jpruitt
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The last three autos I've owned and/or seriously considered buying all had a similar issue for me, and I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or if it's something to do with the guns.
To hit the magazine release (on guns with standard magazine releases), I reach forward with my right thumb (I'm right-handed) while keeping my grip as close to a shooting grip as possible and press the magazine release.
(First of all, is this the way most people do it? Is this the "correct" way? It's the way I've always done it.)
I own a Ruger P95 and a Glock 19, and I've shot several others (Beretta 92, S&W M&P, and Springfield XD come to mind), and I don't remember having any trouble with any of them. But the last three guns I've owned or thought about buying (a Kahr CM9, Kahr CW9, and Beretta Nano), I reached forward with my right thumb as normal and press the magazine release, but I can't get it to catch (or un-catch, I guess). I have to turn the gun almost completely sideways and apply pressure at almost a direct 90 degree angle before it releases.
Now my first thought was, these are lower-priced guns so maybe corners were cut. Then I thought that maybe because the grips on the ones I had trouble with were shorter (shorter than my hand), maybe my hand was somehow interfering with the magazines releasing.
EDIT-Actually, the CW9 wasn't as short as the other two, I think I could fit my whole hand around it.
I've been thinking of downsizing from my G19 to a G26, but if the latter is the issue (my hand getting in the way somehow), I might have the same problem.
I guess the obvious next step is to go try out a G26 and see how easily the magazine comes out. But until I do, has anyone else had this problem? Or does anyone have any thoughts?
To hit the magazine release (on guns with standard magazine releases), I reach forward with my right thumb (I'm right-handed) while keeping my grip as close to a shooting grip as possible and press the magazine release.
(First of all, is this the way most people do it? Is this the "correct" way? It's the way I've always done it.)
I own a Ruger P95 and a Glock 19, and I've shot several others (Beretta 92, S&W M&P, and Springfield XD come to mind), and I don't remember having any trouble with any of them. But the last three guns I've owned or thought about buying (a Kahr CM9, Kahr CW9, and Beretta Nano), I reached forward with my right thumb as normal and press the magazine release, but I can't get it to catch (or un-catch, I guess). I have to turn the gun almost completely sideways and apply pressure at almost a direct 90 degree angle before it releases.
Now my first thought was, these are lower-priced guns so maybe corners were cut. Then I thought that maybe because the grips on the ones I had trouble with were shorter (shorter than my hand), maybe my hand was somehow interfering with the magazines releasing.
EDIT-Actually, the CW9 wasn't as short as the other two, I think I could fit my whole hand around it.
I've been thinking of downsizing from my G19 to a G26, but if the latter is the issue (my hand getting in the way somehow), I might have the same problem.
I guess the obvious next step is to go try out a G26 and see how easily the magazine comes out. But until I do, has anyone else had this problem? Or does anyone have any thoughts?
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