The Question: Would $10 hi-caps work in my Ruger P95D?
Short answer: No.
Longer answer: Yes, if you are willing to invest some time and elbow grease.
I ordered some hi capacity, stainless, mags form Sportsman's Guide, for my new Ruger P95D.
(I called SG and asked who the mags were made by, and was told that they have several vendors, so they don't know. I'm guessing Promag or USA.)
The price was $10.79 (buyer's club), with $5 shipping after coupon.
I ordered 6.
The mags are very sturdy, with no witness holes.
Stainless, with a black metal baseplate.
3 would not drop free, and 1 had an improperly finished mag catch hole.
Several allowed the bullets to come up too high, so that the slide would lock back with a round still in the mag.
Bending the mag lips in cured this.
All of my initial testing was done by hand, without firing the gun.
Most of the mags, if loaded up, then emptied by pushing rounds off of the top, one at a time, would bind up.
I picked out 1 mag that would drop free, and would almost feed during my hand test. I boxed up the other 5 and sent them back for a refund.
I took it apart, cleaned it, and used a file to smooth out the insides.
I used a Dremel with a wire brush all over the lips, as they were very sharp. (Scarring the bullets.)
I replaced the follower with a Ruger follower.
The spring seemed good, so I left it.
A Ruger baseplate fit, so I installed one for kicks.
I had to bend the mag lips slightly, as it had the above problem of locking the slide with a round left in the mag.
Whew! That was a lot of work!
After all of that, the mag would function by hand.
I also got the following mags from the auction boards.
1 Blue steel Ramline, fits flush and holds 17 rounds! ($23)
4 Blue steel factory hi-caps, avg. price $29 each.
At the range, the SG mag protuded maybe 1/8" from the bottom of the grip. Not a big deal. I would have liked a plastic baseplate that filled in this area, but I can live with it.
Loaded and emptied 3 times, mixed fast and slow fire.
Worked like factory, held slide when empty, dropped free, no complaints.
The Ramline also worked like factory.
17 rounds. That's pretty cool.
Of course all four factory hi-caps worked as expected.
I had the feeling that all six of my $10 mags would have worked just fine, if I had invested the time in them that I did in the one that I kept. Since I had some factory mags on the way, I didn't worry about it.
Bottom line: You may have to tinker with them to get them to work, but you can get reliable mags for a P95 for $10 bucks.
Short answer: No.
Longer answer: Yes, if you are willing to invest some time and elbow grease.
I ordered some hi capacity, stainless, mags form Sportsman's Guide, for my new Ruger P95D.
(I called SG and asked who the mags were made by, and was told that they have several vendors, so they don't know. I'm guessing Promag or USA.)
The price was $10.79 (buyer's club), with $5 shipping after coupon.
I ordered 6.
The mags are very sturdy, with no witness holes.
Stainless, with a black metal baseplate.
3 would not drop free, and 1 had an improperly finished mag catch hole.
Several allowed the bullets to come up too high, so that the slide would lock back with a round still in the mag.
Bending the mag lips in cured this.
All of my initial testing was done by hand, without firing the gun.
Most of the mags, if loaded up, then emptied by pushing rounds off of the top, one at a time, would bind up.
I picked out 1 mag that would drop free, and would almost feed during my hand test. I boxed up the other 5 and sent them back for a refund.
I took it apart, cleaned it, and used a file to smooth out the insides.
I used a Dremel with a wire brush all over the lips, as they were very sharp. (Scarring the bullets.)
I replaced the follower with a Ruger follower.
The spring seemed good, so I left it.
A Ruger baseplate fit, so I installed one for kicks.
I had to bend the mag lips slightly, as it had the above problem of locking the slide with a round left in the mag.
Whew! That was a lot of work!
After all of that, the mag would function by hand.
I also got the following mags from the auction boards.
1 Blue steel Ramline, fits flush and holds 17 rounds! ($23)
4 Blue steel factory hi-caps, avg. price $29 each.
At the range, the SG mag protuded maybe 1/8" from the bottom of the grip. Not a big deal. I would have liked a plastic baseplate that filled in this area, but I can live with it.
Loaded and emptied 3 times, mixed fast and slow fire.
Worked like factory, held slide when empty, dropped free, no complaints.
The Ramline also worked like factory.
17 rounds. That's pretty cool.
Of course all four factory hi-caps worked as expected.
I had the feeling that all six of my $10 mags would have worked just fine, if I had invested the time in them that I did in the one that I kept. Since I had some factory mags on the way, I didn't worry about it.
Bottom line: You may have to tinker with them to get them to work, but you can get reliable mags for a P95 for $10 bucks.
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