Fimrire_RongLifle Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 I understand there are cheaper 2011 magazines available now, can i get any info on brand and if they work for basic practice use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 Checkmate and Duramag both make them. Sometimes rebranded as 'EAA', 'Girsan', 'Tisas' or 'Springfield' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 the springfield prodigy mags(aka duramag) have been good to me so far. if you shop around $35ish a pop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fimrire_RongLifle Posted July 23 Author Share Posted July 23 Thanks for the detailed leads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzt Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 I don't see the logic in buying cheap mags for practice and good mags for matches. Just buy good mags and use them for everything. You cannot wear them out. Just change springs every now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 2 hours ago, lefty o said: the springfield prodigy mags(aka duramag) have been good to me so far. if you shop around $35ish a pop. I can't speak to longevity but the ones I tried worked perfectly right out of the package. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truespode Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 (edited) 2 hours ago, lefty o said: the springfield prodigy mags(aka duramag) have been good to me so far. if you shop around $35ish a pop. I couldn't get the 20 rounder to work with the MPA magwell so had to use a thin baseplate from the smaller mag but it worked. Just turned it into a $60 mag at that point. Edited July 23 by truespode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted July 23 Share Posted July 23 1 hour ago, zzt said: I don't see the logic in buying cheap mags for practice and good mags for matches. Just buy good mags and use them for everything. You cannot wear them out. Just change springs every now and then. If you're doing a lot of reload practice on concrete or rocky ground they'll get dinged up and need retuning eventually, but otherwise they last a very long time. I've been using some STI and SV mags since the early 1990s and they just keep on trucking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJH Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 55 minutes ago, truespode said: I couldn't get the 20 rounder to work with the MPA magwell so had to use a thin baseplate from the smaller mag but it worked. Just turned it into a $60 mag at that point. You just needed to trim the top part of the factory prodigy base pad. Same thing you got to do if you have an egw mag well on The prodigy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJH Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 And to the op, my prodigy mags have worked fine in my prodigy. Only got about 3,500 rounds through the whole gun at this point, but absolutely no issues with the prodigy mags Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 38 minutes ago, RJH said: You just needed to trim the top part of the factory prodigy base pad. Same thing you got to do if you have an egw mag well on The prodigy. egw has a newer gen magwell for the prodigy. works fine with the bases on the 20's, and works with the dawson basepads for prodigy mags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted July 24 Share Posted July 24 21 hours ago, zzt said: I don't see the logic in buying cheap mags for practice and good mags for matches. Just buy good mags and use them for everything. You cannot wear them out. Just change springs every now and then. Same here! I've got 4 SV 40 S&W mags that I bought back during the 'assault rifle' ban (I was a cop at the time) that I've been using for 25 years for competition and practice. The Dawson base pads that are on them have been on them most of that time too. Using them for practice has never affected their functionality while competing and vice versa. I just don't get the concept of having different sets of mags for practice and competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meistermash Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 I need 40short/10mm magazines. I have ordered the wrong mags twice trying to find cheaper ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewM Posted July 25 Share Posted July 25 On 7/23/2024 at 8:15 PM, RJH said: You just needed to trim the top part of the factory prodigy base pad. Same thing you got to do if you have an egw mag well on The prodigy. Ditto, I put a different grip on my Prodigy with a bigger magwell, and the 20rnd magazines wouldn't work - but the base pad just needed to be trimmed down - as best as I can tell all that extra plastic doesn't do anything - I trimmed mine down and they work fine - at least over the 1-2k rounds I've sent downrange so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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