Found CZ 97B / 97BD magazines for good price!

[sevt_chevelle]

I found a used on ebay that i bought at an ok price - a mec gar.
Then I found these...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/EAA-Tanfoglio-WITNESS-45ACP-10-Round-Full-Size-MAGAZINE-101450-FAST-SHIP/324386941813?hash=item4b86f7eb75:g:mZwAAOSw~VhfvKyy

These will work, right?

JAG

will they work - maybe

I have a couple of the Tanfoglio marked large frame .45 mags and they do not reliably lock in the CZ 97. It might be possible to trim enough off of the tops of the baseplate to get sufficient clearance for proper lockup, but I just keep them with the Witness Match .45 instead.

I have a few of the EAA 101450 mags.  Judging by the pics I see on the net, they were revised at one point.  One version shows an orange follower with a CZ 97ish base plate.  The ones I got about a month ago have black followers and the same type of base plate as the Mec-gar mags.

All 3 mags, factory 97, Mec-gar and EAA look the same, black follower, mag body, and stamping.  I did email Mec-gar and they said they do indeed make the EAA 101450 mags.

Now I have not had a chance to run actual ammo through the EAA mags, but just dry running them through my 97, they drop free and lock the slide back.

[eastman]

The Tanfoglio mags I am referring to have plastic baseplates with "Tanfoglio" molded in.

[sevt_chevelle]

Do yours look like this one?

https://www.classicfirearms.com/eaa-101450-ea45m-witness-45-acp-10/

[eastman]

Do yours look like this one?

https://www.classicfirearms.com/eaa-101450-ea45m-witness-45-acp-10/

the corner view does, but the side view is about life size on my monitor and has the witness hole spacing isn't the same (possibly a distorted aspect ratio to their image). My follower is more red than orange.

[bullet45acp]

I received an email from Greg Cote yesterday saying he had the mec-gars in stock.  I ordered a couple plus the factory base plates.

ORDERED!  Thanks!!

JAG

[MikeR90S]

I have some of the EAA.  They are 100% identical to factory CZ except for the baseplate and function perfectly.  Typically $27.