Hellcat Pro magazine fitment and drop issue

TLDR - 2 of 5 new magazines (Gear Up package) only drop about a third of the way upon mag release, warranty replacement mags from Springfield exhibiting the same behavior.

After a recent purchase of a new Hellcat Pro Gear Up Package, I noticed that 2 of the 5 magazines experience a bit of friction when initially inserting and would only drop about 1/3 of the way out, upon a mag release. And this would in turn require manually pulling the mag the rest of the way out. I wrote it off to some break in but the problem persisted. Meanwhile the other 3 magazines are just as you might expect with forceful ejection in multiple orientations. These are all 15 round magazines.

So I initiated a replacement with Springfield for the 2 suspect magazines, received them, and experience the same issue with these new replacement magazines. After experimenting, I noticed that a moderate amount of pressure at the base/opening of the grip, applied only fore and aft, allowed the magazine to drop fully. This seems to be unrelated to anything with the mag release and doesn't change behavior if locked back or not.

Has anyone experienced this? Now I am uncertain whether this is a magazine tolerance issue versus some subtle tolerance issue with the grip.