A minor mystery for Team 3rd Gen...

[TTSH]

Thanks for the offer but you shouldn't give up on the P-11.

I found one at Collector's a while back for $350 (pre ban).
It was stainless steel so I didn't want to shoot it too much, well don't you know a few months later they had another one.
I figured I'd buy the second one to shoot and keep the stainless one to carry. When I got there the second one was stainless steel also! Now I have 2 stainless steel P-11s.

Thanks again for the offer but, I'm all set.

Oh, I'm sure there are a few pre-list (pre-October 21, 1998) P-11's still floating around Massachusetts and coming up for sale from time-to-time. No doubt about that. Can't say that I've been on the lookout for any, but I'm sure I've stumbled upon one here or there in my travels.

And it is interesting that they can use the same magazines as my beloved 9mm double stack 3rd Gens. I absolutely did not know that!

But money is tight this year and I am actually reducing my holdings in plastic so that I can afford more in all-metal.

So I'll open it up to other members of the Team who can make better use of these P-11 magazine collars/sleeves/spacers (whatever they are called) than I can!

If nobody wants them, I'll donate them to science!

 

[Jon651]

... to solve for me. What the heck are these strange collars and why did I find them on these three 6900-series magazines I found?

The gun shop guy said they must be space fillers for using 6900-series magazines in a shorter gripped gun... but there are no shorter gripped 3rd Gens that could use such a thing. Help! Anybody run into these before?

p.s., Yes, I bought the mags anyway.

They look like spacers that fill in the exposed gap when you are using longer high-cap magazines and they stick out the bottom of the mag well. Just a filler to take up space and make it more comfortable to handle.

Just my two cents.