Magazine "problem"?

[sjohnson]

I bought a new Glock 27 gen. IV yesterday and I CAN NOT load any of the 3 magazines with the ninth round. I broke the loader and almost broke my thumb trying. Is this a common thing to have happen?

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[OldVet]

Glock mags are notoriously stiff when new. Load with eight and let sit for a few days. The tenth should go right in. I had the same problem with my G30 10-rounders but no problem now.

[iguanadon]

I found this at another site which describes the problem I'm having with my new gen3 G27...

"Trouble with Glock 27
Hello again, I have a Glock 27 pistol in caliber 40 S & W, and I have a problem when the charger is full of gun ammunition (9 rounds) I can not mount the weapon, is very hard, however, with eight cartridges I do not have that problem , is also hard, but I can mount the weapons. What advice do you give me?"

Responses were similar to what sjohnson said... notorious issue, just have to let them break in.

[tony1990]

Are they Glock mags or a third party mags. I don't have a Glock but I have had problems with third party mags on other types of weapons.

[sjohnson]

They are Glock mags that came with the pistol.

[aus71383]

They're just stiff - load them with 8 and let them sit a while. You'll get the 9th one in after a few days. I've noticed that not only is it just the springs being "stiff" when new, but also the baseplates on the Glock mags have some "give" to them - maybe not at first, but after sitting loaded for 6 months or so that have a rounded profile from the spring pushing on them.

Austin