I press the mag release button on my month old Gen4 Glock 19 magazine that is fully loaded with 15 rounds, and "szzzzip"--out it slides nicely with no assistance required. Gravity beats friction every time. But when I do the same thing with a locked back slide and empty mag, friction usually wins. I creatively considered casting up some custom weighted magazine base plates. And while I thought that idea must surely be a comical overkill, apparently some folks do just that. I also thought about casting all lead dummy rounds and putting a few of those in front of live ones, but then I'd have to rack the slide on every reload and that won't be faster than using a weak hand assist to dump the empty mag.
Are there some techniques or third party mods required to drop mags on Glocks without weak hand assistance? I tried helping gravity with a wrist flick, but that was mostly unsuccessful. Then I thought I had a solution with a quick, short chop downward on the top of my weak hand, but after a couple of those my strong hand wrist started to hurt. Lube in the mag well sounds like a bad idea. The mags and well are clean.
Thoughts?