XD40 Mec-Gar issues

[sanderle]

Ordered some new magazines for my son's XD40. Went out to break them in, and consistently had failure to feed issues. Has anyone had any similar issues with these magazines and pistol? When I researched them, everyone had great things to say about them and nothing came up about failures.

BTW, the Mec-Gar magazines that I use for my CZ 75B work flawlessly.


Thanks

[jshuberg]

Brand new magazines can often have problems before being fully broken in. Mec Gar mags are fantastic, and they should work fine after they've been exercised a little. You could try the following:

Get a small paint stirring stick, and use it to depress and release the magazine follower inside the magazine body. It helps to put a small notch on the bottom of the stick so it stays on the edge of the follower without slipping off. Fully depress and release the follower 100-200 times. This will polish the friction surfaces of the follower and the inside of the mag body, allowing for smoother and faster feeding. Failure to feed malfunctions with new magazines are most often due to microscopic burs and roughness that slow the feeding of ammo. Friction polishing these surfaces will maximize the proper function of your mags. When your done, simply depress the follower a little and blow out the inside of the mag with compressed air to remove any loose material.

Hope this helps!

[Sorcerer]

I had some steel case Tulo that would turn my XD 45 into a single shot. The base of the cases were sharp enough to jam in the mag. Worked just fine in a single stack 45. Tap/rack/ bang.

[sanderle]

We were running WWB. We've never had a problem with it before in the XD.

My son's XD is a very early model. It's been flawless with two 10-round and one 12-round factory magazines.

[JohnGageMN]

Hmm, only problem I've ever had was when running some cheap Fiocchi 170gr truncated cone ammo. Got FTF's a couple times per mag and put a burr on my feed ramp. Got rid of the bad ammo, and Springfield took care of cleaning up the feed ramp for me at no charge.

Did you try switching back to one of the factory mags to make sure the problem went away? If so, you might want to check the underside of the top lips of the new mags and just make sure there isn't a burr there. Also as jshuberg suggested run the follower up and down by hand and make sure it is moving smoothly.