Magazine Extension For Colt Mustang . . .

[scottnc]

I'm not looking for adding mag capacity, rather someplace for my pinky finger to grip. No one I have contacted makes them for the Mustang. Before scratch making a couple I figured I'd ask around. One for another application that is sized close enough to enable modification to fit is okay too.

[Recycled bullet]

Take a good look at the magazine for your pistol and determine does it have a replaceable end cap? If it does why don't you try getting a replacement and modifying it so that you have a pinky Shelf? Kind of like what Smith & Wesson does with The Bodyguard 380 pistol. There is the flush fit and then there is the pinky extension magazine the difference is replacing the end cap piece of plastic.

[jimb16]

Someone left a .380 mag on the range a few years ago. I couldn't ID the make. I put a notice in our news letter, but nobody claimed it. It took 9 rounds, 3 more than the mustang mag. The mag catch notch was in the wrong place for the mustang, but I decided to try modifying it to see if it would work in my Mustang. I carefully measured where the notch was on the Mustang mag and cut a new notch in the mystery mag. It worked and I now have a 9 round mag for the Mustang. It is every bit as reliable as the Colt mag. You might try this route. It worked for me. I still don't know who made that mag, but I'm glad someone lost it. I gives me three more rounds AND plenty of extra room for my pinky, and I have large hands.

[country gent]

Sig makes a mag for their little 380 I believe its the 232. Its supposedly a close copy of the pony mustang you might try one of their mags with the extension

[scottnc]

country_gent, I will check out the Sig 232. I thought about a higher capacity mag but already have maybe eight standard capacity mags in two makes. Couldn't talk myself into buying more. None have a removable bottom plate. The reason for so many was back in the nineties I would shoot the occasional ccw match.

[scottnc]

Follow up to country_gent: Sig 238 magazines fit and function - according to the internet. A seven rounder with a pinky shelf from Sig is $50. Of course Sig has their name is indelibly molded into it.

[georgerkahn]

I'm not looking for adding mag capacity, rather someplace for my pinky finger to grip. No one I have contacted makes them for the Mustang. Before scratch making a couple I figured I'd ask around. One for another application that is sized close enough to enable modification to fit is okay too.

I have a Mustang and experienced similar too-short-for-me-mag challenge. By happenstance I had a few inches "extra" for the hard rubber strip which is for the bottom edge of a Kubota snow blade, and cut a slightly over-sized piece with idea of going on end of mag. Mine is the Colt Mustang Pocketlite Semi-Auto 2.75” barrel .380ACP s/n PL2xxxx model which was made in 1993. Anyhoos, I drilled a hole through its center, as well as a similar hole in bottom of my mag. I used 8-32. With bolt head inside of mag I passed it thru rubber with a washer/nut at end of rubber. I then sat down and sanded away using my stationary 6" x 48" belt sander, and did a pretty fair job of fabricating a not-too-shabby mag extension. I did :( make one screw-up as (oops!) I butchered a bit the plastic piece at end, but it no way affects function. A note here, too, is my Pocketlite came with two factory magazines, which are untouched. The one I put the screw-on-extention is an aftermarket brand which I cannot recall manufacturer off the top of my head -- BUT, this (what I did) may in fact be a doable solution, as it was for me.
Just a thought...
geo

[country gent]

I posted the model number from a poor memory it is the 238. I am sorry for the inaccuracy. But its an option. I believe when I bought mine it came with 2 mags one with a flat base and one with the finger rest. I believe Kmag has both versions.

[Mk42gunner]

If the magazines for the SIG Model 238 work, the ones Kimber sells for their micro 9mm may also. They are a bit pricy at about $25
and hold seven rounds. There are at least two versions, the cheaper one doesn't work without modifying the baseplate in my smll Kimber.

Robert

[Chuck Perry]

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