Jim NE
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Went to the range with several handguns to trial run or trouble shoot, and I'm generally very pleased with the results.
On my P11's stock magazine I put the extension shoe that allowed me to grip the gun better. That, along with a hogue handall jr. grip DEFINITELY allowed me to shoot the gun more accurately.
I was disappointed , however, in the 15 round used S&W 3900 [correction - 5900 series] series magazine (for my P11.) This aftermarket magaszine generally gets good reviews IF you use an original S&W brand mag (which I did.) I put a KelTec grip extension (designed for this mag upgrade) and a 2nd Hogue handall jr. on the extension. It made the gun feel GREAT in my hands, and I shot alot more accurately, but the gun constantly jammed (and my P11 has never jammed on me before.)
Went back to the stock mag, and it worked perfect, so I'm darn near positive it's the mag. The loading rounds were hitting low just below the feed ramp and getting caught. The strange thing is when I racked live rounds by hand a couple weeks ago, they all chambered with no feeding problems. There were no failure-to-eject problems during shooting.
I'd hate to write the aftermarket Smith mag off so soon. Anybody had similar problems? Recommended solutions? Thought I'd ask before I start bending things with pliers. (Not that I'm opposed to that.)
On my P11's stock magazine I put the extension shoe that allowed me to grip the gun better. That, along with a hogue handall jr. grip DEFINITELY allowed me to shoot the gun more accurately.
I was disappointed , however, in the 15 round used S&W 3900 [correction - 5900 series] series magazine (for my P11.) This aftermarket magaszine generally gets good reviews IF you use an original S&W brand mag (which I did.) I put a KelTec grip extension (designed for this mag upgrade) and a 2nd Hogue handall jr. on the extension. It made the gun feel GREAT in my hands, and I shot alot more accurately, but the gun constantly jammed (and my P11 has never jammed on me before.)
Went back to the stock mag, and it worked perfect, so I'm darn near positive it's the mag. The loading rounds were hitting low just below the feed ramp and getting caught. The strange thing is when I racked live rounds by hand a couple weeks ago, they all chambered with no feeding problems. There were no failure-to-eject problems during shooting.
I'd hate to write the aftermarket Smith mag off so soon. Anybody had similar problems? Recommended solutions? Thought I'd ask before I start bending things with pliers. (Not that I'm opposed to that.)
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