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jhopkins - did you go there? 
Only asking 'cause the wifey and I were both Class of '97 (BA, A&S).
Anyway, unless you need them desperately, I'd just bank your funds until Springfield Armory has their semi-annual sales. Their service is usually very fast, with fair shipping, and the price more than competitive when bought during the sales events.
With CTD, you've really gotta watch out for shipping. Check around in terms of prices, too, as it really may not be "than dirt." [ Personal aside: after what they did to us during the last craze, I've fully sworn off of ever shopping there. ]
Don't get cheap and skip the "X-Tensions."
I know Rob Pincus said that it's fine to use the standard-length magazines in the Compacts - and it is in that, in an emergency, yes, you can cross-use in that manner and that your gun will function as it's supposed to - but that's not painting a full picture.
If you field-strip your Compact and put a dummy-round in a standard magazine without the X-Tension sleeve and gently push the magazine home, you'll see that the round will contact the ejector. Actually, even without a round in the mag, you can see that the magazine lip itself will also make contact. You can imagine what will happen, over time, as you do this again and again - similarly, in an actual emergency situation, if you shove that magazine home (remembering here that Rob Pincus is about "gross muscle" :roll, that singular event can (and yes, I've seen it happen to many fellow students, using many different guns) cause catastrophic damage to the ejector.
With the X-Tension in-place, you can repeat the above and demonstrate to yourself that it now won't happen.
Only asking 'cause the wifey and I were both Class of '97 (BA, A&S). Anyway, unless you need them desperately, I'd just bank your funds until Springfield Armory has their semi-annual sales. Their service is usually very fast, with fair shipping, and the price more than competitive when bought during the sales events.
With CTD, you've really gotta watch out for shipping. Check around in terms of prices, too, as it really may not be "than dirt." [ Personal aside: after what they did to us during the last craze, I've fully sworn off of ever shopping there. ]
Don't get cheap and skip the "X-Tensions."
I know Rob Pincus said that it's fine to use the standard-length magazines in the Compacts - and it is in that, in an emergency, yes, you can cross-use in that manner and that your gun will function as it's supposed to - but that's not painting a full picture.
If you field-strip your Compact and put a dummy-round in a standard magazine without the X-Tension sleeve and gently push the magazine home, you'll see that the round will contact the ejector. Actually, even without a round in the mag, you can see that the magazine lip itself will also make contact. You can imagine what will happen, over time, as you do this again and again - similarly, in an actual emergency situation, if you shove that magazine home (remembering here that Rob Pincus is about "gross muscle" :roll
, that singular event can (and yes, I've seen it happen to many fellow students, using many different guns) cause catastrophic damage to the ejector. With the X-Tension in-place, you can repeat the above and demonstrate to yourself that it now won't happen.
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Unknown, but they usually do it at least twice a year.
Unknown, but they usually do it at least twice a year.
9MM - Springfield Armory Web Store
^ SA is running their 30%-off discount again!
Now through December 12.
^ SA is running their 30%-off discount again!
Now through December 12.
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