I have a friend with an EAA Witness in .45 ACP that was purchased some time ago. It came with three magazines. All three mags had a small wire around the body of the mag about .75" up from the base. One of the wires came off and is lost and when used without the wire all kinds of feeding malfunctions occur. The mags with the wires work fine. If he grabs the base of the non-wire mag and exerts downward pressure (like he's trying to pull it out of the gun) it functions fine.

 

Speculating here - the mag latch is what should locate the mag vertically within the mag well. I'm wondering if the slot cut in the mag, to engage the mag latch, is too tall which allows the mag to ride too high in the well, with the resulting misfeeds. Thought the wire may be exerting downward pressure on the mag to keep it engaged against the top of the slot in the mag. However, for that to happen, I would think there would have to be something for the wire to bear upon in the mag well, like a step. Such is not the case - all smooth inside the well. It does appear to taper, so maybe it is just an interference fit.

 

New mags both from EAA and from Mecgar have no such wire. Just wondered if any of you have seen this, or encountered this in your travels - or maybe even own one of these. They are CZ clones. Maybe EAA initially used CZ mags and their (EAA / Tangfolio) specs were off slightly and they had to "band-aid" them to function properly. Here's a pic...

 

 

He has written EAA, but nothing forthcoming as yet. Thanks for any input.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

 

 

Sounds like you are right. It is a tension wire that gets tighter in the tapered mag well. Can he use spring wire and make a new one? Or can he widen the mag body at the point of taper to stop it.