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Posted 06 October 2009 - 07:56 PM

Does anyone know of any good Para Ord P14 45 hi-cap magazines other than the stock para mags?
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Posted 07 October 2009 - 04:34 AM

I believe MEGAR makes some. Their 10 rounders are better than Paras. I have not tried the 14 rounders.

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Posted 07 October 2009 - 11:30 AM

I use the stock para mags with wolff springs.
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Posted 07 October 2009 - 11:44 AM

I am currently using Megar P16 mags and they hold 15 rounds as designed by Megar.

They are made pretty well except I had to sand the followers right around the slide stop area. Else they were slow to drop when empty and the slide down.

I have 9 of them, 5 nickle and 4 blue.

The one thing that stinks is they are slightly shorter that factory Para's. So I have not found aftermarket bases or extentions that will work.

The only reason I am using them is to meet New Jerseys's silly 15 round mag limit, else I would use geniune Para tubes.

For many years I shot Megars for my Browing HP. Never had any problems with them. Others I tried were junk (ProMag USA K Mag).

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Posted 07 October 2009 - 11:48 AM

You might look to see if there are aftermarket spring/follower kits &/or basepads.
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Posted 07 October 2009 - 11:54 AM

http://www.midwayusa...ctNumber=623472

there is stuff out there, you will just have to determine what is legal for your purpose. You are probably restricted to 140mm tubes in most things you will shoot.

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Posted 07 October 2009 - 01:45 PM

View PostRufDog, on Oct 7 2009, 11:54 AM, said:

http://www.midwayusa...ctNumber=623472

there is stuff out there, you will just have to determine what is legal for your purpose. You are probably restricted to 140mm tubes in most things you will shoot.

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those are probably a no-go for USPSA. When I was running a P-14 using Para tubes and the now out of production Grams pads, I could only get 18 rounds in. The Dawson pads could possibly work.

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Posted 07 October 2009 - 02:07 PM

I have 3 different versions of Para factory mags and w/Dawson pads and any type spring I get 18 in the mags but not re-loadable.

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Posted 07 October 2009 - 05:17 PM

View Postchirpy, on Oct 7 2009, 06:34 AM, said:

I believe MEGAR makes some. Their 10 rounders are better than Paras. I have not tried the 14 rounders.

FWIW

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In the past I have used these (14 rn mags) with the dawson pad and trimming one coil from the spring and gotten 18 rounds reloadable, but the springs seem to wear out faster
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Posted 07 October 2009 - 06:14 PM

I use the Para mags with the Dawson Para pads and get 18 in the mags. I bought some Megar mags but couldn't get them to work. I haven't tried the Dawson pads on them, I probably won't as they only held 13 and I had lots of malfunctions with them.
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Posted 07 October 2009 - 06:46 PM

Mec-Gar. Not Megar. ;)
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Posted 07 October 2009 - 07:01 PM

Holy Poo,

He is so right. It'smec-gar....

Check their site at http://www.mec-gar.com/

On the P16, the base-pad stuff does not work because the original Mec-Gar base pads are just folded metal.

look at me, using Mec-Gar - I feel sooo grown up....never mind, I know.
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Posted 07 October 2009 - 09:02 PM

I have 3 factory Para mags with original factory springs and followers with Dawson Precision extentions and they hold 18 rounds reloadable. I have another Para mag I bought from CDNN for $30 and hace not had a single problem out of it. If you do order from CDNN they have the same shipping rate for 1 mag or 20 mags so buy in quantity if you can.
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Posted 08 October 2009 - 08:27 AM

I get 17 (not reloadable) in Para P14 mags with Dawson extensions, Para body and follower and Wolf 140mm spring. With an ISMI spring, 16 and reloadable.

I picked up 2 ACT-MAGs to try out, and they work. Made in Italy, if that matters. Could only load 12 at first, now they hold 14. I have not tried a Dawson extension on them.

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Posted 08 October 2009 - 12:22 PM

Thanks for the healp guys. I think I'll stick with just getting the para P14 mags for now and when I go to upgrading the mags put on some dawson pads and 140mm springs.
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Posted 08 October 2009 - 12:28 PM

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Posted 09 October 2009 - 08:57 AM

STI made para mags, not sure if they still make them. Very good mags though!
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Posted 24 October 2009 - 06:49 AM

I don't knowabout the MecGar P14 mags however, the Mecgar P16 and P18 mags function reliably but do not allow the slide to stay open after firing the last round.

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Posted 25 October 2009 - 06:51 AM

View PostTonyT, on Oct 24 2009, 08:49 AM, said:

I don't knowabout the MecGar P14 mags however, the Mecgar P16 and P18 mags function reliably but do not allow the slide to stay open after firing the last round.



I would think guy could fix that with a follower
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Posted 25 October 2009 - 07:56 AM

There are no Para magazines out there that work better than the factory mags, factory followers and wolff springs.

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Posted 25 October 2009 - 02:18 PM

Thanks everyone. i have the mag situation sorted out now
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