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I am using mec gar 10 round magazines in my shadow for ipsc production. What base pads are people using for these magazines? Assuming ipsc production legal, what are my options?
 
Freedom Ventures carries the Tanfoglio rubber base pads for $23. They fit the CZ full length magazines, which i'm pretty sure the mec-gar are.
For the standard CZ mag, with the plastic bottom - I haven't found a solution.. I use those as my barney mag.

Edit: they also carry Henning aluminium and other base pads, but I prefer the rubber ones. To each his own.
 
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I run the tanfoglio rubber base pads on my mec gar CZ mags and they work great. I prefer them over my tanfoglio mags with aluminum henning base pads as well because they stick out the bottom of the gun more and the rubber gives a bit of extra boost to the mag for seating.
 
Can anybody link to these pads? I have both the stock CZ mags and Tang mags and I want to replace them if possible. Is $23 a pad the norm? I just want to make it easy to identify my mags without stickers or doing something permanent.
 
Good evening John,
I have MecGar 10 rounds mags for my CZ 75B.
Unless you need extra thickness, the OEM nylon pads are very resistant
 
Thanks for everyone's input. I would have thought aluminum base pads were most popular. I'm just starting in ipsc, so far my factory mec gar ones are fine. I just wondered if the henning type ones would offer more "meat" to grab onto.
Are +2 style bases allowed in production?
 
Yes the +2 pads are legal in Production. They are what the Shadows come with in Free Countries. As well they are the best solution (in my opinion) for the MecGar mags, it's what most of us use out in BC. They make taking the mags apart for cleaning a very simple thing, and they stay on better than the ones that use the button style interior locking plate
 
One thing to consider when discussing base pads; regardless of the brand of gun or base pad you're using - aluminum ones in the CZ / Tanfo / GP design are not fond of being dropped on concrete.
Their lifespan is shortened.
If you're a Vancouver shooter - that's not much of an issue, you're primarily dropping mags on softer surfaces most of the year.
If you're one of us that moves indoors in November and doesn't go back outdoors until May; it's something to keep in mind.
 
wondering if with the rubber pads you can make the CZ to go forward automatically (when in slide lock) just by seating the mag with some momentum. I can do this with the 10 round, plastic base, but it does not work 100% of the time.
 
I use the Mecgar +2 as that's what my mags came with. I shoot primarily indoors on concrete and have yet to damage a pad, they are plastic. Aluminum ones can crack I've seen it and done it myself. The Tanfoglio rubber ones are horrible to deal with, sorry Sean.
 
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I use the Mecgar +2 as that's what my mags came with. I shoot primarily indoors on concrete and have yet to damage a pad, they are plastic. Aluminum ones can crack I've seen it and done it myself. The Tanfoglio rubber ones are horrible to deal with, sorry Sean.
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No apologies needed, they are very difficult to disassemble for cleaning for sure, but I don't clean my mags when I shoot indoors either. Alum or rubber - hey - we sell me both so it makes no diff to me.:)
 
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The +2 baseplates are for the full length MecGar 10 rounders that have the dented sides, the new style, not sure they will work with the older mags.
For the crap factory mags (yup I'm bashing a CZ product now), the ones with the 1/3 of the body plastic basepads, CZ Custom makes an aluminum pad, but it suffers from the same problems the plastic one does, popping off when dropped and being a pain the ass to take apart and put back together when you want to. The Henning pads, for the full body mags are also very good, but as Sean mentioned, not happy on concrete or rocks.

the problem with the Tanfo rubber pads is the that they are secured with screws. When I shot my Stock II in IPSC I ended up using Gorilla Glue to hold them onto the baseplates and then drilling a hole through them so I could remove the baseplate easily from the magazine. But I'd have to keep an eye on them as the glue would let go now and then. But if you use the screws, that means every time you want to clean them you have to undo screws. PITA. Why they don't make an overmolded rubber pad like Beretta, Sig and so on, I don't know. It would sell bundles.
 
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The ones I use are held onto the metal plates with screws also, but to take them off you dont have to take the screws out, just push a small screw driver thru the hole in the middle and slide it off, same way as the original base plates. I have been dropping them on concrete and dirt for just over 3 years now with no problems.


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