Zaydok Allen
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I own a FNP-45 that was manufactured in late 2009. I had heard rumors on the internet that there were problems with the magazines on these guns. Since I had about 800 rounds through mine without a single problem, I thought I got away with a good one....... Wrong
About two months ago I was firing it for practice, after having it loaded on the bedside table or about 5 months, when it jammed on the 3rd round. Not something I'm looking for in a HD gun. I poped the magazine and looked what was going on. The slide cycled, but no cartridge was chambered. The bullets were all jammed down in the magazine, and I had to rattle it upside down to get them out. After convincing myself I had to have had one cock-eyed when loading it and that it was user error, I reloaded it very carefully, fired, and the same happened. Next magazine, the same thing happened, and again on the third.
So frustrated I went home, cleaned everything, stripped and inspected the magazines, and noticed that the magazine springs seemed a little miss-shappen. This seemed to be the trouble.
Well I finally got around to ordering some new springs and they came yesterday. When comparing them to the old ones, the new ones are an inch longer and more uniform in shape.
I also had heard on the FN forum that the magazine tube for the 14 round mags is the same as the 15 rounders, and the only difference is the butt plate. So on a whim I ordered three extended butt plates too.
Last night I stripped lightly oiled and reasembled all the mags and loaded one up. They do in fact fit fifteen rounds now, and the followers seem to be feeding ammo properly now when I cycled the gun through a full magazine. I just wanted to share that.
I had planned on ordering a 15 round magazine, but at $40 I wasn't thrilled. Since my FN is an older one, it came with three 14 round mags. Not that wouldn't suffice, but you guys all know how it is. So instead, I spent $5 a piece on the springs, $5 a piece on the butt plates, and now have (hopefully) 3 functioning mags again that are all 15 rounders. If your springs are in good shape, all you need are the butt plates to convert your 14's to 15's. I just wanted to share that with any FNP-45 owners, who were wondering whether the conversion thing was true. It is. I hope this is helpfull info, and I hope it isn't just a big duplicate thread from the past. I did a search and didn't find anything quite the same in this forum. Info sharing
I'll be heading out saturday to test it out. I also added a Wolf recoil spring to my 1911 so I want to see if the reliability has increased, and I have a brand new XDs to try out. So saturday will be 45 day!!!!
About two months ago I was firing it for practice, after having it loaded on the bedside table or about 5 months, when it jammed on the 3rd round. Not something I'm looking for in a HD gun. I poped the magazine and looked what was going on. The slide cycled, but no cartridge was chambered. The bullets were all jammed down in the magazine, and I had to rattle it upside down to get them out. After convincing myself I had to have had one cock-eyed when loading it and that it was user error, I reloaded it very carefully, fired, and the same happened. Next magazine, the same thing happened, and again on the third.
So frustrated I went home, cleaned everything, stripped and inspected the magazines, and noticed that the magazine springs seemed a little miss-shappen. This seemed to be the trouble.
Well I finally got around to ordering some new springs and they came yesterday. When comparing them to the old ones, the new ones are an inch longer and more uniform in shape.
I also had heard on the FN forum that the magazine tube for the 14 round mags is the same as the 15 rounders, and the only difference is the butt plate. So on a whim I ordered three extended butt plates too.
Last night I stripped lightly oiled and reasembled all the mags and loaded one up. They do in fact fit fifteen rounds now, and the followers seem to be feeding ammo properly now when I cycled the gun through a full magazine. I just wanted to share that.
I had planned on ordering a 15 round magazine, but at $40 I wasn't thrilled. Since my FN is an older one, it came with three 14 round mags. Not that wouldn't suffice, but you guys all know how it is. So instead, I spent $5 a piece on the springs, $5 a piece on the butt plates, and now have (hopefully) 3 functioning mags again that are all 15 rounders. If your springs are in good shape, all you need are the butt plates to convert your 14's to 15's. I just wanted to share that with any FNP-45 owners, who were wondering whether the conversion thing was true. It is. I hope this is helpfull info, and I hope it isn't just a big duplicate thread from the past. I did a search and didn't find anything quite the same in this forum. Info sharing
I'll be heading out saturday to test it out. I also added a Wolf recoil spring to my 1911 so I want to see if the reliability has increased, and I have a brand new XDs to try out. So saturday will be 45 day!!!!