My Shield Arms Gen 1, 2, and 3 Experience
Tessah Booth, an experienced shooter, shares her long-term experience with Shield Arms S15 magazines for the Glock 48. She details catastrophic failures with Gen 1 20-round magazines due to a bad heat-treated batch, while 15-round Gen 1s performed well. Gen 2 magazines showed good reliability over 4,000 rounds but had a sticky finish and one unreplicable failure. Gen 3 magazines, with updated design and US manufacturing, show initial promise after 800 rounds, though the finish still wears. Booth emphasizes personal risk assessment for concealed carry and recommends thorough testing of any gear.













