Hello all.
I've recently inherited that Ruger P85. It's not my first choice in a defensive handgun, but seeing as how I will never sell it, I am going to invest in some accessories for it.
The pistol has three of the original 15 round capacity magazines. I've owned a P89 in the past before trading it for another XD, and I knew that the 9mm P85, P89, P95 etc. all used the same magazines.
Anyway I have some factory 15 rounders for a P89 from before and while they fit the P85, they don't catch without forcefully loading them. They feed just fine however in snap cap testing.
I haven't taken my caliper to it, but they seem to be the same dimsensions. The only difference I can tell is there's a little catch hole on the front of the magazine that is in a slightly different position on both. I'm wondering if I can't file it out a little bigger and make it work better.
The original magazines are thus suitable for serious use, but the newer ones are not. Has anyone else tackled this issue?
On a side note I might have to seriously look at a PC9 carbine now. Since I know I'm always going to have this Ruger and its magazines, it makes a lot more sense.
I've recently inherited that Ruger P85. It's not my first choice in a defensive handgun, but seeing as how I will never sell it, I am going to invest in some accessories for it.
The pistol has three of the original 15 round capacity magazines. I've owned a P89 in the past before trading it for another XD, and I knew that the 9mm P85, P89, P95 etc. all used the same magazines.
Anyway I have some factory 15 rounders for a P89 from before and while they fit the P85, they don't catch without forcefully loading them. They feed just fine however in snap cap testing.
I haven't taken my caliper to it, but they seem to be the same dimsensions. The only difference I can tell is there's a little catch hole on the front of the magazine that is in a slightly different position on both. I'm wondering if I can't file it out a little bigger and make it work better.
The original magazines are thus suitable for serious use, but the newer ones are not. Has anyone else tackled this issue?
On a side note I might have to seriously look at a PC9 carbine now. Since I know I'm always going to have this Ruger and its magazines, it makes a lot more sense.