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I've come to the conclusion that the mag drop problem in the compacts is not caused by "faulty" mag catches, but is instead due mainly to an incorrectly manufactured oversized magazine well that allows the magazine to move around too freely. Even though the mag catch spring does not, in my opinion, provide the optimal amount of resistive force to hold the mag catch tooth engaged as it could with a spring rod of larger diameter, that is also not the main contributing factor, in my mind.
I just took both my M&P compacts (9 & 40) out to the range today and am not a happy camper. My 40 just came back from S&W with a "new" mag catch. It worked fine for the first three magazines and then they started popping out again. Also, my M&P 9c had a perfect operational record until it also started popping out mags while firing today.
As I have posted on this site several times before, I believe that the mag wells are oversized and allow the mags to jump around too much while firing, and wiggle out of contact with the minimal engagement surface of the metal tooth of the mag catch.
I have never owned any type of semi auto pistol before where the mag well allows such free movement of the magazine, especially at the top of the magazine. As I also posted before, I was able to push a fully seated magazine out from the top of my 40c with the slide off! My full size 40 M&P, on the otherhand, does not allow anywhere close to the same amount of free play of its magazines and has been absolute perfection in comparison.
In comparison, my Glocks sucked ergomically, but they were flawless in performance. S&W, you have to do a lot better than this! I'm royally P.O.'d now.
I guess I just keep sending my compacts back to S&W until they pay in postage what I paid for the guns.
I hate to say it, but I might be trading them in for a Sig P250 if S&W doesn't get their poop in a group.
I just took both my M&P compacts (9 & 40) out to the range today and am not a happy camper. My 40 just came back from S&W with a "new" mag catch. It worked fine for the first three magazines and then they started popping out again. Also, my M&P 9c had a perfect operational record until it also started popping out mags while firing today.
As I have posted on this site several times before, I believe that the mag wells are oversized and allow the mags to jump around too much while firing, and wiggle out of contact with the minimal engagement surface of the metal tooth of the mag catch.
I have never owned any type of semi auto pistol before where the mag well allows such free movement of the magazine, especially at the top of the magazine. As I also posted before, I was able to push a fully seated magazine out from the top of my 40c with the slide off! My full size 40 M&P, on the otherhand, does not allow anywhere close to the same amount of free play of its magazines and has been absolute perfection in comparison.
In comparison, my Glocks sucked ergomically, but they were flawless in performance. S&W, you have to do a lot better than this! I'm royally P.O.'d now.
I guess I just keep sending my compacts back to S&W until they pay in postage what I paid for the guns.
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