No, no effort should be required to insert a loaded magazine (or empty) into a pistol. There should be spring tension on the magazine release. Apparently your spring is missing or broken.
I am far from being an auto loader person, but I believe the magazine catch spring is a Vee shaped spring held in place by the mainspring retaining pin.
Bob Wright
See if this helps:
http://www.colt22.com/


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