Mag problem: Has Kel-Tec Grip Extension
OK, here's what's up.
I continued my P3AT breakin today, using WWB 95gr FMJs. I have two magazines, one with the Grip Extension and one without.
The mag with the grip extension drops with every shot fired.. The next round doesn't feed in--the mag has dropped first. This is not a hand / grip issue--by the time I finished trouble shooting while at the range, I have no doubt I was not 'bumping' the mag release in recoil, or limp-wristing, or anything like that.
Both mags are the standard MecGar; I added the Grip Extension myself. I can find no discernible difference in the two mag shells, although I haven't put a caliper to them yet. The one with the Grip extension "seats" with about 1/32" more showing between the grip bottom and the top of the floor plate / grip extension, and the mag release "wiggles" with that grip-extension-mag installed; the flat floor plate mag fits pretty flush, and the mag release doesn't wiggle.
I can't figure out what's wrong--I have a spare mag release on hand, but I'm reluctant to do parts replacement until I know what's wrong.
fifteen minutes later: I've chased this a bit more--I exchanged floor plates, and I have determined that the extra 1/32" showing is mostly a function of thinner flanges on the top of the grip extension. The lips on both magazines appear to be set the same way, and the mag springs feel to be of similar tension.
I did try the plus-one extension, but removed it because it didn't work well--do those extensions have a more powerful spring, and I might have left that in one magazine when I switched things out?
I can post pictures if you want--but any advise is most welcome.
Overall, this P3AT now has about 200 rounds through it; it's been kept clean, and no other operational issues seem to be showing up, nor any defects--no peening, no slide / spring dimple, etc., etc.--just this mag drop problem.
Jim H.
OK, here's what's up.
I continued my P3AT breakin today, using WWB 95gr FMJs. I have two magazines, one with the Grip Extension and one without.
The mag with the grip extension drops with every shot fired.. The next round doesn't feed in--the mag has dropped first. This is not a hand / grip issue--by the time I finished trouble shooting while at the range, I have no doubt I was not 'bumping' the mag release in recoil, or limp-wristing, or anything like that.
Both mags are the standard MecGar; I added the Grip Extension myself. I can find no discernible difference in the two mag shells, although I haven't put a caliper to them yet. The one with the Grip extension "seats" with about 1/32" more showing between the grip bottom and the top of the floor plate / grip extension, and the mag release "wiggles" with that grip-extension-mag installed; the flat floor plate mag fits pretty flush, and the mag release doesn't wiggle.
I can't figure out what's wrong--I have a spare mag release on hand, but I'm reluctant to do parts replacement until I know what's wrong.
fifteen minutes later: I've chased this a bit more--I exchanged floor plates, and I have determined that the extra 1/32" showing is mostly a function of thinner flanges on the top of the grip extension. The lips on both magazines appear to be set the same way, and the mag springs feel to be of similar tension.
I did try the plus-one extension, but removed it because it didn't work well--do those extensions have a more powerful spring, and I might have left that in one magazine when I switched things out?
I can post pictures if you want--but any advise is most welcome.
Overall, this P3AT now has about 200 rounds through it; it's been kept clean, and no other operational issues seem to be showing up, nor any defects--no peening, no slide / spring dimple, etc., etc.--just this mag drop problem.
Jim H.