beretta 96 mags in a 92
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I have five ProMag 96 mags that I run in my 92A1 and 9mm CX4 with absolutely no problems. Good luck finding any now, though. You might have to wait till Obamamania II: Electric Boogaloo is over.
I'd check out Brownell's, Numrich Parts Corp, or Northwest Industries.
I'd check out Brownell's, Numrich Parts Corp, or Northwest Industries.
They work fine in my 92fs. Only issue that I have ever encountered is that sometimes gun will lock open with 1 round still in the mag. This is because the 9mm sits higher and tilts up slightly, which will sometimes allow the mag follower to get high enough to trip the slide release. not a big deal and worth putting up with for legal 14 rounds.
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Lexthedestroyer
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Had mine out to the range in Friday. Works flawlessly, although I could only manage 13 9mm in mine? Anyways, Marstar has the Mec Gar ones on for $35.
Greenhorse six
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Works for me, no issues yet, only had about 200rds though them so far.
Ahh, I thought this was just me. I have to of the 96 mags and one seems to clear all 13 rnds easily and one seems to randomly catch the slide with 1rnd left in the mag. I noticed the spring in the 96 mags are 2x as long as the 92. Also the follower on the 96 is a little bit longer than the 92.
Hmmm... I wonder if you could cut enough off the follower so it holds one more 9mm, but still holds less than eleven rounds of .40S&W? Depends how tight it is with ten rounds of 40.
Haha, I thought of that ie swapping the follower out of my 92 mag into the 96, too but I don't own any .40 ammo to load 10rnd in to ensure I don't become a criminal. I think I have three pieces of brass... I'll leave this up to someone who's got the ammo to verify. Or buy a box of 40 and I guess I'll need a Glock 22 to go with that.
any modification of a mag will make you a criminal if you put more then 10 rounds in it.
Greenhorse six
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just tried the Beretta 96 mag with the 92 mag follower will hold 11rds of .40 easy,tried it with 9mm once, the .40cal mag with a 9mm folllower that is, and IIRC I only got 15 rds in it,wasn't worth doing,but out of 9mm right now, so I can't confirm this.
Well, that answers that. Illegal to swap followers. Better mark 'em if your disassemble them all into a big pile.
Well, that answers that. Illegal to swap followers. Better mark 'em if your disassemble them all into a big pile.
Yeah, good point! Since someone has already been convicted for being in possession of magazine parts that were not assembled.
If you have both a 9mm and a 40SW magazine, and you take them apart and put all the parts in a bag all mixed up, you could be convicted for possession of a prohibited device, if it can be demonstrated that assembling them in a particular way results in an illegal capacity magazine.
Why stop there? Simply having the two magazines in your possession could result in a conviction. Magazines come apart easily, without tools in many cases, so there's really nothing stopping you from putting the parts together to make a prohibited magazine.
This really goes to show that the firearms act and criminal code needs to be re-written.
Since a guy in BC was convicted for possession of unassembled magazine parts, what's to stop any of us from being convicted for having illegal magazines? Maybe some random items from my home can be cobbled together to make an over-capacity magazine. Hmmm... A piece of this gun, a piece of that gun, a bed-spring, some epoxy, duct tape, and voila, 30 round magazine. Off to jail for possession of parts of a prohibited device. Stupid stupid stupid. Needs fixing.
Totally agree. It's why we're law abiding gun owners and follow the law of the land. I'm sure criminals lose sleep because of these laws.
