Quoted: ...The followers in my sig factory mags don't tilt, they go straight down (like a cheap whore). However, my Mec-gar mags do tilt, making it a tad harder to load. ...
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Don’t see that with my Italian-made (no doubt Mec-gar) P229 magazine. The follower is virtually (but not precisely) the same as the follower in my two German-made demo mags.
However, the Mec-gar is quite a bit harder to load – apparently as a result of a much stronger spring and it’s slightly longer feed lips.
The Mec-gar has a new 12 coil spring with a relaxed length when removed from the mag of 6 3/4”. The German-made mag has a used 10 coil spring with a relaxed length of 5”.
(Interestingly, I have an old hi-cap P228 mag with an 11 coil spring and a 5 3/8” length. The wire in the P228 spring and the German-made P229 spring both mike the same.)
Anyway, I’m thinking I’ll respring the two demo mags just to be on the safe side – they just don’t feel that strong.