Corey Barnes
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Do either the Zev or Agency magwells work with Vickers basepads? It would be a G19 with a 19 mag in the gun and 17 mags for reloads but also a good portion of my training mags are 19 sized.
Do either the Zev or Agency magwells work with Vickers basepads? It would be a G19 with a 19 mag in the gun and 17 mags for reloads but also a good portion of my training mags are 19 sized.
They do not work with the ZEV Pro. Vickers pads are not a good choice for magwells. You would be better served with Glock Factory Extensions if you want to avoid high costs for proper magazine extensions.
I have used the Agency and RCS Freya magwells. IMO, they are not worth using. They add a good big of bulk for the small magwell opening that you actually get. The ZEV (and I believe the SLR) magwells have a lip on the front strap that aid your grip.
Using Magpul Magwell Gen 4 17/22 on my duty 22 and love it. It’s not that they make mag changes faster, because they really don’t for me. But what they do, is provide a bumper for your grip-well/magwell for when you’re shoving mags in fast and furiously you don’t mar the frame. (Ever notice how thin a Gen 4.17 grip opening actually is? It’s paper thin...) that’s the advantage I see. Otherwise run a butt plug. Getting mud and stuff inside the void sucksWe just got new 17's for our duty guns. I was going to put a Vicker's/Tangodown grip plug in but was informed I could put a magwell on if I wanted and could also put new basepads on my mags. Trying to decide what road to go down. Who's running what kind of magwells and what basepads on mags? I don't want a competition magwell, something lower profile. Thanks!
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How much is it preventing the mag from inserting? All my glock mags run them as I prefer them for reloads, especially over the OEM basepads. I'd like the Zev on my work gun but to transition all my mags back away from the Vickers pads to run the Zev seems like a pain.
They do not work with the ZEV Pro. Vickers pads are not a good choice for magwells. You would be better served with Glock Factory Extensions if you want to avoid high costs for proper magazine extensions.
I have used the Agency and RCS Freya magwells. IMO, they are not worth using. They add a good big of bulk for the small magwell opening that you actually get. The ZEV (and I believe the SLR) magwells have a lip on the front strap that aid your grip.
How much is it preventing the mag from inserting? All my glock mags run them as I prefer them for reloads, especially over the OEM basepads. I'd like the Zev on my work gun but to transition all my mags back away from the Vickers pads to run the Zev seems like a pain.
I have been using the ZEV Pro Magwell for over a year now. I highly recommend it. I do NOT recommend the ZEV Pro Plus.
I have found the ZEV Pro magwell works with most magazine extensions available on the market, but certain extensions will hit the magwell when slammed into the gun. As an example, the TTI extensions using a pin to retain the extension on the magazine will hit the plug area of the magwell when inserted, if the pin is positioned higher. Falkor Velocity extensions will also hit the edges of the magwell. I have had both TTI and Falkor magazines stick in the magwell from being slammed in there. This is a reason I do not advocate competition magwells without magazine extensions. If the magazine gets stuck, you need to be able to rip it out.
As you can see in the photos below, the ZEV Pro is extremely generous for its small size when compared to the much larger ZEV Pro Plus. In the photo on the right, you can see where the marks from the extensions have hit the ZEV Pro. In the third photo, you can see where the same extensions have impacted on the ZEV Pro Plus, but have resulted in much deeper gouges.
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I have used many different extensions, but I prefer the Henning Group Blue Line +4 Extension over all others. It is not as high of a capacity as the others, but it is much slimmer, includes "feet" to ensure a solid purchase to rip the mags out if needed, and it DOES NOT hit any magwell that I have tried it in.
From left to right: Glock 17 round factory magazine, Glock 17 round magazine with a +2 factory extension, Henning Group +4 Blue Line Extension, Falkor Defense +5 Velocity Extension, Taran Tactical +6 Extension.
I do not recommend the Falkor extensions only due to size and weight. They function very well.
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It doesn't take much to dremel my Vickers to work with my zev. Just see where the hangup is and start shaving down. first one takes the longest but once you figure out where to take material away it's quick.
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