Originally Posted by wildhobbybobby
Originally Posted by Cattledog
G19 isn’t going anywhere, but would like to see Shield offer a mag upgrade as they’ve done for 43x/48.

FWIW, S15 mags are only 1 week backorder, easy to get.


I suspect that a Shield-type upgrade for the G-19 might not be a simple proposition at all, because the G-19 magazine is already a true double-stack magazine. The Shield upgrade for the G-43x is simply a steel magazine with enough internal room to hold a double stack of cartridges, as opposed to the factory 43x magazine, which holds a stack that is only slightly staggered and is not much more than a single stack magazine.

If Shield, or anyone else, made a steel magazine for the G-19, G-17, etc., the internal volume would be such that you would be making a 2 1/2 or maybe even a triple stack magazine. I would expect that perfect function would be difficult to achieve.





During the high cap ban I bought a steel 15 round mag for the G19.

Piece
of
Chit!

Pretty consistent jams.
Smashed it flat and sent it to the dump.

10 rounds, available on the trigger, beat 15 stored in the butt
of a jammed up gun.

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