I placed my order on the 13th and received them on the 19th from Japan, not sure how they managed that one. Anyway, initial review from me is not great.
I bought 4 of them and on 3 of them the splay adjustment was non functional. I opened up my original one and the new one to compare and it appears they were not assembled properly. Hard to explain in words but the inner workings are virtually the same as the original just were not put together how they were supposed to be.
I got that part to work but the other issue is the retention of rounds is not nearly as good as the original. The real one feels like you could whip it at the wall and it would keep the rounds in, the new ones you can pull the rounds out with moderate force. Some of the plastic bits are kind of rough and stick together so maybe with some use it will fix this.
Another thing, I’m not if this is how the original 7 round model was made, but the holes are not connected like on the 6 round model, so if you squeeze it it will flex enough that rounds start popping out.
All in all I wouldn’t really recommend these, at least not the 686+ ones that I got.
Forgot to add: the k frame loader in the pics is an original that I was comparing them to.
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