issues fully loading pinned mags

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TheM4chef

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Hi guys, I recently picked up 5 new springfield xdm 9 mags. I noticed they are not all pinned in the same place and they are all 19/10 mags.

On a couple when I load 10 rounds in they are a bastard to get the last round in even using the loader. Ive yet to shoot the pistol so I don't know how they will feed or if you can properly seat the mag on a closed action.

I know you can sand the followers on magpul mags (which I have done) but I didn't want to bugger up a $65 mag without checking here first.

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated, a tutorial would be even better

Cheers
 
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TheM4chef said:
Fair enough, I've also heard of people snipping the mag spring as well. Is this advisable?
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Try just doing the follower. You can always clip the spring later but you can't put coils back on it.

Edit: When you say they are all pinned in a different place, do you mean literally? Like different witness holes?
 
WRH said:
Edit: When you say they are all pinned in a different place, do you mean literally? Like different witness holes?
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Yes when you compare the rivets there is almost an 1/8 of an inch difference between them. I by no means can load 11 rounds in the most spacious one but the tightest one is closer to 9 without a fight. Other than the 2 factory mags the other 5 came from two seperate vendors
 
TheM4chef said:
Yes when you compare the rivets there is almost an 1/8 of an inch difference between them. I by no means can load 11 rounds in the most spacious one but the tightest one is closer to 9 without a fight. Other than the 2 factory mags the other 5 came from two seperate vendors
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Are they in the same hole though? My Glock 10/32 mags are all riveted in the 14th witness hole. Is that the case with yours?
 
I find a lot of pinned mags will only hold 9 rounds. or just barely 10 but can't seat the mag in a gun with the slide closed

try keeping them loaded to settle the springs first. you might have to do some filing of the followers after.....or just live with 9 rounds. a lot of times the rivet makes the follower impossible to remove, then you're just stuck with 9 rounds.

makes a great point for single stack guns like the 1911. why have a double stack gun with a big fat grip that you can barely squeeze 10 rounds into it?
 
WRH said:
Try just doing the follower. You can always clip the spring later but you can't put coils back on it.

Edit: When you say they are all pinned in a different place, do you mean literally? Like different witness holes?
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+1. Clipping the spring may affect the mags ability to push the last few rounds up in time.
 
grandmasterP said:
makes a great point for single stack guns like the 1911. why have a double stack gun with a big fat grip that you can barely squeeze 10 rounds into it?
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Because the gun is worth the girth, of course. Nothing against the 1911, but there are definite benefits to newer designs.
 
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