Normal Mag Wear?

[tgunsmoke]

Is this normal wear on my Glock magazines? I'm not freaking out about it, I don't baby my guns, but I just noticed this for the first time.

(Also, I load my mags correctly, I don't point the casing down into the plastic like it looks like the indentation is from)


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[PowMeow]

are you talking about that tiny indentation towards the front right?

I hate those followers.

[tgunsmoke]

are you talking about that tiny indentation towards the front right?

I hate those followers.

Yep. Tried to get the light right where the indents are.

[crosseyedshooter]

That dent on the follower? Looks normal according to magazines I have for other guns. Just the lip of the case rim digging in a bit when the slide strips that last round.

[Barang]

I don't know if that is normal for Glocks but my P229 are nowhere near that even after couple of thousands rounds.

[m98]

But but its a glock. It cant fail.

Glockfansboys: "Dont worry. Its supposed to do that and later on might malfunction. Dont worry." (SweepsunderRug)

[ElDub1950]

All my glock mags are like that .. some worse. Probably an average of 2000 rnds through each.

No problems with any of them.

[Leethe4th]

OP, your mags look brand new to me. These have over 40K thru them. And going to see alot more now that I have taken up competitive shooting.

[tgunsmoke]

^Yep I've only had the gun 3 months, it's only been shot a handful of times. Good to know the wear is normal!

[Niviticus]

Yeah that wear is normal. OP did you buy the gun used? Those followers are very old. I have 2 of those followers and they function fine with FMJ but certain JHP will cause FTF. Give Glock a call and mention that the mags have been giving you failure to feed and they will mail you some new followers for free. I personally have followers that are marked 2183(old and may give problems with JHP), 9mm and also 9mm3. The ones they sent me are the 9mm3.

[tgunsmoke]

Yeah that wear is normal. OP did you buy the gun used? Those followers are very old. I have 2 of those followers and they function fine with FMJ but certain JHP will cause FTF. Give Glock a call and mention that the mags have been giving you failure to feed and they will mail you some new followers for free. I personally have followers that are marked 2183(old and may give problems with JHP), 9mm and also 9mm3. The ones they sent me are the 9mm3.

No I did not buy it used but it is a Gen 3. I always use FMJ ammo but maybe I will call them to have the followers as back ups just in case I have hangups. Like I said before the gun has only been shot a few times so I'm just surprised at the early signs of wear.

[dragon7]

Wear on the followers look much like the wear on my older Glock mags. Nothing to worry about. Wear on the magazine release notch is something to watch for.

[nahpungnome]

Call Glock and ask for the updated 9mm followers. They happily sent me 4 for my mags.

[InGrAM]

That is normal. You'll also see bending/damage around the bottom part of the magazine catch slot if you do tac-loads or speed reloads. Plastic isn't steel, it does deform more rapidly with use.