Shield Plus mags to watch out for.

[33jayman]

Hey guys I wanted to let you know about an issue that I just discovered. I picked up an extra 13 round magazine at Cabelas in Grandville Mi and noticed that it would not drop free. At first I thought that it might be my gun. Then I tried the 13 round and the 10 round magazines that came with the gun. Both of them worked flawlessly. I did notice that the finish on the magazines are different as well. The two factory magazines are more of a matte blue and the new 13 round is a polished blue. I do not think the finish is a factor in the new magazine not working but it may serve to be a flag of sorts for a bad run of magazines?

Has anyone else run across this issue? I could run the magazine back to the store and get a replacement (that works) and be done but I think it would be good to send it into S&W and maybe they would recall these if it is a bigger issue than just one magazine. I might try calling or emailing them next week.

Jayman

 

[murphydog]

It's a factory magazine? It appears ProMag makes a drum magazine for the Plus but I don't see any standard style made by them.

I'd definitely return it and try the new one, may just have been one bad example. Would probably let Cabela's deal with the factory or parts distributor, they will have more pull with the factory.

 

[five 0]

Are sure it is a S&W factory mag? Sound like a Pro Mag magazine.

 

[33jayman]

Yes guys it is a 100% factory 13 round magazine.

Unless... Promag is allowed to use Smith and Wesson packaging and stamp the Smith and Wesson logo into the magazine body.

 

[five 0]

Yes guys it is a 100% factory 13 round magazine.

Unless... Promag is allowed to use Smith and Wesson packaging and stamp the Smith and Wesson logo into the magazine body.

Bought 4 mags a couple of weeks ago. All function as should. Take it back.

 

[33jayman]

I will run the bad one back this afternoon. I mainly was wondering if anyone else has seen any of these gloss blued ones and if they did had the same issues. It would be interesting to know if this is a common thing or not.

Jayman

 

[markmiela]

Have many extra 10 and 13 mags all drop free.


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[33jayman]

Have many extra 10 and 13 mags all drop free.


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Just out of curiosity, are all of them matte blued? My matte blued ones work perfectly the high gloss blued one that I bought does not drop free.

Jayman

 

[LVSteve]

Kinda funny it's the shiny one that hangs up.

 

[jschmidt]

Someone else said this about an Act-Mag. That makes me guess it is not a mag problem.

 

[cracker57]

Someone else said this about an Act-Mag. That makes me guess it is not a mag problem.

If it not a mag problem and his other mags work flawless what other than the mag could it be?

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Now THIS is what I'm talking about

Smith & Wesson(R) Bodyguard(R) .380 ACP (32) Rd Drum - Black Polymer - ProMag Industries
Was waiting for the M&P.380 plus but this'll do until then
Kinda defeats the concealability aspect though......

 

[S&W Fan]

So here I am a month later from this thread starting. I picked up a new 13rd mag earlier today. It also has a shiny blue finish compared to the older mags.

It does drop free both loaded and unloaded though I won’t get a chance to shoot the pistol with this mag until tomorrow. I’ll report back then.

New mag on the left, old on the right-might be hard to tell but the new definitely has a bright shiny finish as opposed to the older mag.

 

[Dedeye]

13 round mags

I just bought a shield plus and have this issue also, however I have figured out what is wrong. If you look at the pics posted you will notice the mag on the left, the one that doesn’t eject has the follower that tips towards the back more than the one on the right . This allows it to bypass the little catch up by the chamber that puts the pressure on the spring and ejects it. If you load that mag it will function properly, I’ve done it. Also, any that don’t eject, all you have to do is lock open the action, and with one finger push down on the front of the follower until it pops below that little catch. It was a little disappointing for me too , but really not an issue, because like I say, load the mag and just cycle the action til empty and the mag will eject free.

 

[Oldsalt66]

So here I am a month later from this thread starting. I picked up a new 13rd mag earlier today. It also has a shiny blue finish compared to the older mags.

It does drop free both loaded and unloaded though I won’t get a chance to shoot the pistol with this mag until tomorrow. I’ll report back then.

New mag on the left, old on the right-might be hard to tell but the new definitely has a bright shiny finish as opposed to the older mag.

Besides the difference in finish, the magazines appear to have 2 different magazine tube designs as well.

There's quite a difference between the two.

 

[DUSTYDOGDAN]

I bought some from Cabelas but it was last winter and they are all matt finish and work great. In fact I just went out shooting last Thursday afternoon and hadn't loaded the extras back up and this thread reminded me to do that.

 

[Dedeye]

The other think with my 13 round mags is, to get that 13th in is really hard. The spring coils are all touching I’m thinking. I loaded my 13th and couldn’t seat the mag so I slapped it and to my surprise, the slide dropped. I won’t put 13 in again. I feel these mags should have been called 12 round. Now I’m thinking I better check my 10 round to see if it actually holds 10. A little disappointed.

 

[S&W Fan]

Since the Plus has come out difficulty loading to 13 has been a common comment. I always use an Uplula and that allows to get 13. Others also say to leave them loaded for a couple of weeks, haven’t found that to make a difference.

Also in my photo it’s the angle the mags are resting on the pen make the follower of the new one look like it’s at a different angle in the tube-it’s not.

Another note is that the design of the new mag is also true for the 10rd version. You can see it in the one I have for sale in the accessories subforum. Mag redesign is not uncommon at all, something all of the major companies have done over the years.



I’ve owned other M&Ps and Glocks that have also gone in to battery when inserting a mag. Not an issue for me. Range trip in a few hours, I’ll report back how the new one functions.

 

[S&W Fan]

Just got home from the range. No issues of any kind with the new mag. I looked at all the other new mags for sale and they all have the high luster blue finish.

 

[beefstews]

Just brought home the Shield Plus bug out combo...the 3 shiny 13 rounders do not drop free. The less shiny ones, 10 and 13 rounders, drop free nicely. Pretty disappointing.