Short Story A friend of mine Inherited An Estate and He is going thru boxes and these were in one of them .I Knew the Guy that passed this stuff to him and i know the Guy had a Sig/Browning 220 in 45 ACP if i Remember right it was An European slide Release. I am thinking these are for that gun What does the Sig Forum say?
Also some help Getting A good idea of Value on them . And yes they will be offered here by Me .
Pictures in the NEXT post

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Originally posted by IndianaMike:
...a Sig/Browning 220 in 45 ACP.

BDA floor plate would be stamped 45 Auto. Later magazines were left blank as available calibers increased.

These look to be correct for your BDA.

They look like BDA/220 mags to me.

Middle magazine is cut for an American magazine release.

The outside magazines are for a Euro heel type magazine release.

All look P220/BDA.

Trivia Alert
American vs European magazine catches are kind of like Boxer vs Berdan primers.

Mr Browning used heel magazine catches from 1900 until about 1909.
Herr Luger used side button magazine catches from the start in 1900.

Any body have an opinion on A Value

The .45 Auto magazines are much more common than .38 Suoer or 9mm. I cant see those bringing passed 30.00 each. I have never seen a factory nickle plated 7 round. ProMag made nickle plated but not sure of capacity. Were it to be original factory P220 nickle, that would be a rare bird for sure. Probably twice the value of standard black factory finish.

Well bust my buttons. I find a pair on line for sale. They are marked Sig Sauer but, your nickle magazines floor plate is held in place by its spring retainer tab and the 2 I see on line are held by the spring tab, same as your 2 black magazines.

Last ones I picked up were $31.25 each 4 months back.

thank you all

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Hi Mike,
I have a bunch of photos of my BDA .45cal including phots of magazines here:

https://app.photobucket.com/u/...0f-8afd-2be52f787b27

It's hard to put a price on the magazines because without having the pistol ~ you don't know if the feed lips are still in the correct alignment. Luckily, new springs are available for your 7 Round BDA Magazines from Wolff if a buyer asks if they will still lock the slide back (https://www.GunSprings.com/index.php?page=items&cID=1&mID=4&dID=6)

If you want to price them as just used magazines, consider what a comparable used P220 magazine sells for. If you factor in these flat floorplate magazines are scarce and difficult to locate, then asking price can increase.

Did you notice your silver magazine has the American Magazine Release cut-outs in the front top of the magazine? That was done for early Sig imported P220s so the magazines worked for both models. Eventually, the flat floorplate was replaced with a thick plate that was not useable by the European Magazine Release models.

I haven't tried in the last couple of years, but right after the thick floorplate magazines were the only versions being made ~ it was possible to replace the thick floorplate with the thin metal floorplate to convert a Sig P220 magazine for use in a Browning BDA. I did this once after a BDA magazine cracked when it dropped to the floor on a magazine change.

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Depends where you are shopping but I'd say $31 is pretty conservative, I'd be inclined to say double that to $60.