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P89 and 59 series S&W magazine interchange
Rosie
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Are the Ruger P89 and the S&W 59 series magazines interchangeable?
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It might be possible that they will interchange. If additional notches are cut in the body of the magazines?
Are the Ruger P89 and the S&W 59 series magazines interchangeable?
Not out of the box, they're not.
It may be possible to modify one to work in the other. Don't know.
But unless you happen to live in a place where non-legacy standard capacity magazines are banned, I don't see a good reason to do this.
Both types of magazines are readily available and relatively inexpensive. Smith 59 mags cost $20 new, and Ruger p89 ones about $30.
Edit: Well, if they work, they work. Not going to argue with your real world experience, but as Rufe says, the mag release notches are in different places.
Maybe you can get one to fit in the other via "interference" fit, then manually pull them out when done, but I don't see how these are going to lock into place in the "wrong" gun or drop free just by hitting the mag release button. Does that actually happen? Do these mags lock back the slide when empty?
I would be seriously concerned about the wrong mag falling freely out of the bottom of the gun by accident (which is bad) or getting stuck and not being easily able to be removed (also bad).
Ruger P89 mag
Smith 59 mag:
Thanks guys but I had a friend that I remembered had A P89. He has 3 mags and I have 4 59 mags and they interchange perfectly. Took them out this afternoon and tried them every way possible and they worked fine. Never a jam of any kind. Again, thanks.
Got me confused here? The Ruger mags have their locking notch, on the front surface of the mag. How do the Ruger and S & W mags lock into position? Unless there 2 locking notches on each magazine?
As said, I think SOME mags could be modified to latch into both but some will jam in the mag well on my pistols.