Posted: 9/1/2016 4:19:09 PM EDT
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I own a Diamondback DB9, and Glock 43, and a Shield 9mm. The shield is by far my favorite and gets used the most. I never should have sold my Walther PPS but that is not really the point. My shield 7 Round magazine will not hold more than 6 rounds. I am 6'4" 283 lbs, I don't use any mag loading devices, I don't have issues loading mags to their intended capacities. I know many mags, especially NY legal 10 round mags in fulll size pistols are hard to load. This magazine will not take the 7th bullet. It is also a pain in the ass to seat the mag properly even slamming it in when the slide is closed. Is this a common problem, or did I get a bad mag?
Second issue, is the spring on the guide rod supposed to look messy/wonky like it does? It almost looks defective but I have over 1,900 rounds through it and it's run 100%. Third, the bottom of the feed ramp on my barrel has a minor chip. Kind of triangular in shape, and certainly doesn't impact performance, but it is there. Should I be concerned about the barrel cracking or anything or just let it go? All of that aside, I consider myself a 1911 and a Glock guy but I love this little gun. It shoots significantly better than my G43......I hate to say. |
| All the shield mags are like this and you need a mag loader to load the last round. Yes I am a big guy too but the springs need to be broken in, left loaded or/and shot repeatedly to be able to hand load them. Out of the 10 mags I have, I do not have any issues with putting in the last round without using the mag loader. |
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I bought the Shield and 4 extra mags with it. All were very difficult to load at first.
I resorted to pushing the follower down with a wooden ruler then inserting a small pocket screw driver into the bottom hole to hold the follower back. From there I could just drop in all but the last round. I did this on my first two trips to the range to break in the gun. After the spring loosened up I can now easily load the full mag by hand. I recently bought another mag and had to follow the same procedure. Also keep the mag loaded. I love the gun. 2000 rds and no issues other than the mag break in period. |