Awesome. Just awesome.
You probably know that Mec-Gar manufactures the OEM 13-round mags for the SIG P228. The same company also makes aftermarket 15-round mags for the same gun. I recently ordered three and they came in today.
They fit flush, and the dimensions and quality are the same. At a glance they seem exactly identical to the 13-round mags, but on closer examination they can be distinguished by the capacity indicator holes.
Well, the really nice part is that the only discernible difference in the 15-round mags, is the plastic follower. When I disassembled one of the mags to check it out, I found that said follower has been shortened and narrowed to accomodate the additional 2 rounds. This means that the follower is narrower than some parts of the magazine, which is not the case in the 13-rounders, but I just shrugged this off as there was no real way around it design-wise. The mag spring is slightly different in keeping with the slight design change and to create the proper tension for the two additional rounds.
Overall these mags are top quality (hey, it's the same company) and they function quite well (I haven't got a chance to actually shoot the gun with these new mags, but I have rapidly and repeatedly unloaded them with my thumb without any problems.
If anyone has a 228 and would like the capacity of a 226... these mags are the ticket.
You probably know that Mec-Gar manufactures the OEM 13-round mags for the SIG P228. The same company also makes aftermarket 15-round mags for the same gun. I recently ordered three and they came in today.
They fit flush, and the dimensions and quality are the same. At a glance they seem exactly identical to the 13-round mags, but on closer examination they can be distinguished by the capacity indicator holes.
Well, the really nice part is that the only discernible difference in the 15-round mags, is the plastic follower. When I disassembled one of the mags to check it out, I found that said follower has been shortened and narrowed to accomodate the additional 2 rounds. This means that the follower is narrower than some parts of the magazine, which is not the case in the 13-rounders, but I just shrugged this off as there was no real way around it design-wise. The mag spring is slightly different in keeping with the slight design change and to create the proper tension for the two additional rounds.
Overall these mags are top quality (hey, it's the same company) and they function quite well (I haven't got a chance to actually shoot the gun with these new mags, but I have rapidly and repeatedly unloaded them with my thumb without any problems.
If anyone has a 228 and would like the capacity of a 226... these mags are the ticket.