Ruger LC9s in IDPA - question about mags

[kalash]

I was looking around for LC9s magazines as a holiday gift for someone who wants to shoot IDPA with one. The gun seems to fall right into the new CCP division that limits magazine capacity to 8 rounds. However, I can't seem to find any 8 round mags for the LC9/LC9s - do those exist? If not, what other options are there for getting an LC9s into a match? Can you have 9-round mags and always load 8? Go up to SSP?

 

[mclina]

Standard mag for LC9 and LC9s is 7 rounds. There are +1 floorplates available, and I believe there are also +2 floorplates. ProMag makes 10 round mags for the LC9, I have a couple, but I don't know if they work in the LC9s. Supposedly they do not.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ProMag-Ruge...-Round-Extended-Grip-Mag-RUG-17-/171395116100

 

[DarrenL]

Lc9 could also shoot bug division. Ssp would require 10+1 rounds to start.

 

[ScottS]

Lc9 could also shoot bug division. Ssp would require no more than 10+1 rounds to start.

Fixed it for you. You can shoot SSP with less than 10+1. People do it all the time. You're simply at a competitive disadvantage compared to the 10+1 guys.

 

[kalash]

I could've sworn I saw someone get a procedural for loading less than 10+1 but I could be mistaken. Anyways, shooting BUG would require 6-round mags.

 

[Glockster30]

I was looking around for LC9s magazines as a holiday gift for someone who wants to shoot IDPA with one. The gun seems to fall right into the new CCP division that limits magazine capacity to 8 rounds. However, I can't seem to find any 8 round mags for the LC9/LC9s - do those exist? If not, what other options are there for getting an LC9s into a match? Can you have 9-round mags and always load 8? Go up to SSP?

Ruger makes a 9-round mag for the LC9 & LC9s.

Increase your magazine capacity to 9 rounds with this extended magazine for the LC9® and LC9s®. In addition to providing you with two extra 9mm Caliber rounds, this magazine features an integrated grip extension on the end of the grip.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...fxjxcLqDwepBGiTJQ&sig2=7u8Qt560okhbG0ZDZgwpcQ

 

[Gammon]

I could've sworn I saw someone get a procedural for loading less than 10+1 but I could be mistaken. Anyways, shooting BUG would require 6-round mags.

Once you start with a given number of rounds in your mags you must load this amount for all mags in all stages. I don'y believe that you need low cap mags for classes that require fewer than ten rounds. You just load the required number of rounds for your class. I have shot BUG matches with 12 round mags loaded to the class maximum.

 

[chris_1001]

I could've sworn I saw someone get a procedural for loading less than 10+1 but I could be mistaken. Anyways, shooting BUG would require 6-round mags.

It can be a procedural. The way it was explained to me is that you could load it so you'd be able to swap mags "at the right moment" thus gaming a stage.

 

[ScottS]

Kind of steering off the main topic, but here's the rules governing this:

3.11 Firearms and magazines must always be loaded to the shooter’s division capacity, unless otherwise specified by the stage description.
3.11.1 Firearms and magazines manufactured such that they cannot be loaded to the division capacity may still be used as long as they are loaded to their maximum capacity and meet all other criteria for that division.

Can I shoot my LC9s in SSP, even though the mags don't hold 10 rounds? Yes.

and

8.1.2 Magazine Loading
8.1.2.1 All magazines must be loaded to division capacity at the start signal throughout the match except in the following cases:
8.1.2.2 If a magazine is used that holds less than division capacity, the shooter will load all magazines to the capacity of the lowest magazine throughout the match.

I have two 9 round magazines and one 8 round magazine. How do I load them? All get loaded to 8 rounds.