High capacity 9mm, 1911 style, aka norinco np-28

[5440fight]

I searched and couldn't find an answer to this one: what makers magazine is compatible with this pistol? I can't find norinco ones, but the mags look like a lot of other double stack 9mm mags... any one want to chime in if they've found a replacement from another company?

 

[Halger280HVMag]

AFAIK.
Only Norinco magazines fit, or work in, the wide-body Norinco 1911's.
Marstar usually has them.

I searched and couldn't find an answer to this one: what makers magazine is compatible with this pistol? I can't find norinco ones, but the mags look like a lot of other double stack 9mm mags... any one want to chime in if they've found a replacement from another company?

 

[jawsman]

Tagged for interest. I have a NP-28 as well.

 

[5440fight]

AFAIK.
Only Norinco magazines fit, or work in, the wide-body Norinco 1911's.
Marstar usually has them.

I read somewhere of another mag that would work, but I can't for the life of me remember what is was, or what site I read it on... I didn't have a np28 at the time.

 

[Ganderite]

I have heard that the Bersa Thunder mag works, but cannot confirm that.

 

[colinjw]

I just came across this. I cannot vouch for it but might be worth looking into.

According to Alberto H. in Buenos Aires, who owns a couple of NP28s, they were very popular and cheap in Argentina (USD 230). According to Alberto the Argentine Bersa Thunder pistol's magazine is interchangeable with the NP28's. That gun is for sale in the US, and magazines are about USD 20 each. One of the main advantages you have by using Bersa´s ones, is that they hold 17/18 rounds (in countrys that trust their citizens). Archie in the Phillipines confirms that only a minimum adjustment in the hole where the magazine release fits is necessary. Bersa's owner is manufacturing some 170 mm long magazines for it - perfect for IPSC's Open Division.

 

[5440fight]

I just came across this. I cannot vouch for it but might be worth looking into.

Bingo. I think that was the article. Many thanks!

 

[QuietWhisper]

AFAIK.

What does this mean?

 

[pageophile]

What does this mean?

As Far As I Know

 

[QuietWhisper]

cool, thanks!

 

[5440fight]

I'm surprised nobody has tried other mags: Taurus, Beretta, Cz, Sig... a lot of their mags look very similar, just with a different notch for retention/release, which is easy to fix. Good luck getting pinned Bersa Thunder mags in Canada, I'm guessing...