I gave my W. German P226 to my nephew when California first passed the law making all the previously grandfathered standard capacity magazines illegal; he was an LEO at the time now retired.
I have a replacement P226 inbound, namely a Legion SAO with the Romeo optics so I'm considering magazines.
Am I giving up something to get the extra three rounds in the same space as 15 rounds like reliability or problems with the last round? Did they just change to a shorter follower to make room for the extra three rounds?
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the Mec-Gar 18 round mags are at least as reliable as the factory 15-rounders and IME are more reliable. Not sure exactly how they did it but they work great and are my first choice.
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I have used the 18 and 20 round Mec-gar in competition for over ten years. No issues what so ever. These are great mags and can be found for less money than the 15 round factory.
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If you had nothing but MecGar 18-rounders, the only time you would ever second guess yourself is when you wonder whether you wouldn't like some MecGar 20-rounders.
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If Mec-Gar makes a mag for a gun I own then I pretty much only buy Mec-Gar mags for that gun. The exception is 1911s, though I own a bunch of those too and like them.
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I have that EXACT gun, and it only knows MecGar 18 and 20 round mags. Never had a single issue ... ever. BTW, isn't that SAO Legion P226 an incredible pistol?
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A buddy Carrie’s them on duty for his 226 and they always performed perfectly at the range. Solid mags.
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Originally posted by Rey HRH: I gave my W. German P226 to my nephew when California first passed the law making all the previously grandfathered standard capacity magazines illegal; he was an LEO at the time now retired.
I have a replacement P226 inbound, namely a Legion SAO with the Romeo optics so I'm considering magazines.
Am I giving up something to get the extra three rounds in the same space as 15 rounds like reliability or problems with the last round? Did they just change to a shorter follower to make room for the extra three rounds?
The flush fit 18 round mags are reliable.
They make room for additional rounds primarily by using a “nested” spring. I.e. as the spring compresses it nests within itself, saving space, vs stacking on itself as with conventional springs.
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Originally posted by Benderx4: I have that EXACT gun, and it only knows MecGar 18 and 20 round mags. Never had a single issue ... ever. BTW, isn't that SAO Legion P226 an incredible pistol?
Don't know yet. But I think it's going to hit my FFL today.
I have the P365Xl as my first striker fired gun. I'm not too keen on the trigger and apparently there's not much to fix except to smooth it out through use.
I have 1911s and I like the trigger so when I saw the P226 in SAO, I liked that idea over DA/SA.
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