Sig 229 Mags

[MAURICE]

So I have decided I am getting a Sig 229 in .40 cal and am picking it up next week. It does come with 2 12 rd magazines, but thats never enough. Looking around it seems that the factory mags are a little pricy at 40 bucks a pop on places like auctionarms.com. There are the after market makers, but I am not sure if their mags are any good. Should I bite the bullet and buy the factory mags, or is there a company making reliable mags for less money?
This is the same problem I had with an HK USP9 that I traded off a while back. Of course, I think I am going to like this weapon more, anyway.

Thanks for all of your input.
Maurice

 

[absolute0]

There are factory used ones all over the place on the internet for about 20 bucks to consider

 

[OH25shooter]

They make the factory magazines for many gunmakers: http://www.mec-gar.com/

 

[birddog1]

www.topgunsupply.com

I just ordered 2 - 12 rd mags from them. $29.99 each, shipping was only $5.95. I ordered on Tuesday and got them Wednesday, granted we are both in Ohio so it may take you a little longer. I will order from them again.

 

[355sigfan]

With the exception of 1911's its best to stick with facory OEM mags.
Pat

 

[greyeyezz]

if yer gonna invest in a Sig, why get cheapo mags?

 

[antsi]

I have stuck to factory for SIG mags. If you go to SIGforum and do a search, you will see that people have reported reliability issues with Promags and USA mags. An exception is Mec-Gar - they are highly regarded by the SIGfolk and at one point they were the factory manufacturer of "SIG" mags.

As of a couple months ago when I ordered from there, CDNN had new LEO-marked 229 mags for $29.

 

[jeff-10]

I to have mostly factory mags for my Sig, but I find that Sigs aren't magazine sensitive, so you could probably get by with aftermarket.