GT's Strong Spring!!!

[Johnny C. Kitchens]

I recently put one of GT's magazine spring in a Mec-Gar magazine. These Mec-Gar plastic bottoms are not the strongest ones to use. When I removed the base, it was broken through one pin. I got a replacement from GT. With it I had a complete magazine with a strong spring. My first test revealed it worked, although hold open seemed to work only sometimes. I took it out to the range for a second test, with a new load. It worked!!! All eight rounds work flawlessly and the hold open worked. A second magazine full and worked flawlessly. I was very happy. I started loading for a third round. As I started inserting the fifth round, there was a sudden change in the magazine. The bottom popped off I thought, but no it broke. As you can see in the picture, it split through both pins. The spring took off. I thought it was gone forever, figuring a spring would be very hard to spot, but it landed about 15 feet away on some concrete stairs. Well, it looks like I'm going to have to get one of those GT aluminum bottoms to go with his spring. I'm currently having Robar coating a 70's issue Mauser Parabellum magazine with NP3, which is a nickel-phosphate teflon coating. When it returns, I'm sending it to GT for a base and spring upgrade. That should give me one super magazine to shoot with...