I grabbed a two-tone P229 in 357SIG recently. I need to get mags for it but honestly the options have me confused what works. With VA mag ban looming on 1 July, I need to get that sorted, stat.

P229 mags in .40 will work fine. I think SIG used to mark them .40/.357.

Thanks - so the 229-1 moniker is relevant only for 9mm guns? I think I read that

Yes, early 9mm P229 used P228 mags, but the newer ones used P229-1 marked mags.

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The difference between standard SIG P229 and P229-1 magazines lies entirely in their frame and magazine well dimensions:P229-1 Magazines: Designed for modern 9mm P229 pistols (and California-compliant models) that share the same wider, beefed-up frame as the .40 S&W/.357 SIG versions. They feature a wider magazine body and typically hold 15 rounds of 9mm.Legacy P229 Magazines: Made for older 9mm pistols that used the narrower P228-style frame. These have a narrower tube and hold 13 rounds of 9mm.Compatibility RulesDo not use Legacy (13-round) mags in a P229-1 frame: They will fit loosely, causing wobbling and potential feeding issues.Do not force P229-1 (15-round) mags into Legacy frames: The wider magazine tube will get stuck or will not fit at all.

Try Greg Cote, he very is helpful.

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Originally posted by PGT:
I grabbed a two-tone P229 in 357SIG recently. I need to get mags for it but honestly the options have me confused what works. With VA mag ban looming on 1 July, I need to get that sorted, stat.

I bought a couple 14-rd mags for my P229 from Greg a couple months back. Some years ago, shortly after I got my P229, he had some police turn-in standard 12-rd mags and I bought several of those, too.

CDNN from time-to-time has police turn-ins, and there's a member in Iowa who advertised in our classified section before Para had to shut it down. Got some from him, too, but I can't remember his name. Google "Brisk Ventures LLC", maybe he'll show up.

I found a couple holsters that work well for concealing my 229, and carry it now fairly often. One is a Mitch Rosen I bought from a member here, but I can't make out any model numbers. It's OWB, FBI-cant. The other is a 1791 I found on Amazon, IWB, vertical, needed some breaking-in, but works well at 2 O'Clock.

I'm carrying my Sig nearly as often as my G-19 now.

Reposting my build from many years back;

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I've mentioned this project before but its finally back in my hands. Josh @ AAGW is a wizard. Shorter spring and LB replacement cycles will be in order.

At one point, my primary carry gun was an HK P2000 and P2000Sk in 357 Sig. I had an extra P2000 and several P229 in the caliber. I eventually moved over to a P2000 and P2000SK in 9mm because I shot them faster and more accurately. I’m down to one P229SL with a 40 & 357 barrel and a pile of 125gr Gold Dots should I ever decide to resurrect the cartridge. The heavy SL 229 makes shooting the 357 very easy. It’s a fun cartridge and definitely a great stopper as far as handgun cartridges go.

A follow up to what PGT posted. Nice looking Beretta!
I agree that Josh at Allegheny Arms and Gun Works in Pittsburgh, PA does beautiful work. He worked over a Beretta 92FS for me by rounding off the triggerguard and replacing the mag release, trigger and left-side only low profile safety lever with bar stock ones. I highly recommend him as a gunsmith. IIRC, he teaches (or has taught gunsmithing classes at the PA Gunsmith School in Pittsburgh. He also designed some or all of the bar stock replacement parts for Wilson Combat for the Beretta 92 Series. In 2025 his shop was burglarized along with several other gunshops in the area in which a lot of guns were stolen. Fortunately, the bunch of teenagers responsible were apprehended. Not sure about if the firearms were recovered.

I've never been the biggest fan of the Beretta 92 family, but that .357SIG version is TOTALLY badass!