Metal baseplates for H&K USP magazines. Anyone making these?

[Aikibiker]

I am hoping to go to some firearms training courses in the next year or so. One thing I have read is that plastic baseplates on magazines have a tendency to break. Especially when subjected to the kind of abuse that can be found at these courses. (For example rapid reloads dropping the magazine from the pistol onto hard ground or gravel.)

One solution for this is to have an all metal magazine.

So does anyone on the board know of anyone selling all metal baseplates for H&K USP45c pistols?

I suppose I could use a dump pouch but that might slow my reloading and I don't want to build muscle memory for something I won't have in real life.

 

[BWC]

Try asking over that the HKPro forums.

Ask over there, and someone will likely steer you the right way, or tell you what they are making themselves.....

 

[Grunt]

Well, I've used my USP-45 with it's plastic bases on the magazines for IPSC and IDPA compitition where they are dropped a lot of times and have never had a problem with baseplate breakage. Also, with the unique design of the 10-round post-ban mags baseplate, I'm not sure if anyone is making them or not. If there is a maker out there, I've never heard of them. Sorry.

 

[Highland Ranger]

I'd be surprised if you could get a USP mag baseplate to break . . . .

 

[Mikul]

I've broken two.

H&K fixed one magazine and replaced the other.

 

[Aikibiker]

Thanks for the replies.

Mikul,

How long did it take for H&K to fix/replace your magazines. Also under what conditions did they break?

Would an USP45C magazine survive a drop from about 5 feet down to a flat concrete surface while unloaded? How about partially loaded?

Thanks,

 

[Daniel L]

I've dropped my mag a bunch of times and the plastic baseplate is fine. That brings me to my other problem though, it's now having feeding problems from one too many drops. So, how did your replacement/repair go?

 

[Mikul]

In both cases, H&K had a new magazine out to me within one week or less.

Both of the floorplates that broke were of the extended type from an USP 9 compact. These neutered (10 round) magazine floorplates have two arms that reach up into the magazine and clip into the sides. These arms are thin plastic and snap in half when repeatedly dropped (~1000 times) onto the concrete floor of an indoor range.