[New guy from South Texas]

Sorry y'all, this is actually my 2nd post because I prematurely posted on a topic I was interested in, but I'm new to the foroum from the souther tip of the great state of Texas!!!! I'm LEO and a firearms instructor... My off duty carry gun is an M&P 40 with an Apex FSS AEK trigger upgrade and trijicon HD sights... My rifle of choice is the AK series of rifles, though my agency runs M4s...

[DB9FS - A great new production gun, that isn't, yet...]

Interestingly my magazine that came with the gun actuall holds 16 rds and cycles no problem

I actually bought a Beretta magazine to test and all the parts are interchangeable, basepads springs followers, except for the magazine catch of course. I did notice that the DB magazine has a 9 coil spring where the Beretta has an 11 coil spring which would explain why some people complain about the db magazines being too stiff near the bottom. Not an issue for me though. I'm used to loading my 20rd .40 cal SVI magazines by hand with no problems.

I also borrowed the CZ basepad i was talking about from a friend at a match recently, and put it on the DB tube. It fits on the tube no problem. The problem is though that there is about a 1mm gap between the bottom of the grip and the pasepad. This allows the mag to swivel forwards and back a bit. Not a deal breaker but the front part of it where your pinky would rest is also about 2-3mm further back meaning there is a big ledge where the grip ends, then for your pinky to rest there is has to be unnaturally far back. May not be a deal breaker if it doesn't bug you but it did me. I did not get the chance to try firing the gun with the magazine with that basepad. I ended up just ordering 4 magazines directly through DB. They are only $25 a piece and the one I have has worked no problem so far. If one fails on me, Ill buy a new mecgar Beretta mag and use the tube spring and follower with the DB basepad. That would be the best of both worlds. Not sure if DB will sell the basepads by themselves but if they did that would also be an option to use with the Beretta magazines with modified slots.

I can post pictures if it would help anyone.

I'm pretty interested in pics, post em if you got em'.... I think a standard M9 mag with the catch notch cut would work well... The low mag capacity is what has kept me away from purchasing a DB FS9