9mm 10rnd mags to hold 15rnds - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

**agalindo** · 03-04-2008, 06:24 PM

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Can I alter my 10rn mags to hold 15 or 16 rounds?

Seen this question posted a few times so I decided to do some tinkering this afternoon.

Well it took some cutting and filing but here is a rough product. I still need to straighten and smooth things out but it does hold 15rnds and kinda looks cool too.

**Prezents** · 03-04-2008, 06:34 PM

Wow, what did you use to remove the center?
Do you think this will weaken the magazine?

**agalindo** · 03-04-2008, 06:52 PM

The metal is pretty stiff, it was hard to cut. They are 10rnd 9mm mags. I'm still tweaking them as I post. I used a dremil to cut the metal.

jtkratzer · 03-04-2008, 07:04 PM

Think you can tinker with the 10 round .45 compact magazine so that one of the rounds doesn't rattle around when the XD is loaded to full capacity of 10+1?

XDanthony · 03-04-2008, 10:58 PM

Now for the best part of what you did... SPEED LOADER!
Drill a hole in the follower so that you can stick a allen wrench or other through both, the mag and follower. Make sure the mag is on a firm surface and simply slowly pull down (index finger and thumb) and start loading in rounds. It will be the fastest loading process you ever did.

Conceyted · 03-05-2008, 04:59 AM

So if you got a 10 rd mag to hold 15 rds, how many can you get a 15 round mag to hold!

**agalindo** · 03-05-2008, 06:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Conceyted

So if you got a 10 rd mag to hold 15 rds, how many can you get a 15 round mag to hold!

15rnds

The 15rnd mags don't have the dents on the sides that limit capacity. That's why I removed the metal from both sides. Look at the unmodified mag and notice what I removed.

bountyhunter · 03-05-2008, 10:16 AM

I'm lazy... I just bought the ten round .40 magas and bent the feed lips a touch. Presto: 15 round 9mm mags in two minutes, and they are kali legal.

Those cut magazines would be a felony out here in the fascist state of nazifornia....

**agalindo** · 03-05-2008, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by bountyhunter

Those cut magazines would be a felony out here in the fascist state of nazifornia....

That sucks.

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Originally Posted by bountyhunter

I'm lazy... I just bought the ten round .40 magas and bent the feed lips a touch. Presto: 15 round 9mm mags in two minutes, and they are kali legal.

Not trying to save money I just like to tinker.

I'm planning on ordering a few extra 16rnd mags form my new 9mm tactiacl.

XD9OD · 03-05-2008, 09:01 PM

i was cleaning my mags once and figured out that the 9mm SC mags had a longer spring than the 16rd mags did. i wondered why. so, i put a 16rd spring in the 10rd mag and figured it actually could hold 11. Any reason why this won't work? I mean I actually carry the 16+1 and only when I'm in a nice environment (suit/tie) do i carry the small mag in my galco skyops tuckable. so if a shorter spring can push 16rds up to the chamber, why won't it work in a 10rd mag with less weight to push?

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03-04-2008, 07:04 PM	#4
jtkratzer XDTalk 15K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lancaster Co., PA Posts: 17,478	Think you can tinker with the 10 round .45 compact magazine so that one of the rounds doesn't rattle around when the XD is loaded to full capacity of 10+1? __________________ "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson The Gun Lounge Pennyslvania Firearms Owners Association Hockey Forum

03-04-2008, 10:58 PM	#5
XDanthony XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 235	Now for the best part of what you did... *SPEED* LOADER! Drill a hole in the follower so that you can stick a allen wrench or other through both, the mag and follower. Make sure the mag is on a firm surface and simply slowly pull down (index finger and thumb) and start loading in rounds. It will be the fastest loading process you ever did. __________________ - Anthony (myspace.com/_avs) AR-15: (build in progress) Lower: DSC Star-15 w/ DSC LPK Upper: (?) Furniture: ACE ARFX-E MRI Baby Eagle Pistol 9x19mm SA XD V-10 .40S&W Made custom by: Powder River Precision Details & Pictures

03-05-2008, 04:59 AM	#6
Conceyted XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 477	So if you got a 10 rd mag to hold 15 rds, how many can you get a 15 round mag to hold! __________________ Chris XD Sub Compact 9mm in Black S&W M&P 340CT .357mag

03-05-2008, 09:01 PM	#10
XD9OD XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: commonwealth of Ky Posts: 123	i was cleaning my mags once and figured out that the 9mm SC mags had a longer spring than the 16rd mags did. i wondered why. so, i put a 16rd spring in the 10rd mag and figured it actually could hold 11. Any reason why this won't work? I mean I actually carry the 16+1 and only when I'm in a nice environment (suit/tie) do i carry the small mag in my galco skyops tuckable. so if a shorter spring can push 16rds up to the chamber, why won't it work in a 10rd mag with less weight to push? __________________ SA XD9 Svc Truglo TFO Armory Kote Polished Bbl SD Carry Ammo: Federal Hydrashok 147gr JHP Lewis Machine & Tool AR-15 5.56nato Surefire 6PLED Last edited by XD9OD; 03-05-2008 at 09:07 PM.

03-05-2008, 10:16 AM	#8
bountyhunter XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Nazifornia Posts: 1,651	I'm lazy... I just bought the ten round .40 magas and bent the feed lips a touch. Presto: 15 round 9mm mags in two minutes, and they are kali legal. Those cut magazines would be a felony out here in the fascist state of nazifornia....

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