Has anyone (Dan???) attempted to pull out the mag catch spring? Can it be done? It looks to be a simple short length of spring steel wire pushed down into a hold in the frame. Seemingly a minor job to replace. Glock uses a similar design with their mag catch spring (a spring steel wire inserted down into the frame).
When talking with S&W customer service, the agent told me that he thought replacing a weak mag catch spring might require frame replacement as he thought (but said he wasn't sure) that the spring was molded into the frame. This sounded nuts to me... I'm having a hard time believing that the simple rod (the spring) couldn't be pulled out and a new one inserted.
Does anyone here have any experience/knowledge on whether the spring can be pulled out and replaced? Also, where would one obtail a small piece of spring steel wire which would be suitable for this application? This would be so simple to determine... I would think. Hopefully Dan Burwell knows something about this and will chime in.
When talking with S&W customer service, the agent told me that he thought replacing a weak mag catch spring might require frame replacement as he thought (but said he wasn't sure) that the spring was molded into the frame. This sounded nuts to me... I'm having a hard time believing that the simple rod (the spring) couldn't be pulled out and a new one inserted.
Does anyone here have any experience/knowledge on whether the spring can be pulled out and replaced? Also, where would one obtail a small piece of spring steel wire which would be suitable for this application? This would be so simple to determine... I would think. Hopefully Dan Burwell knows something about this and will chime in.