Hello. Long time no post. I tried searching on the forum first and I saw a couple of threads about this already but I still have a question.
First off, the mags in question are 9mm Walther factory mags made by Mecgar. All of them are 15 rounders, and all of them feed properly.
Anyway, I bought my P99 a couple of years ago and I love it. The first few times at the range I didn't notice any rattle coming from the magazines at all. Then while I was loading one up, I heard it just as described in previous threads, (put a few rounds in and no rattle, then it seems to rattle every other round, then it stops for a few more, then it is back, etc....)
Only one of the mags that came with my gun did this. The other does not rattle at all. I figured I wouldn't be carrying for a while since I have to take the concealed carry course first, so it didn't bother me at the time.
Making the story longer....lol. I saw that Midway had 15 round mags on sale so I bought one thinking it would be a non-rattler. Well, it rattles too in the same way as the other rattler.
Nothing I do makes the rattle go away. I slap the heck out of the magazines after I load them up and they still rattle.
Does anyone have any idea why they rattle or how to stop them from rattling?
If not, I guess I will just have to carry the gun with 15 in the mag +1 in the chamber whenever I do get my CCW, (yes, I still haven't gotten around to taking the course yet) which is no big deal really. Just a bit of an irritation is all. Of course I could also just use the non-rattling mag too, I guess.
So the question is, why the rattle? And, is there another way to stop it besides slapping them, since slapping doesn't seem to work for me?
Thanks,
MLB78
First off, the mags in question are 9mm Walther factory mags made by Mecgar. All of them are 15 rounders, and all of them feed properly.
Anyway, I bought my P99 a couple of years ago and I love it. The first few times at the range I didn't notice any rattle coming from the magazines at all. Then while I was loading one up, I heard it just as described in previous threads, (put a few rounds in and no rattle, then it seems to rattle every other round, then it stops for a few more, then it is back, etc....)
Only one of the mags that came with my gun did this. The other does not rattle at all. I figured I wouldn't be carrying for a while since I have to take the concealed carry course first, so it didn't bother me at the time.
Making the story longer....lol. I saw that Midway had 15 round mags on sale so I bought one thinking it would be a non-rattler. Well, it rattles too in the same way as the other rattler.
Nothing I do makes the rattle go away. I slap the heck out of the magazines after I load them up and they still rattle.
Does anyone have any idea why they rattle or how to stop them from rattling?
If not, I guess I will just have to carry the gun with 15 in the mag +1 in the chamber whenever I do get my CCW, (yes, I still haven't gotten around to taking the course yet) which is no big deal really. Just a bit of an irritation is all. Of course I could also just use the non-rattling mag too, I guess.
So the question is, why the rattle? And, is there another way to stop it besides slapping them, since slapping doesn't seem to work for me?
Thanks,
MLB78