G34 CORDY Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Anyone know when the new .40 mags are coming out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSteel Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Sent an Email to Mec-Gar on the status of the 40S&W's and had no reply...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G34 CORDY Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Iam going to call them today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimjaw Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Hopefully they will have a new part number so they do not get confused with any older style mags. I called Mec-Gar USA and got the part number for the new 9mm mags. Part - MGWIT9SFAFC UPC - 765595750005 'Available in March' is what I was told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nealio Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 You can order the 9mm mags now from EAA...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nealio Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Another 300 flawless rounds out of the new mags loading them to 20 with the stock follower and spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjennings10 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Just called mecgar and they said the 9mm mags will be available in April or May. I hope it does not keep getting pushing back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nealio Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Just called mecgar and they said the 9mm mags will be available in April or May. I hope it does not keep getting pushing back! Once again, why don't you just buy them from EAA?? They are $25/ea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skydiver Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 How can you tell if the magazines you get from EAA are the new ones made by Mecgar or the old ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nealio Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 (edited) The new MecGar mags look completely different. Several of us have posted pics. And according to the EAA person I talked to on the phone, all the 9mm mags from EAA are the new MecGar mags. When I said "I want to make sure I'm getting the new MecGar mags" the lady replied "yes that's the only ones we have now". 2 of us have ordered them and both received the new ones. And trust me they are top notch. The only (possible) downside is the semi-permanent spacer. With the old mags I could drill and punch out the old spacer and I made some full length spacers so I could run 21 rounds with the stock follower. The new spacers are more permanent, so I'll need to modify my Henning 141 basepads so they have a spacer in them that matches the mag spacer so the follower wont snag. - Nealio Edited February 4, 2011 by Nealio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJH Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 If only we could get the 40 mags soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtb Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 has anyone run the new 9mm mags through a Gold Team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerritm Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 I just ordered 3 of the new mags. I hope they work with my Henning base pads. Has anyone used these and do you need to get longer or heavier springs than the new stock ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nealio Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 Man I try to keep everyone up to date with my findings, but nobody seems to read them.. Yes the Henning pads work. No you don't need an extra power spring (the included spring is actually the size and length of the Grams 11 coil spring I had to run before). You can only load 21 rounds with the stock follower (20 if you try to insert the mag into a gun with the slide forward), or the follower WILL SNAG ON THE SPACER (rendering the mag useless until you take a cleaning rod or something similar and push the follower down and forward). I'm working on a solution for this but haven't had time to perfect it yet, sorry. I plan on getting to it this weekend maybe. I've ran ~600-800 rounds through mine with only 1 misfeed (which I think was caused due to a burr on the rim of the top round snagging on the round below it). Happy shooting. - Nealio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerritm Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 I should have them in a few days and will let you know how they work. Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhernandez Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Man, we need the .40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sal1950 Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 Man, we need the .40 Patience is a virtue it's said. But then again I have no problems with my 40, both my front spacer 40 mag's and my 10mm mags cycle everything I feed it in .40 flawlessly. ??? Sal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howlin Mad Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I received two of the new 9mm mags yesterday. Trying them in my Elite Match I found that they would only lock in place with a lot of force. Thought I might have to open up the mag catch slot, but upon further investigation found that the base plate was hitting on the bottom of the grip frame. A little bit of time with some 120 grit snadpaper and all is well now. Hope to try them out for function in the next couple of days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerritm Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I just ordered 3 of the new mags. I hope they work with my Henning base pads. Has anyone used these and do you need to get longer or heavier springs than the new stock ones? Range report on the new 9mm mags. They work!!!! Much better quality including the springs, followers, and mag. Put 200 rounds thru 3 of them with no problems. I switched the base pads out for Hennings for my magwell. I can get 19 in them without too much pushing and 20 if I really try. Seems to hang up a little when I put 20 in them. The springs are a lot stiffer than the old ones. I hope the 40's come out soon for you guys. They are definetly worth the wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy42 Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Has anyone contacted Mec-Gar about .40S&W mags? I also heard a rumor that all EAA where shipping with Mec-Gar, or is that just 9mm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhernandez Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Man, I need the .40 mags.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david s Posted February 19, 2011 Author Share Posted February 19, 2011 Henning got it all right in his post dated 12/31. All mags that EAA sells or supplies with their new pistols will have the Tangfolio Logo stamped in the mag pad, No Mec-Gar stamped on the tube. It seems like Eaa is alredy selling the 9mm large frame. The first .40 large frame mag will be shipped with the March(late) delivery from Tan. to EAA. I would assume EAA will also import the Large frame .40 mags to sell in their web-store at the same time. These mags and all other calibers will be marked Tangfolio only. Mec-Gar is 4 weeks behind Tan. importing their propritary marked mags. They had to re-tool so that the M-G logo was on the mag pad and tube. Their paying customer (Tangfolio) business came first. So it could be early April before we see a Mec-Gar packaged mag. The only difference between the two mags is that each brand will have its own stamping on the mag pad and tube. Followers might be a different color. The M-G brand always sells for considerable less than the identical Factory mag. Both will have the AFC coating (applied in Germany). 10mm mag tooling is already done but will be marketed as a Tan/Eaa mag only. M-G feels that there is not enough 10mm large frame business in the US (min. 2000 mag production run) so Eaa will be the sole distributor for M-G,s 10mm mag. It will carry an Tan. logo only. Lets hope June! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nealio Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 I just ordered a Witness-p from Davidsons and it came with the old, crappy mag. They must have had a bunch left in stock. Has anyone dealt with Davidsons before? I wonder if I can get them to send me one of the good mags since the new guns were supposed to be shipping with the MecGar mags? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjanglin Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 HMMMM guess ya all are going to be asking about a 170 mags out of these new 9mm mags ,needs a look see I suppose jig makeing time. jim/Pa Sailors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy42 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 HMMMM guess ya all are going to be asking about a 170 mags out of these new 9mm mags ,needs a look see I suppose jig makeing time. jim/Pa Sailors Heck I just want 140mm .40S&W mags to work with factory ammo so I can run WWB when I can't get an order in for long ammo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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