Sig P226 Baseplate

[HP911]

I'm required to carry a Sig P226 by my department. I'm ok with the gun, but I'm not so crazy about the big lip on the base plates. It seems like if I have the bullets facing me either in a vertical or horizontal mag pouch, every time I try to draw the first mag out of my double mag pouch I end up scraping my fingers and knuckles on the lip of the second magazine.

The only way I've found that I can do quick reloads without cutting up my hand is have the magazines face away from me, which is counterintuitive to how I was originally trained (with Glock magazines) and doesn't allow me to index my finger onto the magazine.

Here's a similar picture of how my mag pouch looks with the big base plates

https://securethumbs.ebay.com/images/g/SVsAAOSwdsFUNwEC/s-l225.jpg

Anyone else have this problem?

[John M]

Carried a Sig for the first 18 years of my carrer and this is the first Ive heard of such a thing.. Try using a snap covered mag pouch.. Not as tacitcool as the outward facing open top set-up, but more secure and you wont have the issue you have.

[micro911]

I have a magazine pouch that has a little space between each holder. It may solve the problem. Had never had a problem with the pouch with individual snap.

[mark19]

I carry the 20 round mecgar mags. Smooth plastic base, it will resolve whatever issues you have.

[Galli1565]

When I carried my Sig I ran 18 round Mec-Gar 9MM magazines, I never had the issue you mentioned. Might be worth looking at a different magazine, if it's approved.

[HP911]

I should clarify that I use a department supplied double mag snap covered pouch, however it seems like the mags are too close together which is causing me problems.

We also use .40cal 12 round magazines. I may need to look into different baseplates that don't have a huge lip or another mag pouch that spaces out the magazines a little more.

[9mmepiphany]

I've carried a SIG 226 for most of my 28 year LE career and have never heard of this problem either. The forward lip on the 226 magazines are there to allow you to pull them out if they get stuck by hooking your index finger on them

I would think your mag carrier looks a lot like this:


There seems to be plenty of room between the magazine bodies for your fingers to clear the floorplate.

I have a feeling you're grabbing your magazines incorrectly...as your fingers shouldn't be contacting the rear of the magazine at all.

Can we get a picture of the grip your using to withdraw your magazines from the carrier

[HP911]

Thanks for the feedback so far. I'm on my days off but can snap a few pics once I get back to work and my duty belt.

For everyone that carried a 226, can you tell me how your mag pouch was set up? Horizontal/Vertical? And whether or not the bullets were facing you or facing away from you?

I only run into the lip on the second magazine scraping up my fingers when I have the magazines with the bullets facing me. If I turn them around and have the bullets face away my fingers never touch the second magazine.

[mark19]

My magazine pouch is positioned vertically with the bullets facing my gun side. I've never had any problems loading, tac loading, combat loading etc. My department issued me both Safariland leathers and Bianchi Accumold. Both magazine pouches work the same way.

[9mmepiphany]

For everyone that carried a 226, can you tell me how your mag pouch was set up? Horizontal/Vertical? And whether or not the bullets were facing you or facing away from you?

You're definitely going to have to post some pictures.

Your use of the terms "facing you" and facing away from you" are confusing me, unless you really mean that they are facing either "into the belt" or "out from the belt"...which is now very popular in USPSA competitions

The terms usually used in training classes are bullets (meaning the nose) forward or back. I guess if you carried horizontally, they would be facing up or down.

Having said that, I'll say that I've always carried my magazines vertically with the bullets facing toward the belt buckle.

When I retired, carrying the magazines horizontally was becoming popular so it wouldn't interfere with the lower lip of the body armor. In that case, bullets should face up and the tops of the carrier should face away from the belt buckle

[mej16489]

When I retired, carrying the magazines horizontally was becoming popular so it wouldn't interfere with the lower lip of the body armor. In that case, bullets should face up and the tops of the carrier should face away from the belt buckle

It depends on which side of the belt buckle the horizontal carrier is attached. I would change your description to 'bullets facing up and the open top of the carrier facing the weak side.

[9mmepiphany]

You're right.

Maybe, "facing the support hand"

It just never occurs to me that anyone would carry their carriers on the strong side and risk catching the magazine on the belt buckle during withdrawal

[madd556]

Never had this problem. I'm right handed and my mags are vertical and to the left of my buckle. The base plates/ rounds face to the right. When I grab a mag, my index finger is indexed on the front of mag/ baseplate and I pull the mag out with my thumb and other three fingers.

[zack_trp1911]

Bring it up with your range master. They may have a solution or suggestion. Especially if it's all issued...

[John M]

I carry my mag pouch on my support side, vertically with bullets facing foward (buckle), this is the tradition set-up.