I just bought a new, never fired, Delta elite and when I load 8 rounds in the magazine the magazine will not lock in place, there's no play in the mag spring to allow it to lock up. Works fine with 7.Any ideas?

You could try clipping a coil off the mag spring.  Before I did that though, I would assemble the mag with no spring and make sure it isn't follower interference.

In general though I don't recommend clipping springs on carry magazines.  I would rather have 7 sure shots than 8 with random stoppages.

YMMV.

Lock the slide back before seating a fully loaded mag, especially if the mag is brand new

Quote from: sqlbullet on December 28 2013 06:23:11 PM MST
You could try clipping a coil off the mag spring.  Before I did that though, I would assemble the mag with no spring and make sure it isn't follower interference.

In general though I don't recommend clipping springs on carry magazines.  I would rather have 7 sure shots than 8 with random stoppages.

YMMV.

I thought about that. the follower spring is fully compressed. thanks for you input. BTW I've never taken down a mag like this before, how do you get the floor plate off?

Quote from: scot10mm on December 28 2013 06:38:56 PM MST
Lock the slide back before seating a fully loaded mag, especially if the mag is brand new

That does work but I wanted to carry 8+1. I may have to clip the mag spring.

Quote from: tinman_12 on December 28 2013 06:53:32 PM MST

Quote from: scot10mm on December 28 2013 06:38:56 PM MST
Lock the slide back before seating a fully loaded mag, especially if the mag is brand new

That does work but I wanted to carry 8+1. I may have to clip the mag spring.

Understood

Also kinda kills the tactical reload.  I know that sometimes that is how it is, but IMHO a full magazine should fit in the gun with the slide in battery.  If not, then the advertised capacity should be reduced by one.

I fixed it by take 2 1/2 rounds out of each spring, works just fine now. Thank you everybody that responded.