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Mine have been 100% reliable with the Dawson base pads.David Marlow said:.......For you folks that use Glock mags with aftermarket pads in competition, do they make the factory mags less reliable?
Mine have been 100% reliable with the Dawson base pads.David Marlow said:.......For you folks that use Glock mags with aftermarket pads in competition, do they make the factory mags less reliable?
Glock maps need less cleaning them 1911/2011 style mags but both are equally reliable. Only time I've had malfs from mags was when I let them get dirty or let the springs get weak.David Marlow said:With this discussion about having mags that come apart easily and all, I'm starting to think I have the most amazing magazoines in the history of magazines, because I have been using the same Glock mags for six years now, and I just bought the GTUL set to take them apart. I have never cleaned them before this weekend, and I have had maybe a handful of magazine-related malfunctions in thousands of rounds. Of course, now that I have the ability to take them apart easily, I'll do so, because it seems to be the cool thing to do between stages, brush out mags and talk about how finicky your gear is. If my 7 mags can't make it through a 300-round match while being rotated, there's an issue.
I have listened to people talk about how finicky their 2011 mags can be and how finely tuned they get them, but I'll be using my Combat Tupperware for the foreseeable future, as those 2011s are so very spendy. For you folks that use Glock mags with aftermarket pads in competition, do they make the factory mags less reliable?
Maybe I'm doing it wrong but I just press the pin down and rip the basepad offMitch Gibson said:I bought some TTI pads for my 2011 mags that were on sale at a DEEP discount, and they have a pro and a con. The big pro is that they are much more ergonomic than the Dawson pads. Slim profile makes the mag-grab for a reload feel very good and natural, versus the big blocky Dawson basepads. The big con is that the TTI are NOT toolless basepads. You need a slim prying tool to push the spring out of the way to get them off. It is not fast. I really think that's a huge step backward, and am actually disgusted by it.
Me too.Burk Cornelius said:Maybe I'm doing it wrong but I just press the pin down and rip the basepad off
Just push the pad up against the mag and it should catch.Mitch Gibson said:I bought some TTI pads for my 2011 mags that were on sale at a DEEP discount, and they have a pro and a con. The big pro is that they are much more ergonomic than the Dawson pads. Slim profile makes the mag-grab for a reload feel very good and natural, versus the big blocky Dawson basepads. The big con is that the TTI are NOT toolless basepads. You need a slim prying tool to push the spring out of the way to get them off. It is not fast. I really think that's a huge step backward, and am actually disgusted by it.
I used Glock mags with Dawson basepads for 2 seasons and never had any problems. That being said, my 2011 mags aren't all that finicky either with Gram guts and TTI pads. All mags get dirt in them if used like we d tend to and there's nothing magical about Glock mags that keeps dirt from binding up the spring or follower. An aftermarket base pad will allow you to strip it down wherever, so you don't have to carry around the factory mag tool.David Marlow said:With this discussion about having mags that come apart easily and all, I'm starting to think I have the most amazing magazoines in the history of magazines, because I have been using the same Glock mags for six years now, and I just bought the GTUL set to take them apart. I have never cleaned them before this weekend, and I have had maybe a handful of magazine-related malfunctions in thousands of rounds. Of course, now that I have the ability to take them apart easily, I'll do so, because it seems to be the cool thing to do between stages, brush out mags and talk about how finicky your gear is. If my 7 mags can't make it through a 300-round match while being rotated, there's an issue.
I have listened to people talk about how finicky their 2011 mags can be and how finely tuned they get them, but I'll be using my Combat Tupperware for the foreseeable future, as those 2011s are so very spendy. For you folks that use Glock mags with aftermarket pads in competition, do they make the factory mags less reliable?
Jesse are you using the 4g or 4g2 for 24 rounds? I've got the 4G with still follower and spring Nd there is no way I can get 24 in those mags.Jesse Tischauser said:I have dropped a pin on my TTI too. It just slides in and out. If you push too far it's all the way out. I get 24 rounds of 9mm in my mags with the TTI spring and follower kit. The Dawson's with grams only got me 23 rounds.
Thanks for confirming. I meant to order the 4G2s but goofed. I'll get some at some point.Jesse Tischauser said:I believe the 4G2 with the TTI spring and TTI follower is what I use. If I just add the TTI pad with my grams spring and follower it only yields 23.
First off, what's with the damn exam gloves? It's a magazine, you're not giving it a rectal exam.Mitch Gibson said:Here's my basepad video:
http://youtu.be/esEEKv5mbMo
It's better to be prepared then to have to go in last minute unprotected.Wall said:First off, what's with the damn exam gloves? It's a magazine, you're not giving it a rectal exam.
That is annoying!Mitch Gibson said:Here's my basepad video:
http://youtu.be/esEEKv5mbMo