first. have you guys seen the new sig p224 compact classic series that they are going to start producing? it looks like it'll be a great gun for all of us here in NJ that CCW. although, besides the fact that it holds more rounds and can share 229 magazines, i might rather have the p239 (love shooting that thing).

 

which brings me to my question. what is the magazine swap capabilities with the sig line.

 

 

does any of the 226 magazines fit in the p229 or p228 series frames?

 

i believe the p229 9mm and p228 were interchangable (same gun with milled vs folded slide??). is that correct?

 

now the new p229 is standardized on the frame, but different magazines. do these new 9mm magazines fit the old frames and vice versa? any issues with using them?

 

seems the p224 will swap with the new standardized p229.

 

why didn't sig do what glock did and make them all the same? seems kinda annoying that you need different mags for different size versions of practically the same gun. i guess im glad that my p229 and p226 are different calibers. although it would be nice if i got a p228 that used the same mags as my p226 9mm, even if they were too long

there are a few resident sig-aholics here that may be able to answer your question. One thing I do know is the single stack (239) vs double stack (226,8,9) thing will be an issue.

P226 magazine can fit in the P228/P229 but will stick out the bottom a little. You can get an adaptor to cover the gap (Top Gun Supply sell it for example)

 

http://www.topgunsupply.com/x-grip-sig_p228_p229.html

 

P228/P229 magazines will not work in the P226 as they are not long enough.

 

The above is for 9mm as that is what I have.

 

Can't comment on the P224 or other calibers, although the X-Grip part does not say it is just for 9mm.

 

hth

 

TheWombat

P226 magazine can fit in the P228/P229 but will stick out the bottom a little. You can get an adaptor to cover the gap (Top Gun Supply sell it for example)

 

http://www.topgunsupply.com/x-grip-sig_p228_p229.html

 

P228/P229 magazines will not work in the P226 as they are not long enough.

 

The above is for 9mm as that is what I have.

 

Can't comment on the P224 or other calibers, although the X-Grip part does not say it is just for 9mm.

 

hth

 

TheWombat

 

 

thanks. is that only for the p228/p229 9mm and 9mm 226 mags or does it work with 40/357 as well in the p229.

thanks. is that only for the p228/p229 9mm and 9mm 226 mags or does it work with 40/357 as well in the p229.

 

Not sure, best to try Googling the product. Currently I only shoot 9mm so never researched for other calibers.

 

hth

 

TheWombat

P226 mags work in 228/229 guns. There is some things to know though.

 

P226 9mm mags, will work in all older 9mm p228's and 229's.

 

P226 40 mags will not work in the 228 or older p229 9mm guns. If your wondering what a older p229 9mm is, if you have the half seration slide and it's 9mm, you have the older frame.

P226 40 mags work in all p229 40 s&w and 357 sig mags.

 

New p229-1 9mm mags will not work in the older p229 9mm frames and vice versa. The newer 9mm frame is based off the .40 frame and the mags are tapered at the top of the mag just like a p229 40 mag is.

 

As far as the mags being used, it is a good idea if you have little supply of mags but you can get mec-gar 9mm 15 round mags for the 229, so using the 226 mag that is 15 round is adding to the length of the grip for no reason. The same goes for the .40 or 357 sig mag. The p229 holds 12 rounds and the I think the p226 is 13 round. For both of these you can get the extended mags that have the anti snag coating to bring you to 14/15 respectively.

 

The biggest advantage not is that if you have a .40 or 357 sig p229, you can just get the 9mm upper (newest upper) with full serations for $300 and run up to 4 calibers on 1 frame. Those being 22lr, 9mm, 40 and 357 sig.