9mm STI edge using 38 magazines?

[Ocd666]

Hi guys looking at buying a new 9mm edge in Australia they sell them with 38 super magazines say they work with both!

Now I've been looking around at everyone tuning mags etc will a 38 mag work in a 9mm the same as a 9mm mag or will I have heaps of dramas? New to sti and 2011 so don't know a whole lot. I see you can get 9mm followers to suit and a spacer to make it 9mm but would rather not have the hassle.

Thanks

Ocd

[B45C22]

If they have the old style SVI mags, they will run both. If not, you will need a separate 9MM follower and an spacer at the back of the mag. That has always been my experience. I know that I have read where some STI mags will run without spacers in SOME guns, but I have never seen it in the wild.

[woof]

I have also found that I need the 9mm follower and spacer when using my STI 38 super mags in both my limited 9 minor and open 9 major STI framed guns.

This has become an annoyance with a couple of 9s and 38 supers. So I invested in a bunch of SVI mas and now it makes no differance which gun I use as long as I have the SVI mags in the bag.

woof

[dansedgli]

My 9mm edge came with mags with the spacers. I'm in melb.

[SayHelloToMyLittleFriend]

The 9mm followers are shorter than the 38 super followers on the STI mags. Hence the need for the spacers at the back. I've used 38 super/9mm mags on a Para/Rock Island platform and they work just fine. In the case of the 38/9 mags, it uses a 38 super follower so no spacer is needed but the 9mm rounds sit further back as they are shorter.