of the Uplula to that instructor. It was invented in Israel because Israelis frequently need to load their guns in a hurry.
 
My "tongue" on mine keeps getting caught when I squeeze and depress. I have to manual pull out on the squeezed handle to get it to disengage. What's being done incorrectly? Happens with loading my Glocks as well. It seems like I'm squeezing too hard to cause this.

Sent from my KFFOWI using Tapatalk
 
They have a locking mechanism on the side to lock it closed for the range bag.

Check and make sure its not hanging up or anything.

Just got back from the range. Still breaking in the Shield 45's. Another 75 each puts them both around 440 ea. Running like clockwork.

Its me and momma so when loading for another round its 26 total. I get in the rhythm and can get it done in 30-45 seconds.

MagLuuuuuuLaaaaaa:D
 
Dad_Roman said:
They have a locking mechanism on the side to lock it closed for the range bag.



Check and make sure its not hanging up or anything.



Just got back from the range. Still breaking in the Shield 45's. Another 75 each puts them both around 440 ea. Running like clockwork.



Its me and momma so when loading for another round its 26 total. I get in the rhythm and can get it done in 30-45 seconds.



MagLuuuuuuLaaaaaa:D
Click to expand...



Hmm, news to me. I'll need to go look. Thanks for the insight.
 
This is the one I have used with pretty good success. [ame]https://www.amazon.com/RAE-701-Universal-Pistol-Magazine-Loader/dp/B00UEAU1JG/ref=sr_1_1?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1494127739&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=magazine+loader&psc=1[/ame]

However, I am looking at Amazon at the Maglula in Amazon.com as it is only around $29. Looks interesting.

I have been shooting many years, pistol since 1970, and believe me, I've loaded my share of stiff magazines by hand. Don't worry about having to load in a life-death situation as your adrenaline will be so pumped you won't remember if it was stiff loading. Fumbling may be more in order than worrying about carrying a speed magazine loader.
 
+1 Uplula. Never considered / needed one until... Shield. Let the mags sit fully loaded for a week and now I don't "need" it I'm sure I will still use it. I bought a brightly colored one so the black lock switch is obvious. I have on occaision half-locked it during loading, so that may be your problem with it not retracting the tongue easily. The Uplula is a great design and is extremely well-built. Hint: use it on a flat surface.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

W
S&W M&P 9 Shield Crimson Trace hard to Rack
Replies
5
Views
492
MikeNV
MikeNV
D
Shield Plus slide not locking back on empty 10 round magazine.
2
Replies
20
Views
366
MoGunGuy
MoGunGuy
K
Bodyguard 2.0 magazine release mod...it is too long.
Replies
11
Views
530
seldon14
S
W
Has anyone figured out why the M&P 10mm 2.0 has so many problems? Mine still pukes loaded rounds out the ejection port straight out of the magazine.
Replies
6
Views
308
Rule3
Rule3
dben002
Being lucky still counts......
Replies
0
Views
350
dben002
dben002

Latest posts

Back
Top