Originally Posted by
Shawn Dodson
I bought three Shield 15 rd magazines and the steel mag catch.
I halted function testing after experiencing a failure to feed involving two of the magazines, with Winchester 9mm 115gr FMJ. My function test involves loading the magazine to capacity with one in the chamber, repeated three consecutive times with zero stoppages. Magazine #2 failed during the first repetition, magazine #1 failed during the second rep. Had initial function testing been successful I would have repeated it with my carry ammo, Federal 147gr HST. Instead, I removed the steel mag catch and function tested two Glock 10 rd mags with 147gr HST and called it good. The Glock 10 rounders functioned flawlessly a few weeks before with 150 rds of FMJ. The Glock mags have never failed me, so I'm going to stick with them.
The Shield Arms 15 rd magazines are challenging to load to full capacity. I couldn't picture myself taking a shooting course with them. The sheet metal is so thin I thought I'd sliced my thumb open on the feed lips a couple of times.
I tried them and I'm not satisfied with them. Drive on!