denimdan85
Active Member
I picked up a MecGar M9 18rd magazine at Gettysburg gun show this afternoon. I wanted to see what kind of compatibility it shared with the TP9's magazines. I had read that the M9 mags worked in the TP9 if you cut a new notch for the mag release but there was no real proof in pictures so I decided to share my findings with you all.
Here you can see the mags side by side. You can see that the magazine bodies are identical dimensions.
Here are just the magazine bodies. Obviously the cut outs for the mag catch are in different places and I will need to dremel a new notch in the correct place:
Next are are the followers, springs and base plates. The followers are identical as are the springs however the M9 mags have 1 extra coil compared to the TP9 mags but this does not seem to cause a problem. The last round hold open are the same as well. The base plates are obviously different and am trying to source them from Century:
Here is the M9 magazine with the TP9 base plate:
Here is the M9 magazine inserted in the gun with both its original base plate and the one from the TP9:
As you can see they work together perfectly. I was able to run one mag through the gun today but since I have not created the new notch (no discs for the dremel) I had to hold the mag in with my left hand. However it functioned perfect and held the slide back on the last round.
The whole reason I did this was because I have been unable to source the mags so I figured I would get creative. Hope this helps some of you in the same situation.
Here you can see the mags side by side. You can see that the magazine bodies are identical dimensions.
Here are just the magazine bodies. Obviously the cut outs for the mag catch are in different places and I will need to dremel a new notch in the correct place:
Next are are the followers, springs and base plates. The followers are identical as are the springs however the M9 mags have 1 extra coil compared to the TP9 mags but this does not seem to cause a problem. The last round hold open are the same as well. The base plates are obviously different and am trying to source them from Century:
Here is the M9 magazine with the TP9 base plate:
Here is the M9 magazine inserted in the gun with both its original base plate and the one from the TP9:
As you can see they work together perfectly. I was able to run one mag through the gun today but since I have not created the new notch (no discs for the dremel) I had to hold the mag in with my left hand. However it functioned perfect and held the slide back on the last round.
The whole reason I did this was because I have been unable to source the mags so I figured I would get creative. Hope this helps some of you in the same situation.
