Smith and Wesson M&P FCP
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This is common amongst all my guns - full magazine seated on a closed bolt - some take a light tap, some take a harder tap to seat. My FPC takes a pretty hard tap to seat on a closed bolt. Reducing the rounds by 1 may help - or just give the thing a curt upwards tap to seat it. 9mm carbines aren't too bad. Some of my .556 guns - trying to seat a full mag on a closed bolt - exercise in frustration.
It is always doable, but the amount of effort varies. I am leaving for my club within the hour and bringing my X95 there and will be experiencing this firsthand with my LAR15 mags.
It is always doable, but the amount of effort varies. I am leaving for my club within the hour and bringing my X95 there and will be experiencing this firsthand with my LAR15 mags.
Yeah, I am not even able to load 9 without my Maglula, much less 10 in these S&W mags. Then again, I have the arm strength and body frame of Mr. Burns from the Simpsons.
AlphaCharlieDelta
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It's super common. There are workarounds, like shaving 1/8 inch off the bottom legs of your followers...not sure about s&w mags, but I had to do that with all my MFT 556 mags, and Glock/magpul mags for my PCCs. Sucks doing a mag change mid stage and watching the mag fall out as you present at a target array
AlphaCharlieDelta
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Eeesh...I'm not a fan of cutting the mag springs. 1/2 a coil too much and now it doesn't feed right because it doesn't have enough tension on the last couple rounds.
But whatever works for you I guess
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Well then, did you directly experience this claimed effect with an FPC, having performed the factory mag spring mod, or are you simply claiming a "blanket opinion" regarding modifying any / all magazine springs?
I have performed this mag spring mod, on all three of factory FPC magazines, with zero tension / round feeding problems, or any other "problems".
The only effect that I notice, post mod, is the significant decreased amount of difficulty loading the 10th round, into the mag.
AlphaCharlieDelta
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Its a blanket statement. Tried it on a magpul Glock mag... it didn't work out well. Like I said... you do you, but I wouldn't recommend it
The issue with S&W mags is Smith uses the same length of spring in their 17vround mags as they do with their FS 10 round mags.
The metal part on 10 rd FS mags is the same length Smith uses for their Compact and Sub Contact M&P's. The difference is the length of the polymer base pad. The Compact uses a shorter spring than that used in the FS 10 round mags.
Shortening the 10rd springs would work and have no affect on reliability. Just don't be to aggressive cutting the springs. Clip one loop and test, then continue until you find a workable length if more reduction is required.
Never had a problem loading the two OEM Glock mags I own so I can't comment ad to issues you might incur by cutting Glock mag springs.
Take Care
Bob
The metal part on 10 rd FS mags is the same length Smith uses for their Compact and Sub Contact M&P's. The difference is the length of the polymer base pad. The Compact uses a shorter spring than that used in the FS 10 round mags.
Shortening the 10rd springs would work and have no affect on reliability. Just don't be to aggressive cutting the springs. Clip one loop and test, then continue until you find a workable length if more reduction is required.
Never had a problem loading the two OEM Glock mags I own so I can't comment ad to issues you might incur by cutting Glock mag springs.
Take Care
Bob
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Hahaha. This made me laugh out loud.
I have had mine for about a year.. and yes, I have found it difficult to insert full mag without the bolt held open. Personally I've not really found it to be an issue for me. But just to answer your question directly, yes, I think that is common with the FPC.
