What 2011 mags for IDPA?

[Ken Mays]

I've got a couple .40 SVI mags that I was told were 126mm, but they extend about 1" below the frame (no external magwell installed.)

It's not just the basepad, it's the actual tube that extends below the frame.

I see 120mm mags out there but have no idea which one I should actually use.

Thanks!

[Singlestack Wonder]

The 126mm mags with a flat base extend just past the bottom of the grip. The 140mm mags extend approx. 1" from the grip and will not allow the pistol to fit into the IDPA box. I had Ross Carter customize an STI Eagle for me and he modified an STI magwell to fit into the box as well as allow the 126mm mag with standard flat base pad to fit flush with the magwell. The 120mm mags are for shorter (officer style) grips found on pistols like the STI V.I.P.

Edited November 28, 2007 by Singlestack Wonder

[tightloop]

The little ones...

[Ken Mays]

The 120mm mags are for shorter (officer style) grips found on pistols like the STI V.I.P.

Thanks for the clarification. I have no idea what these mags I have are, then. They are shorter than my 140mms but the bottom of the basepad is nowhere near flush with the bottom of the frame. I'll post a photo tonight.

I don't care about using a magwell, and if I did, I think a SV magwell will barely fit into the box.

[dirtypool40]

Yup the SV magwell fits / no mods.

I think the tubes I use measure roughly 122mm down the back. Those are the same tubes used to make international "standard" magazines.

[Merlin Orr]

The 120mm mags are for shorter (officer style) grips found on pistols like the STI V.I.P.

Thanks for the clarification. I have no idea what these mags I have are, then. They are shorter than my 140mms but the bottom of the basepad is nowhere near flush with the bottom of the frame. I'll post a photo tonight.

I don't care about using a magwell, and if I did, I think a SV magwell will barely fit into the box.

The "old style" 140 mags are shorter than current mags... Might be what you have....?

[Ken Mays]

The "old style" 140 mags are shorter than current mags... Might be what you have....?

That's what it's sounding like. I got them from another member here who told me they were 126mm. Here's a photo:

Hey, at least they work.

[eerw]

126mm carry mags on the far right.

Edited November 29, 2007 by eerw

[Ken Mays]

Thanks eerw, they are definitely pre-ban 140mm.

[richardschennberg]

You need to try your gun with your biggest magazine (both UNLOADED) in the box. Minor variations in the guns such as the mounting of the rear sight could make a magazine just barely legal in one gun but too long for another. Swiching to a bevelled base pad might make it work if they just barely do not fit in the box.

Richard

[kgunz11]

If your gun fits in the box with the 126's, does that mean you have to use the 126 for the whole match or can you reload into a 140mm at any point?

Thanks!

[Joe D]

126 the whole match.