Glock 19 CA mag life risks

[Garv]

One or more threads in the past commented on a different follower using the Glock 17/34 mags.
Changing the 10 round follower to the "standard" follower worked better.

Not certain if it is the same issue for G19 mags.

I'll check for the thread for a few minutes, but maybe someone here can comment.

Edit: https://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/....php?t=1200584

Many more threads.
Use the CGN Google Search using "glock follower" and they show up.
Glock 19s were included in some.

[Vinnie Boombatz]

Thanks for the replies. I know the outer shell mold is the same for the 10 rounders or sure look so but they put a rail on the insides of the CA restricted mags so they single stack. Somehow they are just different. IDK? How can I post a picture via my i phone? Happens with just those mags on flats and bigger holed HPs. You can see on the bullet faces 1/3 down the edge mark of the bottom of the feed ramp. Sucks because I bought 10 of them, then had to replace all the followers hoping it was a solution. Some HPs work fine but not my berrys flat point range ammo reloads and not big hole HPs.

They are different. They are thicker to reduce the internal size to accommodate less rounds (this is why it's a bit more difficult to remove the baseplates on the 10-round mags compared to the thinner-walled standard-capacity mags) and the followers are different. Despite this, I have never had any issue with OEM Glock 10-round mags.

I would say if it happens with EVERY OEM Glock 10-round mag you have, it's probably not the magazines. Do you have any other crap on your Glock like aftermarket baseplates or a magwell, etc.? It looks like you have aftermarket baseplates on a couple mags in the background of your photos. Have you done any internal modifications to make your G19 "better" including a different guide rod or different recoil spring, etc.?

[L84CABO]

1) If your mags were acquired legally

2) If your IA permits you to use STANDARD capacity mags

3) Use your double stack mags, load them full, and move on with life

I'm not really sure what you're worried about here if you acquired the mags legally and and your IA permits their use. Moreover, your first concern is to survive the gunfight so that you are ALIVE to face whatever comes next. Nobody ever wished for LESS capacity in a gunfight. Load um full and move on.

[AWDROADRACER4]

Damn I thought I just had bad mags. Really glad I came across this post.

My 10 rd g19 mags have issues, but my 10/15 mags work great. I jumped to g17 magpul 10rders

[Notpc]

Pricy, but we are talking about trusting your life to it.

$33.00

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Factory Glock Magazine
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Standard factory baseplate
Round count indicator on rear face of magazine body
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[Citadelgrad87]

If you shoot someone in a self defense situation, rule #1 is to survive so that you can face what comes next.

A legally acquired 15 round magazine cannot convert a good shoot into a bad shoot.

[sigstroker]

Pricy, but we are talking about trusting your life to it.

$33.00



https://www.country-spirit.com/produ...k-g171015-3184

Be aware that the newest gen mags are larger in size than the older ones. All my ambi mags fail to drop free in my PCC. A Glock may have no problems with them, I have no idea.

[Maulerrr]

OP, good thing back in 2019 you purchased a bunch of freedom week standard mags for your G19. You have plenty to get you by for years. The OEM Glock mags don't have date stamps on them either, so who knows when they were manufactured. Definitely had to be before 2019 though cuz that's when you bought then.

[mulyhuntr]

OP, good thing back in 2019 you purchased a bunch of freedom week standard mags for your G19. You have plenty to get you by for years. The OEM Glock mags don't have date stamps on them either, so who knows when they were manufactured. Definitely had to be before 2019 though cuz that's when you bought then.

Would a court require documentation of freedom week purchase?

[Notpc]

Be aware that the newest gen mags are larger in size than the older ones. All my ambi mags fail to drop free in my PCC. A Glock may have no problems with them, I have no idea.

You may have missed this part of their ad.

May be Gen 4 or Gen 5. If you wish for a specific Gen please let us know.

[BillSmith]

Who's flathead 9mm?

Speer's Lawman 9mm can be flathead projectiles.

[Brandqn]

Glock 19 CA mag life risks

Would a court require documentation of freedom week purchase?

Assuming due process is followed (big if these days), burden of proof is on the plaintiff. They would have to prove you did not purchase or make them during freedom week.

Edit: my personal take on the situation would be to try different springs in the mags

[KevinA.]

The neutered Glock oem 10 round mags for the G19 are trash. I have several and all of them have FTF problems on the last round. I do not carry them. Use standard capacity mags if you’re able to or go with pmag 10 rounders. Never had an issue with those.

[Citadelgrad87]

Assuming due process is followed (big if these days), burden of proof is on the plaintiff. They would have to prove you did not purchase or make them during freedom week.

Edit: my personal take on the situation would be to try different springs in the mags

Maybe. If the court rules that "freedom week exception" is an affirmative defense, then the burden is on YOU to prove that the defense applies.

IF it becomes legal again to enforce the prohibition, all they have to do is prove possession. The exception might be on you to prove.

[sitruc]

Over the dozens of 10-round OEM 19 and 17/34 magazines I have shot from for thousands of rounds and the double-stack magazines I have shot even more rounds from, I have never had a consistent source of failures to feed. I run everything OEM (barrels, magazine springs, guide rods, and recoil springs) besides the $0.25 trigger job. In the very rare instance of my gun experiencing a failure to feed (not purposely introduced), it has always been due to ammunition.

I have only put FACTORY round-nose projectiles in said magazines: Various FMJ (including steel) and Federal HST (Hollow-points). The feed angle of the projectile is dependent on the feed lips of the magazine and it does not matter which follower you have as the OEM feed lips are the same.

I have read various postings by gun-forum-users stating the flat follower does not work for them, but believe this is hogwash. It is an ammo problem; not a magazine, follower, or feed-ramp problem. Change your ammo.