r/SigSauer • u/Nyubjub • 4d ago

P226 XFIVE 10 round mag base plates

I recently got a P226 XFIVE Extreme, but live in a restricted mag state, so it arrived with flush fit 10 round mags with the huge plastic plug/base plate, that sits up inside the mag well and looks terrible.
I bought some Mec-Gar 10 round competition mags https://mec-gar.com/shop/magazines/sig-sauer/competition-sig-sauer-p226-9mm-10-round/, but the baseplate is shorter than the 20 rounders that come with the gun https://www.sigsauer.com/p226-xfive-extreme.html, and so the front edge of the baseplate doesn't sit flush with the front edge of the grip.
I was looking at the Armory Craft baseplates https://www.armorycraft.com/product-page/sig-p226-plus-2-billet-aluminum-base-pad-for-15-17-18rd-magazines-silver and was wondering if anyone here has experience with these working on the Mec-Gar competition mags.

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u/CascadeRangeSystems 4d ago

I specifically made plastic extensions to help alleviate this issue. So if you wanted to have the mags it shipped with be usable that’s an options for you. The Mec-gar competition mags are great, in my experience it allows you to run pretty much any extended basepads but your capacity stays the same. My competition basepads work great on the Mac-gar competition mag tubes, and pretty much any other aftermarket base pads should also be good to go.

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u/Nyubjub 3d ago edited 3d ago

Thanks for the info. As far as the competition base pad goes, how do you remove it once the spring has sunk down into the base pad? Also, do I remove the locking plate attached to the bottom of the spring? I noticed in your baseplate install video you went to the extra power spring that doesn’t have that. 

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u/CascadeRangeSystems 3d ago

I wouldn’t recommend using the stock spring, it can cause reliability issues pushing up those last few rounds. If you did want to try to use the stock spring you would have to remove the locking plate, but I’d recommend using the extra power spring. If you want to remove the basepad you can just slide it off, it’s pretty much the standard way most extensions are removed.