magazine failure during firing.

[nate454]

I have a 1976 p-64. bought at Gander MT. about 8 months ago. Great size for conceal carry, feels good in my hand, cheap ammo, accurate, reliable gun. I fired about 100 rounds during the summer, no problems. A couple days ago I was shooting, and the clip came out during firing. I recently put in a 17lbs wolf trigger spring, and everything appears to be in good shape.
Any thoughts on this matter would be appreciated!!!! Thankyou.

[PA-Joe]

The hammer spring is also the spring that holds the magazine catch. May be too light.

[juniustaylor]

Nate, the 17# spring has been known to cause this problem. Must only affect certain guns. I have a 17# in mine and haven't had this problem but I have read of several folks that have. Some people don't go but to about 18 or 19#. You can try purchasing a heavier spring or just put the original in. As PA said, it is what holds tension on the mag release.

[stover]

Mine ejects the magazine on the last round consistently with an 18 lbs hammer spring.

[surfzombie]

That's a good enough reason for me on why not to change any of the spring and keep it all original.

[juniustaylor]

Oh, most anything is worth experimenting with. I absolutely love the 17# spring in mine and probably won't ever go back to the factory one. He experimented and found that it just didn't work out. To each their own.

[stover]

Guess I should have mentioned that I moved up to a 19 lbs spring and it works great.

[kurremkarm]

I have the 19 pound spring in mine, works well.