Beretta 96 mags
- Thread starter Madmardigan
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Get all my mags from Northern Republic Magazine. Site sponsor.
Here's the link to the Mec-Gar made Beretta 96mags on their site: http://www.northernrepublicmagazine.com/products/beretta-96-magazine-10-rds
Here's the link to the Mec-Gar made Beretta 96mags on their site: http://www.northernrepublicmagazine.com/products/beretta-96-magazine-10-rds
Be warned the Mec Gar 96 mags are good. However if you plan on using them in a 92 for a few extra rounds they will not work. Ask me how I know. Original mags only for that. I have a hard time paying full price for a Beretta mags. To expensive in my opinion.
Thanks for the link!
I'm planning on using them in a Cx4. And yeah, factory beretta mags are crazy expensive.
Lexthedestroyer
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This has not been my experience... Mind you, I'm running 13 in my Mec Gar 96 mags in a Girsan, but I can't see that making a difference...
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I as well bought the MecGar 96 mags to use in my 92. No issues.
This is a shocker. I have two new 96 Mec Gar mags I bought early this year. Both will not work with 9mm ammo in them. The feed lips are a little wider then the original Beretta mags. Well at least in my case. I would close the lips up however that is modifying the magazine to hold more rounds then what it is designed for and would be probably illegal.
Lexthedestroyer
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...if you tweak the feed lips, how exactly is that modifying it to hold more rounds? As long as it holds no more than 10 rounds of .40S&W there's no issue. I had some KCI M1A mags that needed some SERIOUS modification to function properly. Also, if the Beretta mags work, and the Mec Gar ones don't, then I would assume that they are both "within spec". So even if you were to measure the feed lips with a micrometer (which no one ever would) they would both "meet spec".
I think what he's getting at is, if he modifies the mag to work with 9mm, that mag is now designed for 9mm, and now can only hold 10 rounds of 9mm.
It's kind of the same thing as, you can modify your rifle to take a pistol mag, but cant modify a pistol mag to fit in a rifle, because now that mag is intended for a rifle and must be pinned to 5 rounds.
Anyway. Still having no luck finding 96 mags. North republic didnt have any in stock, only a 15 rounder that was improperly pinned.
Any idea where I can find one of these? They seem to be like hens teeth.
twoicebergs
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The Pro-Mags don't work very well. If the empty latch/slide catch goes over the plastic notch on the mag, it will be a real PITA to get it free, to the point of damaging the gun or the magazine. The reason is the bullet cap in the magazine has too much side-side play. The Mec-Gar 92 and 96 mags are great. The 96 mags do require a squeeze job to hold the 9mm casings. To call that a modification is a bit of a stretch as sometimes older mags do need to be tuned up (squeezed) to ensure they feed properly. The law states the magazine capacity is what it was designed for, not where it is actually used. For the Girsan, they come with Mec-Gars that are made in Italy.
