Grand Power Magazine Drought?

VanMan said:
Been chasing TWI for parts for a couple of months too, and got this reply last week:

"Thanks for the message. The key people from Grand Power ‎just returned to work on Monday of this week and we are working on getting our next order in which will include parts. Although this has taken a long time, the reality is that the market has slowed considerably and we are being careful about what we bring in while the market and the economy are volatile. That said, parts are important and we will make sure that we bring them in this month with our order. "

I may be in Wroclaw Poland next August. If I go, I was going to drive down and try and get a tour of their plant, and maybe stock up on spares parts if it's still a problem. Maybe I should get a group buy on spare parts going and/or set myself up as the West Coast parts distributor lol :p
Click to expand...

hey at least you might have spare parts :p
 
N
VanMan said:
Popeye_000, do you mean the mag doesn't drop free when the mag release button is pushed? Or the mag release button is difficult to push in. You may want to check the retaining notch that's on the center of the front side of the mag. I've had a couple of mags that had a bit of a burr on the top edge of the notch. That made the mag release button really stiff to push in - especially when the mag was fully loaded (was doing mag change drills with the mags loaded with dummy rounds for weight). A light pass with a needle file to break that edge was all it took to fix.

If the mag does not drop free, have you checked and measured the mag bodies to compare against the K100 mags that do drop free? I've got mags that came with my K100, mags that came with my X-Caliburs, extra mags I bought from Dlask, and GP-6 mags I bought from Freedom Ventures. Have no problems using them and swapping them between my K100 and X-Caliburs.
Click to expand...

I have 2 brand new mags dont fall out freely too.
 
tag129 said:
N

I have 2 brand new mags dont fall out freely too.
Click to expand...

I just picked up a couple of old GP6 mags yesterday at Reliable, and found these ones did not drop free :(. I measured them and found them to be .813" thick, while all my other mags that work fine are .800" thick. These ones were old stock, but you may want to measure your mags.

View attachment 34248

View attachment 34249
 
Took those GP6 mags back to Reliable for a refund, and stumbled across a Tanfoglio Stock II 9mm magazine that had a notch on the front like our GP mags have. Tried it in my X-Calibur and it works great. Mag locks in and on release drops free, slide auto-forward on speed reload works, slide hold open on last round works. The mag follower looks to be like a GP6, and the floor plate while slightly different actually fits slightly better than the GP ones. The only downside I see is that they have those "anti-tampering" cuts to prevent someone from just drilling out the 10 round limiting dimples. Having 3 mags already with broken floor plate retaining flanges, I'm wondering how well this mag will stand up to repeated dropping on hard surfaces.

View attachment 34299

View attachment 34296

Tanfolglio Stock II mag
View attachment 34294

Grand Power mag
View attachment 34295

View attachment 34297

Grand Power mag on the left, Tanfolglio Stock II mag on the right.
View attachment 34298
 
I measured my 2 mags and they are wider. I got from Dlaskarm and I don't think they will do anything about it.
 
VanMan said:
Took those GP6 mags back to Reliable for a refund, and stumbled across a Tanfoglio Stock II 9mm magazine that had a notch on the front like our GP mags have. Tried it in my X-Calibur and it works great. Mag locks in and on release drops free, slide auto-forward on speed reload works, slide hold open on last round works. The mag follower looks to be like a GP6, and the floor plate while slightly different actually fits slightly better than the GP ones. The only downside I see is that they have those "anti-tampering" cuts to prevent someone from just drilling out the 10 round limiting dimples. Having 3 mags already with broken floor plate retaining flanges, I'm wondering how well this mag will stand up to repeated dropping on hard surfaces.
[/ATTACH]
Click to expand...

Update: Chatted with Dave Copping. This mag was actually an old GP6 mag, and must have been mislabeled at some time in the past. It would have actually worked fine in the Tanfoglio Stock II anyhow.
 
I played around with the wider mags tonight and found a solution that appears to work reasonably well. There's 3 plastic ridges on either side of the inside of the magwell. Just file it down slightly (very slightly - I just took a few passes with a very fine file), and get rid of some of the material. Those ridges seem to be there just so that the magazine doesn't wobble while its inserted, but they slow the magazine down when its coming out.

Not really a recommended solution, but for me 30 seconds with a file was easier than finding new mags.
 
Popeye_000 said:
I played around with the wider mags tonight and found a solution that appears to work reasonably well. There's 3 plastic ridges on either side of the inside of the magwell. Just file it down slightly (very slightly - I just took a few passes with a very fine file), and get rid of some of the material. Those ridges seem to be there just so that the magazine doesn't wobble while its inserted, but they slow the magazine down when its coming out.

Not really a recommended solution, but for me 30 seconds with a file was easier than finding new mags.
Click to expand...

I agree
 
An update to the Grand Power spare parts saga. For those that may not know, David Copping (Grand Power Canadian sales rep) has taken over as the Canadian distributor for Grand Power and recently got in his first shipment of parts a week or so ago. Here's my goody bag from David. Only really needed to replace the slide recoil spring and the firing pin retaining pin, but just like to have spare parts around :)

PC090425_zpsmrl45jhe.jpg
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom