Glock mag release spring - WTF?

[miller_man]

So wore out the mag release spring on my dry practice/match G19. Pressing the mag release was complete mush, had two issues in last match. Bad me - didn't have spare, so stole one out of my G34 (both gen 4 not that it should matter). Problem fixed, except the G34 was down.

Ordered some new one's, arrived today. Just trying to put 1 of the new ones in the G34 - cannot get it to catch on the mag release. Tried for 20 min, tried different new ones, got out the G19 - took out the original one - swapped back and forth. The spring just sits to high in the G34, I have tried pushing it down pretty good with needle nose and tapped it lightly with the back of a small screwdriver. Cannot get it to set deep enough...... I got it on one time, but it scraped on and was NOT working properly - no back and forth motion.

ANY IDEAS?

[Sasage]

Can you compare newer one to the one you pulled for length? Also check for debris in channel

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[miller_man]

Yes, checked the length of new ones to my old one - 3 new ones and older appear all same length. I looked down into the channel for anything with a flashlight, couldn't see anything (although it is a very small hole, in a small place which is hard to see) - not sure how to go about getting anything out if there was something in it.

Thanks for the reply.
I've slept on it and still am stumped.

[miller_man]

So got a sewing needle and held the frame upside down and "cleaned out" anything that could have been in the hole - I got nothing. Tried it again - still sits to high.

This is getting stupid!

[Sasage]

Might be time to consult a gunsmith

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[DocGKR]

Use a caliper and check the diameter of old vs. new...