I am in no way affiliated with these guys, but I am impressed and want to share my findings.
I carry a S&W Shield 9 as my EDC and while I love it, I hate the capacity of single stacks. I cannot carry big pistols because I am built like a brick shit house so double stacked print on me like a mother fucker. I found out about this company called Mag Guts a few months ago, where they supply you all new internals for various single stack magazines, and it ups the capacity by 1-2 depending. They have kits for a lot of different single stack pistols - glocks, rugers, and others that I don't feel like looking up.
Finally I took the plunge because I had the extra 40 bucks, and I gotta say - it's damn worth it. The Shield 9, 7 rounder magazines are fucked up anyway, and I've had to send TWO of them back to be replaced. The spring folds in on itself and not only do they fail to feed, but the rounds literally fall out of the top. I figure - hey, if this thing is as good as it says it is, that turns a 7 round mag into a 9 round mag, and the spring issue is gone. Well, that's the case. I just ran about 70 rounds through this particular magazine now, feeing both cheap aluminum, brass round nose, standard hollow point and a few Hornady critical duty and I gotta say - no hiccups. Actually, because the 7 rounder is now a little bit longer due to the 1/4 inch base plate extension, I have a much better grip on the pistol than the 7 rounder ever gave me.
You can use the same kit to modify the 8 rounder too, but in my opinion that becomes far too long for a CCW and for a 10 round capacity; the kit is also the same for the .40 mags as well so there is a 4 different mag options for one 40 dollar kit.
So if you were thinking about this thing, or wanted to add a little bit more to your pocket rocket, it gets the JB 43 chromosome seal of approval.
MagGuts | The Last Round's On Us!
I carry a S&W Shield 9 as my EDC and while I love it, I hate the capacity of single stacks. I cannot carry big pistols because I am built like a brick shit house so double stacked print on me like a mother fucker. I found out about this company called Mag Guts a few months ago, where they supply you all new internals for various single stack magazines, and it ups the capacity by 1-2 depending. They have kits for a lot of different single stack pistols - glocks, rugers, and others that I don't feel like looking up.
Finally I took the plunge because I had the extra 40 bucks, and I gotta say - it's damn worth it. The Shield 9, 7 rounder magazines are fucked up anyway, and I've had to send TWO of them back to be replaced. The spring folds in on itself and not only do they fail to feed, but the rounds literally fall out of the top. I figure - hey, if this thing is as good as it says it is, that turns a 7 round mag into a 9 round mag, and the spring issue is gone. Well, that's the case. I just ran about 70 rounds through this particular magazine now, feeing both cheap aluminum, brass round nose, standard hollow point and a few Hornady critical duty and I gotta say - no hiccups. Actually, because the 7 rounder is now a little bit longer due to the 1/4 inch base plate extension, I have a much better grip on the pistol than the 7 rounder ever gave me.
You can use the same kit to modify the 8 rounder too, but in my opinion that becomes far too long for a CCW and for a 10 round capacity; the kit is also the same for the .40 mags as well so there is a 4 different mag options for one 40 dollar kit.
So if you were thinking about this thing, or wanted to add a little bit more to your pocket rocket, it gets the JB 43 chromosome seal of approval.
MagGuts | The Last Round's On Us!