bkeeler Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 I am going to buy a new SVI in .40 cal. I have been told that SVI doesnt make 10 rd mags What mags do i need to get for this new gun? Going to shoot Limited and ESP in IDPA Thanks bk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 STI makes 10 rounders. You'll be pleased to know that they cost nearly as much as hi-caps. Think about buying 126mm pre-bans and writing the number "10" on the side and hope nobody notices. E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 Springfield Armory makes a single stack 40 mag, or are you talking widebody? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErikW Posted June 17, 2002 Share Posted June 17, 2002 Build mags that hold only 9 rounds. You'll have a near-ideal IDPA Enhanced setup that will put you at slide lock when others will have to do retention reloads. Maybe check in the IDPA Rules forum on this though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 Actually there's nothing in the IDPA Rule Book that says you have to run your gun with a magazine that has the max capacity allowable in your division. If that were the case you couldn't run a 1911 .45 with 7-round mags since 8-round mags are the max in CDP. What you CAN'T do is switch your magazines once the match starts. For instance, I can't start the match with 8-rounders, but if I see a stage where the 7s would be an advantage, switch to them. I have to pick one and stick with it for the entire match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 DT, In IDPA... Since many of the target arrays are six rounds...can a guy run with a seven round mag, shoot six, then do a speed reload (no slide-lock, drop the empty on the ground)? (Edited by Flexmoney at 1:15 am on June 18, 2002) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted June 18, 2002 Share Posted June 18, 2002 Kyle, Only if you want to incur a three second procedural. It's dopey and un-tactical, but IPSC style, slide forward reloads are specifically verboten..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duane Thomas Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 What Nik said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Boit Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 arredondo makes parts that allow you to put only ten rounds in the hi cap mags check their website http://www.arredondoaccessories.com DVC Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkeeler Posted June 19, 2002 Author Share Posted June 19, 2002 Hey All It is a wide body SVI that I am going to get (.40 S&W). Will STI mags work? Does SVI make 10 round mags for this? Not sure what to do. Thanks bk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 sorry, when you said IDPA I though singlestack Are you sure you can't order 10 round mags from SV? Seems like I've seen them, maybe at www.speedshooter.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfinney Posted June 19, 2002 Share Posted June 19, 2002 If SSI doesn't have them, try Brownell's (www.brownells.com) - they have them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 BK, I remember having a conversation with someone who had both STI and SVI mags and they said that the SVI mags were a little better from the factory than the STI ones were. I have had my STI ones tuned by Beven @ Grams Eng. BIG IMPROVEMNET http://www.gramseng.com not cheap but well worth the peace of mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogmaDog Posted June 20, 2002 Share Posted June 20, 2002 For IDPA, the mags don't have to have a 10 round max capacity. You CAN use high cap mags, so long as you don't put more than 10 rounds in them. Semper Fi, DogmaDog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quigley Posted January 1, 2003 Share Posted January 1, 2003 Hey bkeeler, I know this thread is a little old but I'd be interested to know hoe you made out...this is a big issue for myself and my fellow Canadian SVI owners. As far as I'm concerned, the SVI 10 rounder does not exist. You either have to make them up from parts or by STI. A word of caution on the STI...they only hold 9. The guys' I bought them from (Smoking Gun in BC) change the followers to the plus 1 so 10 will fit. If you load nine, you can't seat the mag, once to jam in the 10th round (with a speed loader) you can put in an 11th no problem...so much for a true 10 rounder! Cheers Quigley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagop Posted January 1, 2003 Share Posted January 1, 2003 Quigley.....up and over....or is that over and under? All kidding aside....I just acquired four STI 126mm ten round magazines from Brownells with the new STI followers and concur with your observation about the difficulty of getting the tenth round in. Yet having said that ....will also state that it can be done with the speed loader you mention in your post or a good amount of thumb pressure as I do. The difficulty in getting the tenth round in is getting the follower past the indentations in the magazine that are put there to limit it to ten. Once done....you have the necessary play or slack needed to seat the magazine. I have also noticed with this magazine (STI 10rd. 126mm) and new STI follower combination along with the SVI mag catch in my SVI limited pistol the slide locks back ocassionally where as before with my SVI magazines it never did lock back. I think it is the SVI magazine catch that is the cause of my slide locking back with these new STI magazines on ocassion. The remedy might be in having a STI magazine catch installed because it is noted elsewhere here that SVI magazine catches are known to lock the magazine higher up in the pistol? I guess a cheaper alternative would be to remove a bit of material from the follower to insure and assure it does not lock back anymore? Learning the hard way is a requirement of choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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