Taurus G3C Magazine release FAIL/Repair.

243winxb said:

The front of the magazine can hit the magazine release, as mag slides up into locked position. Is this normal? I think no? View attachment 1050330

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• I have had pistols where this happens. I just file/sand them until the inside of the mag catch is flush with the frame. That was more of an instance of the magazine not dropping free though. I dont see how this is ejecting the mag release out of the pistol though. Looks like the recess in the mag catch could be deeper. The spring bending could be a result from that. Once bent it may not hold anymore because the recess is too shallow. Solutions to try would be to deepen the recess OR shorten the spring. Since you have a spare... if it were me... I would try deepen the recess. You need steady hands and diamond tips for a slow speed dremel though. Might want to take some measurements on all your mag catches and springs first. It could have just been a bad batcg of mag catches or springs and the new ones you ordered are in spec.

243winxb said:

This makes the spring act like its shorter, as it bends to the right. Ty for you thoughts.

The crude measurements i took would seem to need a longer spring? The spring could be as mush as .015" longer. When the spring slips out of the notch in the release, is when everything seems to fall out of the gun.

But test firing is needed to know for sure. I think the magazine is doing the damage?? It knock the release out of position?
Snowed last night, so testing will be a while.

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the straight spring bending could also be changing the angle enough that its slipping over that shallow ledge in the recess. It might be the magazine if it is catching the bottom edge of the mag catch and somehow twisting it up enough to damage the spring or dislodge it. Hard to believe a mag catch would fit that loose in the frame but I guess anything is possible. You could look for it by inserting the magazine and watch the mag catch from the outside (watch the thumb release/button) to see if its turning the mag catch. So what would be happening is... insert the magazine ...bends the spring...then pushing the mag release dislodges the bent spring out of the recess.

So do you now have to cut a spring to size from one of those wires?

I have no idea. I searched taurusarmed.net but only found your thread. I am wondering if this was a problem that cropped up with the G3c and something that wasn't a problem with the Millennium G2 PT111.

There are some owners on YouTube whose guns did the same thing.

Ugh, Millennium G2 PT111 owners have the same problem.

One YouTuber thinks that the spring is going to wear a channel in the polymer anyway, and there may be a problem with the notch on the back of the button not sticking out far enough or being too rounded to engage the spring rod.





If it is caused by the end of the spring wearing a channel in the polymer, I'm not sure how Taurus fixes it except by replacing the lower.

I understand how that piece of metal holds the magazine release in and keeps it from falling out but how does it keep the spring from working loose or falling out ?

This sounds like Taurus created new frames and new mag release buttons


https://www.ar15.com/forums/handguns/PT111-G2-updated-mag-release/26-180680/

"If you have an older PT111 G2 with sloppy magazine fit and minimal magazine release engagement, do yourself a favor and order an updated release button from Taurus.

The other(and biggest) problem with the original design is that the protrusion on the front of the release that rides in the frame isn't quite long enough. Eventually it wears a small nick in the plastic frame and the release will fall out. Replacing it now will save you a headache later.

In addition to making that protrusion slightly longer, they enlarged the area that catches the magazine slightly in both length and width. The magazine now rides higher in the mag well and the release button needs to be pushed in a bit further before the mag drops."