Armscor Rock Island Armory 1911 A2 (For Para P18 Style Magazines) Double Stack Magazine Basepad 54152

Armscor Rock Island Armory 1911 A2 Double Stack Magazine Basepad 54152. These fit the Mec-Gar Para P16 and P18 magazines or the Armscor factory 54180 magazines, so they extend in the Armscor RIA 1911 A2 pistols with the extended mag well. They fit the 1911 A2 9mm, .40 S&W, and 22TCM Armscor factory magazines made by Mec-Gar or the aftermarket Mec-Gar magazines. They do not fit the Armscor/ACT-MAG 1911 A2 magazines.

This is a base pad to replace the metal base plate on the Mec-Gar P16 and P18, and the Armscor factory OEM 22TCM magazines made by Mec-Gar, so they can be used in the RIA 1911 A2 with the extended mag well. The base pad replaces the metal base plate on the 1911 A2 double-stack magazines, so they will work in the RIA 1911 A2 with the extended mag well. 

Take care installing these. Damaged or mutilated returns aren't accepted. 

Remove the metal floorplate and the magazine insert/locking plate from the magazine spring if present. Then follow the instructions below.

A customer of mine emailed me these instructions. A thin plastic shim or a thin feeler gauge. Either of those would be less likely to mar the base pad or magazine. 

Be sure not to use too much force, or you may snap off the magazine base pad’s tab.

1. Needed the Mec-Gar P18 magazine, a small flat-head screwdriver, a thin shim or feeler gauge, and a new Armscor extended baseplate.

    

2. Remove the metal floorplate and magazine insert from the magazine. Start sliding the baseplate onto the magazine. Position the screwdriver to act as a fulcrum to bend down the rear of the magazine baseplate ear.

    

3. Take the magazine to the edge of a worktable, pushing down to continue the floorplate onto the base of the magazine while using a screwdriver as a fulcrum to bend the ear down. The base pad will slip right into place.