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Posted: 9/9/2014 4:04:33 AM EDT

Where are the good places to get

magazines,

+2 extension

and +1 followers for the G42?

Are there more than one brand of each?
Will Promag be making 10 rounders soon?

Posted: 9/9/2014 4:18:20 PM EDT

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Galloway precision has a +1 follower (and spring) that is much more robust than previous versions (like for the LCP). I have 300-400 rds through it in ine mag and 100 in another and it's been 100%.
Ghost sells a +2 extension with a new spring--I got mine at Galloway. That has also been 100% but so far only have like 50rds through it, it's my backup carry mag.
I personally think if anything, these improve reliability--as the glock OEM springs were sometimes (most likely) a bit too tight causing malfunctions (as one guy documented on youtube ).

Posted: 9/9/2014 9:46:34 PM EDT

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magguts.com

Posted: 9/14/2014 3:30:35 PM EDT

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Galloway precision has a +1 follower (and spring) that is much more robust than previous versions (like for the LCP). I have 300-400 rds through it in ine mag and 100 in another and it's been 100%.
Ghost sells a +2 extension with a new spring--I got mine at Galloway. That has also been 100% but so far only have like 50rds through it, it's my backup carry mag.

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Have you tried to combine the two for a +3 magazine?

Posted: 9/14/2014 8:28:13 PM EDT

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Galloway precision has a +1 follower (and spring) that is much more robust than previous versions (like for the LCP). I have 300-400 rds through it in ine mag and 100 in another and it's been 100%.
Ghost sells a +2 extension with a new spring--I got mine at Galloway. That has also been 100% but so far only have like 50rds through it, it's my backup carry mag.

Have you tried to combine the two for a +3 magazine?

I like the way you think

Posted: 9/15/2014 8:52:49 PM EDT

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I scored a few spare mags this weekend at a local gun show for $20 apiece out the door. I'm thinking for that price I can experiment with at least one. Has anyone tried to shorten the factory follower, and maybe clip a few coils off the spring?

Posted: 9/16/2014 11:41:25 AM EDT

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I've thought about adding the +1 to the +2 extension, but last time I tried this--with a ruger sr22 pistol--it failed.
I may do it for Ss&Gs at two me point, but I'm fine with only an 8rd mag as my backup--truth be told, I usually just carry 7+1.

I figure there'll be a +4 or a 12rd happy stick along soon, for those of us who hate reloading dinky 7rd mags....or, worse, the OEM 6rd mags.

HOBBYDAD: are those "01" marked mags?!

Posted: 9/16/2014 6:15:09 PM EDT

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I'll check them when I get home from work. I know my G42 was a first run gun, and the mags that came with the it are ground differently at the top than the mags I just purchased.

Posted: 9/20/2014 10:32:06 PM EDT

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I have 5 of the magguts +1 conversions.
Hundreds of rounds with no issues.

Posted: 10/11/2014 2:47:22 AM EDT

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BTW
Magguts follower and +2 baseplate DOES = +3

9+1 rounds in about 3 seconds at 5 yards is fun. Shot 50 rounds of blazer without issue. More testing later.

Posted: 10/11/2014 9:40:58 AM EDT

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Very good to see. Have you done a drop test with it?

Posted: 10/12/2014 7:41:20 PM EDT

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Since the +2 uses the stock baseplate and baseplate retainer, I imagine its very similar performance to stock.

Posted: 10/12/2014 8:32:47 PM EDT

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Galloway precision has a +1 follower (and spring) that is much more robust than previous versions (like for the LCP). I have 300-400 rds through it in ine mag and 100 in another and it's been 100%.
Ghost sells a +2 extension with a new spring--I got mine at Galloway. That has also been 100% but so far only have like 50rds through it, it's my backup carry mag.

Have you tried to combine the two for a +3 magazine?

I like the way you think

If glock only made another 9mm caliber handgun that had high capacity magazines....

It would be nice to have a couple extra round of .380 out of that small package though..

Posted: 10/28/2014 1:10:24 PM EDT

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My mags are marked "33249" over "02"

What the significance of 01 vs 02?

Posted: 10/28/2014 1:11:28 PM EDT

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What magazine spring for that combo?

Posted: 10/28/2014 11:08:40 PM EDT

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Magguts follower and +2 baseplate DOES = +3

What magazine spring for that combo?

The spring from the +2 baseplate, but it does not fit the metal follower as good as the magguts spring. It is negligible though.

So far all hardware has been fine except in my in-laws BRAND new 42. He had a few malfunctions in 100 rounds.

Posted: 10/29/2014 9:07:58 AM EDT

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Where are the good places to get

magazines,

+2 extension

and +1 followers for the G42?

Are there more than one brand of each?
Will Promag be making 10 rounders soon?

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It's a pocket pistol. It's supposed to be small and concealable.

Here lets put extendoz on it and make it bigger.
I can understand a plus one follower. It keeps the 42 within its original footprint.

Why would you even want a 10 round magazine?
Even if Promag did make one eventually I would never trust my life with it.

Posted: 10/29/2014 9:21:12 AM EDT

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It's a pocket pistol. It's supposed to be small and concealable.

Here lets put extendoz on it and make it bigger.
I can understand a plus one follower. It keeps the 42 within its original footprint.

Why would you even want a 10 round magazine?
Even if Promag did make one eventually I would never trust my life with it.

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Where are the good places to get

magazines,

+2 extension

and +1 followers for the G42?

Are there more than one brand of each?
Will Promag be making 10 rounders soon?

It's a pocket pistol. It's supposed to be small and concealable.

Here lets put extendoz on it and make it bigger.
I can understand a plus one follower. It keeps the 42 within its original footprint.

Why would you even want a 10 round magazine?
Even if Promag did make one eventually I would never trust my life with it.

Some of us carry extra mags, even for a pocket gun. It isn't that much harder to carry a 10-round spare mag for a small gun than a 6- or 7-round mag IMO. While I wouldn't want it in the gun, in my pocket, for the reasons you stated, it would make a sensible spare if it worked.

But I agree with you re: ProMag. If Mec-Gar made an extended 10-rd mag (like they did for the old P32), that would be a different story.