I am proud owner of a dedicated LE retired 469 in blue steel. I have several factory and aftermarket 10 round and 12 round magazines which work well and without feed failure, jams or misfires. I would like to find some 15 to 30 round magazines to use in practice shooting to eliminate the need to change them so often. Can anyone suggest a resource to find these types of magazines? Factory magazines from S&W would work fine, but which ones? 59 series, 69 series or others?

59 series magazines interchange....they were millions made, should be able to find them with little effort.

Randy

Original 59 magazines have a metal floorplate with a S&W marking on them. They will work. Far easier to find are the genuine S&W 3rd Gen magazines, most often found with the yellow follower. These have a plastic floorplate with a half-moon cut-out and a tiny "Smith & Wesson" printed inside the cut-out.

Mec-Gar also makes high quality magazines that absolutely work and every indicator is that the "Original Equipment" brand magazine is wholly made by Mec-Gar. Please do note that this is kind of a sneaky (smarmy) move by CDNN or Mec-Gar (whoever came up with the idea...) at least in my opinion, because it implies that these magazines are OEM when in fact, they are not. HOWEVER... the price is decent and the magazines are fantastic.

Triple K, Eagle, especially Pro-Mag? Avoid these like the absolute plague that they are. These are the best choice for all manners of FAILURE drills. With the exception of failure drills, it's better to pull a $20 from your wallet and light it on fire than to purchase these magazines for a S&W 1-2-3rd Gen pistol.

You can use grip adapters for the 15rd factory magazines - Precision Gun Specialties

Mec-Gar makes 20rd magazines. There are still factory 20rd magazines out there but they are expensive.

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