A Round Rattling in the Magazine

[EliteCageFighting]

I seem to have 1 round which occasionally rattles around in the magazine. Is this something I need to be concerned about.

Sometimes it stops if you add or remove 1 round.

 

[BE Mike]

I would take apart the magazine and clean and lubricate it, even if it functions well as is.

 

[esrice]

What kind of pistol?

This does happen in some double-stack magazines, due to the way they stagger.

Are you not keeping the magazine to full capacity?

 

[NateIU10]

My Glock mags do it. Tapping the back or bottom of the mag with a swift palm swat usually stops it. You need not be concerned, unless it's not a doublestack mag.

 

[AFA1CY]

What kind of pistol?

This does happen in some double-stack magazines, due to the way they stagger.

Are you not keeping the magazine to full capacity?

+1 esp. Glocks.

It will go away.

 

[EliteCageFighting]

It is a Taurus 24/7 Pro

It sometimes does it at any capacity (full or not). Put a round in or out and it stops till I shake it around good, then it starts again.

 

[03mustgt]

my xd does it too

 

[Dogman]

I seem to have 1 round which occasionally rattles around in the magazine.

Then don't put that 1 round in your magazine, put a different round in.


Most of my double stack magazines rattle. Nothing to worry about.

 

[Drail]

Everyone seems to think that loose rounds in a magazines are normal. Anybody want to offer an explanation as to why a round is loose in the mag with a spring pushing up on the column(s). This doesn't sound right to me.

 

[EliteCageFighting]

I went and put 200 rounds through it today. No problems at all.

But I agree that it doesn't seem normal. My others don't do it. It is single stack (staggered) by the way.

 

[esrice]

It is single stack (staggered) by the way.

Its gotta be one or the other-- can't be both. If you've got the Taurus 24/7, then you've got a double-stack (staggered) magazine.

Here is your basic single-stack magazine, where all the rounds are directly on top of each other. 1911 magazines are a typical example.

And here is the double-stack magazine, where the rounds are staggered and offset from each other. Glock magazines are a typical example.

 

[Wabatuckian]

I've even had it happen in single stack mags.

It's nothing to really worry about; it's caused my cartridge taper.

If you really don't want it doing that (and I do not), buy a more powerful spring and make sure that the rims are sitting right against the back of the magazine.

I notice this more in shorter rounds, such as hollowpoints, much more than ball (or anything else loaded to near max OAL).

Josh <><

 

[EliteCageFighting]

You're correct esrice. That is exactly what it looks like. Thanks for the info!

 

[obijohn]

Everyone seems to think that loose rounds in a magazines are normal. Anybody want to offer an explanation as to why a round is loose in the mag with a spring pushing up on the column(s). This doesn't sound right to me.

it's all in how some double stack magazines "stack" the rounds in the tube. the only real problem with it is if you are trying to sneak around and the rattle would give you away. if the mag functions reliably, then the rattle is of no consequence. i carried a 469 smith for awhile that the spare magazines would rattle when loaded to capacity. the pressure of the slide on the one in the pistol kept that one from rattling. i just downloaded my spares by one round. no worries.

 

[SavageEagle]

My BDE Mags do the same thing and I think I posted something about this too. Mine rattle a bit also but if you tap the bottom of the mag with a firm palm slap it should stop. If not do it again. I did it too hard and this was the result...

Like obijohn stated, it's nothing to worry about unless you are going stealth for whatever reason. The only way to really correct this is to buy a stronger spring. I would assume you could run into problems with this aswell, but I wouldn't know. just pimp slap the bottom of the mag and it should stop it for a while.

 

[rhino]

Josh Smith is correct in that it's related to the fact that some cartridges (lile 9mm) have tapered cases. They touch each other near the case head when in the magazines, but that leaves room to move in the front.

It's more or less likely to happen depending the shaped of the magazine (grip angle) and follower. Some do it more, some less. I've never heard of it causing any kind of problems with reliability.

 

[danielocean03]

My sigpro magazines for my sp2340 (they are still steel despite the polymer frame, no polymer-covered mags) sometimes have a little "round-rattle" to them, but there doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason to it. Like one of the earlier posters mentioned, all it takes to remedy it is a little tap into the palm of your hand to quiet them. I haven't experienced any function issues either.

 

[Bigum1969]

My sigpro magazines for my sp2340 (they are still steel despite the polymer frame, no polymer-covered mags) sometimes have a little "round-rattle" to them, but there doesn't seem to be much rhyme or reason to it. Like one of the earlier posters mentioned, all it takes to remedy it is a little tap into the palm of your hand to quiet them. I haven't experienced any function issues either.

One of my mags for my SigPro 2022 has a little round rattle as well. Hasn't affected reliability at all, though I wouldn't carry with that magazine (because of the noise).

 

[danielocean03]

One of my mags for my SigPro 2022 has a little round rattle as well. Hasn't affected reliability at all, though I wouldn't carry with that magazine (because of the noise).

I have 6 of the 12-round sigpro mags for .357sig / .40S&W, and I have both barrels so I've shot both caliber rounds through all six mags, it seems to be present (just a little bit here and there) on all of them. It bothered me a little at first, but I don't think it's really a big deal.

 

[Bigum1969]

I have 6 of the 12-round sigpro mags for .357sig / .40S&W, and I have both barrels so I've shot both caliber rounds through all six mags, it seems to be present (just a little bit here and there) on all of them. It bothered me a little at first, but I don't think it's really a big deal.

I have six magazines, and only the one with a glossy type finish rattles. The others with the matte finish don't.