Model 52-2 Mags
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Jeff423
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With steel followers.
I've owned twelve different 52 mags and currently own ten. I'm thinking about half have been metal follower and half the later production plastic.
I have yet to notice a difference in performance between them but the "metal follower is better" gets mentioned a lot.
Anyone have specific trouble with a plastic follower Model 52 magazine?
I have yet to notice a difference in performance between them but the "metal follower is better" gets mentioned a lot.
Anyone have specific trouble with a plastic follower Model 52 magazine?
Jeff423
US Veteran
Yes, I had a problem with the slide not locking back with the plastic followers but it did lock back with metal followers. The metal followers were slightly wider. It may have been a problem with the slide stop because I finally obtained (at great expense) a NOS slide stop and all the problems went away. But I had sold all the plastic follower magazines so I don't know if it would work with them. I've got a few plastic followers that I could install but I haven't bothered yet.
Model 52 S&W Magazine
Several years ago I sold my Model 52 when I still lived in the Portland, OR area. Wife and I moved to the Tampa FL area over 5 years ago and a recent dig through the gun safe I discovered another Magazine that is for the Model 52. This one was used some but is super fine and has the steel lips.
I would like to sell it, not to gouge but at a fair price. What do you think its worth? Not the $90 that EBAY was attempting to sell in the past for but something reasonable.
I can shoot a picture of it if you have any interest. It has the S&W ID on the base and the metal follower. Any interest hit me with an e-mail: [email protected] Thanks. Lee
Several years ago I sold my Model 52 when I still lived in the Portland, OR area. Wife and I moved to the Tampa FL area over 5 years ago and a recent dig through the gun safe I discovered another Magazine that is for the Model 52. This one was used some but is super fine and has the steel lips.
I would like to sell it, not to gouge but at a fair price. What do you think its worth? Not the $90 that EBAY was attempting to sell in the past for but something reasonable.
I can shoot a picture of it if you have any interest. It has the S&W ID on the base and the metal follower. Any interest hit me with an e-mail: [email protected] Thanks. Lee
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jimgoldth
US Veteran
I have always thought that S&W should offer model 52 magazines with 6 round capacity. 5 rounds seems a bit light to me.
cfplinker
Member
I too had a problem with the plastic follower not pushing the slide stop up. I took a jewelers saw and made a very fine kerf right at the top of the protrusion that pushes the slide stop up. Then I epoxied a piece of razor blade into the kerf and onto the protrusion and filed it down so it would go into the magazine and operate the slide stop. No more problems.
