Will a Glock 22 mag fit and function inside a glock 17? Just got an e-mail from CSSA saying many mags designed for .40 S&W will fit and function in a 9mm model from the same manufacturer - if so, anyone know if it works for a Glock 22 to 17?
Glock 22 mag in a Glock 17?
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I sure did - and seeing as it's established that it's legal to do so - does it work well with this specific combination - Glock 22 - 17?
Thinking about the basic physics of this - if you load a 22 mag to capacity with 9mm, it puts a major stress on the feed lips, which could cause them to warp, which, with the smaller 9mm casing, might case the rounds to come flying out. I'm thinking - if you cut the mag spring, you should ease the tension on the feed lips, prevent them from warping, and you don't have a problem - that's the real dilemma I'm pondering.
Now another related question - what's the best way to cut a mag spring - those buggers are tough and your average cable cutter isn't really up to the task.
Now another related question - what's the best way to cut a mag spring - those buggers are tough and your average cable cutter isn't really up to the task.
Cutting the mag spring will result in the magazine becoming a prohibited device.
Also, if you're intending on using .40 mags in a glock 17 and loading past 10 rounds, be sure the mags are stamped .40, otherwise its tough to prove that its manufactured with a 10 round limit (based on the gun it was designed for, the G22)
I missed that one too! What a revelation - LOL! I had no clue you could do that, but it makes perfect sense. Cutting the spring shouldn't make a "hill of beans" difference, as long as .40S&W mag's capacity remains limited to 10 rounds of .40S&W.
Sigh - and why exactly would that be the case? If you snip off a small section of the spring such that it still only holds 10x .40 S&W rounds - how does that make it a prohibited device?
its the wording in the CC regs.
Once you cut springs, you can no longer argue that the magazine was originally designed for the G22, in fact, by cutting springs you are altering the mag to work in G17....and since it can hold beyond 10 rounds, it would become a prohibited device.
You're assuming someone would cut the springs to adapt it to shoot in a Glock 17 and not to make it easier to load that 10th round of .40 S&W into their mag.
Where in the CC is the exact section related to altering a magazine turns it into a prohibited device?
"containing more than 10 cartridges of the type for which the magazine was originally designed" - cutting the spring slightly does nothing that violate that condition.
Where in the CC is the exact section related to altering a magazine turns it into a prohibited device?
"containing more than 10 cartridges of the type for which the magazine was originally designed" - cutting the spring slightly does nothing that violate that condition.
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