Love the idea of 15 rounds in the platform, but if I want a 15 round gun I buy a 15 round gun, or at least buy one that's designed by the OEM to accept larger capacity mags they produce.
Hpclayto, if you have a silver slide, contact Shield Arms about free extra power springs. I have a very early silver slide and use the extra power springs for drop free operation. I have about 1,800 rounds out of my mags. Not Failures so far.
I emailed them Sunday. Got a response back the same day. They offered to send me the power springs or have me send the mags in for them to look at. I told them I would do whatever they thought would alleviate my problems. They had some springs out to me the next day. Can’t complain about the customer service.
I would definitely get the shield mag release.
Update: I installed the new springs they sent me. Shot about 150 rounds and didn't have any malfunctions. Still having issues with the magazines not dropping free. One won't drop free with the slide locked to the rear and one won't drop free at all. I've had issues with two separate guns now. They also hang up with the OEM mag release. I sent them an email and we'll see what they say. I'm probably going to ask for a refund or new magazines and a new release.
Interesting. Hope you get it resolved. Let us know how they respond to this latest info.
I believe that's exactly what Hickman said he did (hair dryer) and it fixed the issue.
How in the **** do you get the factory mag release out? I've been jacking with it all week. I've removed several on the larger models with NO problem, but this one on the 43X is different. I can get it slid over to the notch but it just won't pop out of it. It's like the stick is longer than the other ones and is caught inside the mag release. I'm about to throw the new release in the trash and return the mag over this crap. Already gouged the inside of the magwell a couple of times futzing with it.
How in the **** do you get the factory mag release out? I've been jacking with it all week. I've removed several on the larger models with NO problem, but this one on the 43X is different. I can get it slid over to the notch but it just won't pop out of it. It's like the stick is longer than the other ones and is caught inside the mag release. I'm about to throw the new release in the trash and return the mag over this crap. Already gouged the inside of the magwell a couple of times futzing with it.
I rubbed trigger times ears and shoulders and told him he was pretty so he would do mine.