re: Weird issue with the magazines for my Shield has popped up.

When I shot mine for the first time last week I had the same problem. Was extremely hard to load rounds into the mags and getting the last one in really hurt my thumb.

I chalked it up to being new. I even put a little lube on the follower when I cleaned the gun when I first opened it up. Might try putting some graphite powder on them to see if that'll help the followers slide more easily.