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Thread: Glock Mags Falling Out
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22-08-2021, 10:07 #1
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Glock Mags Falling Out
Have any of you Glock owners ever had a mag fall out due to the wear on either the mag release or the notch on the mag itself.
Just watched a video of someone who said it happened to him at the range. For his demonstration he used a Polymer 80 and a PMAG so that was a bit confusing but will have to assume that for his failure the gun and mag were OEM.
His point was that polymer can wear out unlike steel so Glocks aren't good for EDC where you can't afford to have a mag drop out upon firing.
I suppose if you check your mags for wear and change them out upon any signs of wear you shouldn't have a problem.
Anyone have any mags that have this wear and have binned them after salvaging the shoe, etc.?
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22-08-2021, 10:18 #2
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22-08-2021, 10:31 #3
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22-08-2021, 10:33 #4
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Re: Glock Mags Falling Out
exactly herein lies the problem with the concept of everyone have the right to voice their opinion... just because someone has access to a camera and an internet connection doesn't mean they're not talking absolute shit, based on dumb science. but the moment you point this out to said individual and his fans, you'll be subjected to vitriol accusing you of suppressing free speech, Internet censorship, science denial ("but he did an experiment!!") etc.
this sad concept is of course transferable to further than the firearms topic...
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22-08-2021, 10:37 #5
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22-08-2021, 10:40 #6
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Re: Glock Mags Falling Out
Every closed system like a gun, magazine or piece of wood wears down because of entropy. No news here, somebody just had his few minutes of publicity in the Internets.
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22-08-2021, 10:41 #7
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22-08-2021, 10:55 #8
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Re: Glock Mags Falling Out
You should have defensive and training mags for all guns.
But I've never had that happen even on my highly used sports mags.
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22-08-2021, 11:41 #9
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Re: Glock Mags Falling Out
I too keep EDC mags separate from my sport/training mags.
Noteworthy though that my original G17 Gen2 magazines have seen plenty work and still work flawlessly, until they don’t one day maybe.
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22-08-2021, 11:44 #10
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Re: Glock Mags Falling Out
Compared to earlier steel and aluminum framed pistols the Glock mag spring is weak and this coupled with minimal and softer engagement surfaces makes it more vulnerable to unintentional release.
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