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Geoff7 · February 3, 2013, 12:06 PM

Thanks, everyone, for the responses. I feel much better knowing this is not a problem.

I just checked it again this morning after reading your responses. It does take a lot more effort with 13 in the magazine, but knowing that this is normal I think I felt a bit more comfortable being "forceful" with it (i.e. I'm not going to damage the gun) and, while difficult, it wasn't quite as bad as I recalled.

I think the best course of action is to put a few hundred rounds through it and see if things start to loosen up.

Is the 13th round much harder to load into the mag than the 12th round?

A bit. The 1-11 were about the same level of effort. 12 was a step up, as was 13. It didn't require extreme strength, but I can see where my thumbs would get sore loading the 13th round dozen times at the range (I've since bought an UpLULA loader).

February 3, 2013, 12:06 PM	#7
Geoff7 Member Join Date: January 27, 2013 Location: Colorado Posts: 29	Thanks, everyone, for the responses. I feel much better knowing this is not a problem. I just checked it again this morning after reading your responses. It does take a lot more effort with 13 in the magazine, but knowing that this is normal I think I felt a bit more comfortable being "forceful" with it (i.e. I'm not going to damage the gun) and, while difficult, it wasn't quite as bad as I recalled. I think the best course of action is to put a few hundred rounds through it and see if things start to loosen up. Is the 13th round much harder to load into the mag than the 12th round? A bit. The 1-11 were about the same level of effort. 12 was a step up, as was 13. It didn't require extreme strength, but I can see where my thumbs would get sore loading the 13th round dozen times at the range (I've since bought an UpLULA loader).