Originally Posted by
Bodhi
One of my mags just fell apart on a day where we were dropping mags on concrete all day. The base plate must have came loose without me realizing it. When I went to eject the magazine, the base plate, a plastic retainer and the spring fell out but the actual magazine tube and follower stayed in the gun. That was strange. Reassembled it and never had an issue again.
The guy with the 226 had a similar problem where his magazine ejected and the detent that held the base plate in sheared off. Sig branded mags too. So the baseplate would come off fairly easily.
For this and other reasons, I'm an advocate of having both dedicated training and duty mags. Especially if it's a metal mag.
The training rounds (Orange tip, silver case) were constantly getting stuck in the gen 5 glocks. The only way they wouldn't get stuck is if the rounds had no dents or dings on them at all.
Known issue with the ST Action Pros. Even if they are in well-used condition, holding the gun upright in the workspace will allow the shooter to run the slide with regular effort. Tighter tolerances of the gen5's GMB have nothing to do with it. (It's predictable enough that I use this combo to ID shooters that are cheating on their stoppage clearance drills.)
Type 3 malfunctions were interesting. An instructor showed us the "fastest" way he's found to clear them. His disclaimer was that it doesn't work with every gun, so you'd have to try and see what happened. Tap rack first obviously, but then you'll see what kind of malf it is. Hold down the magazine release and strip the magazine out with force, without locking the slide to the rear. Without pulling the magazine all the way out, about half way, slam it back in and you should be back in the fight.
I've seen that taught several places, with variations on whether the magazine is ejected partially or all the way. It works in Glocks pretty well, and it can work in some others.
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