Magazine for Sig Sauer P230 .380 ACP 7 Rounds Blue - 380 ACP Caliber, 7 Rounds, Steel, Aftermarket Origin

My SIG Sauer P230 SL only came with one factory mag. Since Sig original factory mags are going for $100 or more, I decided to buy a ProMag Magazine from Buds. I had had Pro Mags before (for another gun) and sometimes they worked and sometimes they didn't. The Buds Pro Mag Magazine worked like a charm. It ate four different types of 380 ACP (FMJ and FTX) ammo with no issues. I liked it so much that I bought another one from Buds. Fast shipping and price was fair.

The issue with magazines for the SIG P230/230 is the magazine latch. There are at least two generations/versions of ProMag's magazines for the SIG 230/232 pistol. About a month ago I bought two ProMags for my SIG P232 SL from another vendor. Base plates had ears and a ridge across the base plate that prevented the pistol's magazine catch latch from engaging. Because the vendor refused to accept a return of a clearly defective product, the only solution was to use a Dremel tool to grind off the base plate ears and to then to use small fitting files and sand paper to bevel the edge of the base plate to accept the pistol's magazine catch latch. The magazine followers had a very shallow and soft slide hold-back shelf. Sometimes (but not often) the slide would lock back, but sometime not. On those rare occasions when the slide would back, when the magazine was removed from the pistol the slide would slam forward. By some miracle I was FINALLY able to reach ProMag by phone (worst customer service in the entire gun universe) and convince it to send me two new base plates and followers. (It took just three weeks to get the replacement parts.) The new base plates and followers were correct for the pistol. Today I received from Bud's two new ProMag P232 magazines. Base plates are correct and the shelf on the magazine follower is deeper and the plastic harder. These magazines fitted perfectly into my pistol. The slide locks back and does not slam forward when the magazine withdrawn from the pistol. Factory SIG P230/232 magazines are now selling on the internet for about $150 each. The magazines I received today from Bud's have NONE of the defects that the first generation ProMags demonstrated. And the price charged by Bud's was very fair and reasonable.

Although not a factory magazine, operated as expected. No loading and feeding issues.

So far, so good. I have not had an opportunity to go to the range and give these magazines a true workout, but they load well, load into the mag well OK, and manually feed OK

I have a stainless Sig P230, stainless mags are pricey, so I picked up this blue steel mag as an extra. Works like a charm. Love shopping at Bud's.