Rob Pincus

Safety Solutions Academy Plan B Extended Magazine Sleeve

Rob Pincus
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The Safety Solutions Academy Plan B Mark 2 Extended Magazine Sleeve is an improved version of the extended magazine sleeve, making it a viable addition to your self-defense gear. How does it work?

Lots of companies have made guns with magazines that fit flush as well as magazines that fit either larger guns or, in the case of the Smith & Wesson M&P Shield magazine, are specifically designed as extended magazines to increase the grip length and overall capacity of the firearm.

Issues with Extended Magazine Sleeves

One problem with extended magazine sleeves is that they turn the magazine base into part of your grip, meaning the magazine won’t drop free easily or at all, because it’s impinging on the back of your grip hand.

Another problem is you can pinch your hand up against the mag well between the sleeve and the mag well, meaning your magazine won’t seat properly when doing a reload. Some guns and mags, like the M&P Shield magazine, can then become prone to failures.

These traditional extended magazine sleeves cause problems and we advise shooters to take them off.

Safety Solutions Academy Plan B Mark 2

Paul Carlson designed the Plan B Mark 2 to be a better extended magazine sleeve by creating a good stand-off between the actual base of the magazine and the base of the mag well so you won’t get the damage to the gun or the malfunctions that come from over-insertion.

Another advantage of the Plan B Mark 2 is that the back end of the magazine base pad doesn’t have as much substance, so it is unlikely to have any problems when you’re inserting the magazine. Especially if you carry an M&P Shield and use the M&P Shield magazine, the Plan B Mark 2 makes a good addition to your self-defense tools and accessories.

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Let's take a close look at the new plan B Mark Two from Safety Solutions Academy. Now, these ideas have extended magazine sleeves of course have been around for a long time. Lots of companies, have made guns that have magazines that fit flush, as well as magazines that fit either larger guns or in the case of the M and P shield are specifically designed as extended magazines to increase the grip length and the overall capacity of the firearm. The problem with the extended magazine sleeves is they actually turn the magazine base into part of your grip. And what that means, is that the magazines aren't going to drop free nearly as easily and sometimes hardly ever at all because they're impinging on the back of your grip hand. The other problem is that you could potentially pinch your hand up against the magwell between the sleeve and the magwell and the magazine won't get seated when you're doing your reloads. So the traditional extended magazines sleeves really cause a lot of problems. And generally we just say, take them off, throw them away. The problem is some guns, like the MNP shield, can then become prone to failures and in fact damage and actually breaking the gun can happen. And I've seen it happen on the range when people over insert the extended magazines and either bend or break the ejector and other gun designs you could also have the magazine over insert and not break the gun, but cause a malfunction. And of course that's not something you want to happen in a life or death, worst case scenario defensive gun use. So the plan B Paul Carlson designed this to be a better, extended magazine sleeve. As you can see, it's got two pieces. This particular one, does not add any capacity to the magazine. What it does is the same exact thing as the sleeve that comes with a gun, the plastic ones what this one does is creates a good standoff between the actual base of the magazine and the base of the magazine. Well, so that you won't get the damage to the gun or the malfunction that comes from over insertion. But, what this also doesn't do, is have quite as much substance to especially the back end of the magazine base pad. So it's much less likely than the standard base plate to get impinged on your hand or to cause a problem when you're inserting the magazine into the gun. The other nice thing about it is because this is not polymer, this isn't a plastic piece. This adds a lot more weight and it actually increases the likelihood that the magazine is going to drop free, not decreases it. So take a good look at the plan B Mark Two it's an improved extended magazine sleeve from Safety Solutions Academy.
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