There are some questions and I have had this problem from day one of bringing the M&P-10 home. Failure to feed from the short Mags 4 or 5 round mags!
Fix found
The 5 round S&W that came with the rifle and the 4 round DPMS I use with my POF; I had the thought, look at this step by step *just what is taking place*??
The bolt is simply sliding over the round in the Mag, do I replace the follower ?? NO
Do I add power to the spring?? No
Then looking at the Pmag (20 round) that works, but not with reliability, its follower, is built as a mirror image to both the other Mag. followers.
In short there is no need to take apart, switch anything around or buy new mags.
I took a piece of Velcro just the soft half; cut it to fit the top of the follower. It has its own adhesive so for the testing the adhesive was good enough, with the Velcro; a half inch wide and long enough to cover the entire follower.
The followers configuration is entirely changed; the Velcro picks up the round just enough for the bolt to catch the rear of the round chambering it perfectly!
Yesterday 60 rounds fired only one FTF with a jam, (one round over riding the next).
The problem, the Velcro adhesive giving way making a hump in the Velcro.
The next step; remove the adhesive from all the Velcro, use something like J-B weld
to keep the Velcro permanently in place and try it on the Pmag (20 round) also to see if this will make it function each and every time with total reliability?
PS; I had this rifle up on the *For Sale* wall at my gunsmith’s, I took it down to give it just one more try. This fixed headache gives me room to try and fix the others.