esizer
01-27-2018, 17:53
I went to the range today and brought my 43 with me. I had picked up an ETS 12 round magazine for it but hadn’t had a chance to try it out yet. I loaded it up with 147 grain Speer Lawman, put the magazine in, and slingshotted the slide into battery. I fired the round in the chamber, it ejected just fine but the next round in the magazine didn’t make it up the feed ramp...it just went straight and stuck. I tried this a few times and the malfunction was 100% repeatable. I swapped over to WWB 124gr NATO 9mm and it fed just fine.
I would assume the longer 147 grain ammo coupled with my gun and the ETS magazine was just incompatible.
I’m going to test this magazine some more next time I make it out...but at least in my experiences so far, obviously I’ll be avoiding 147 grain ammo with this magazine. Thought I would make a post as an FYI and maybe see if anyone else has had this issue as well.
I would assume the longer 147 grain ammo coupled with my gun and the ETS magazine was just incompatible.
I’m going to test this magazine some more next time I make it out...but at least in my experiences so far, obviously I’ll be avoiding 147 grain ammo with this magazine. Thought I would make a post as an FYI and maybe see if anyone else has had this issue as well.