Posted: 11/8/2008 12:09:52 PM EDT
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I am using Wilson 47D .45 ACP magazines.
Sometimes when I slap the magazine into the magazine well the baseplate unlocks and slides forward. It happens mainly when I am doing reload drills with the magazine empty. Is this common? I have been using shooting star exclusively prior to these wilsons without a single issue. V OUT |
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My guess is you broke the baseplate somehow. They are actually kind of a pain to get off intentionally, so if it's sliding off something is wrong.
For my carry weapons, I swapped the polymer baseplate for the steel ones. (mostly because they are lower profile.) |
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Yeah, it sounds like the basepads got un-seated off of the bump on the floorplate.
It's easiest to correct this with a loaded mag; usually, with a fully-loaded 47D, you can wiggle a mis-seated basepad a bit until it clicks into its proper place. Of course, it doesn't need to be loaded, but I've found that the extra tension helps - especially with the low-profile steel pads, which I have changed a number of my standard 47Ds over to. |
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I had two Wilson baseplates that wouldn't go far enough back to fully engage the bump into the recess in the base. Created the same problem.
Upon further inspection I could see that the back of the magazine (the flat where the weld is) was too long and obstructed the baseplate from moving all of the way to the rear. A few strokes with a file to remove 1/32 or so of material (from the mag body, not the base) and the problem was solved. |