Where Can I Get Browning Magazines for a BDA .380?

sapello · October 15, 2007, 09:16 PM

I talked by phone some months ago to a Browning rep asking if I could order a magazine for my Browning BDA 380 cal. semi-auto pistol. They said Browning had quit making the Browning DBA 380 and they had no magazines in stock anymore. They were not making the magazines since the pistol had been discontinued. It is a beaut of a pistol, chrome or polished stainless with polished walnut (?) grips.

Anyone have a suggestion as to where I might try to purchase a spare magazine for this pistol? Thought it wise to ask you for your thoughts.

Don Gwinn · October 15, 2007, 09:38 PM

I hope you don't mind, but I think you'll get better responses with a more specific title. If you don't get good help in here after awhile, I'll move it to Handguns: Semi-Auto and see if that works better. Good luck.

sapello · October 15, 2007, 09:48 PM

Don: My thanks for any help you can offer. Sapello.

**JohnKSa** · October 15, 2007, 10:04 PM

According to these posts the Beretta Model 84 magazines will work.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=209399
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...ad.php?t=52219

dogtown tom · October 16, 2007, 10:06 PM

Beretta 84 mags will work just fine. You can find ten or thirteen round mags on Gunbroker or at any large gunshow.

MecGar makes a fine replacement- DO NOT buy anything other than MecGar, Beretta, or Browning mags! (MecGar makes the Browning & Beretta magazines anyway)

Promag and USA are cheap and do not work as well.

**JohnKSa** · October 17, 2007, 12:03 AM

Quote:

MecGar makes the Browning & Beretta magazines anyway

Most, if not all, Beretta factory magazines are made by MDS, a subsidiary of Beretta.

sapello · October 26, 2007, 10:07 PM

JohnSKa: My thanks for your suggestions. You were very helpful to me and I made hard copies of it for my gun record. Beats me why Browning did not give me advice on locating a Beretta mag for my Browning BDA 380. By the way I had one of the medalions on the polished handle come off and was lost. Browning sent me two medalions for replacment at no cost. My original Browning medalion was shown as I recall with a capital "B". My replacements showed Brownings new logo. Thanks also to Dogtown Tom for his contact.

texgunner · October 30, 2007, 07:57 AM

Beretta 84 mags work just fine in the BDA. I got mine from CDNN.

Tex

Bill DeShivs · October 30, 2007, 01:30 PM

Beretta made the Browning BDA .380 on contract. Your pistol is nickel plated, not chromed or stainless.

October 15, 2007, 09:16 PM	#1
sapello Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: Darien on the coast of Georgia Posts: 22	Where Can I Get Browning Magazines for a BDA .380? I talked by phone some months ago to a Browning rep asking if I could order a magazine for my Browning BDA 380 cal. semi-auto pistol. They said Browning had quit making the Browning DBA 380 and they had no magazines in stock anymore. They were not making the magazines since the pistol had been discontinued. It is a beaut of a pistol, chrome or polished stainless with polished walnut (?) grips. Anyone have a suggestion as to where I might try to purchase a spare magazine for this pistol? Thought it wise to ask you for your thoughts.

October 15, 2007, 09:38 PM	#2
Don Gwinn Staff Emeritus Join Date: March 9, 2000 Location: Virden, IL Posts: 5,917	I hope you don't mind, but I think you'll get better responses with a more specific title. If you don't get good help in here after awhile, I'll move it to Handguns: Semi-Auto and see if that works better. Good luck. __________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don Gwinn: Chicago Gun Rights Examiner

October 15, 2007, 09:48 PM	#3
sapello Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: Darien on the coast of Georgia Posts: 22	Need to buy Browning BDA 380 magazine Don: My thanks for any help you can offer. Sapello.

October 15, 2007, 10:04 PM	#4
JohnKSa Staff Join Date: February 12, 2001 Location: DFW Area Posts: 24,969	According to these posts the Beretta Model 84 magazines will work. http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=209399 http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/...ad.php?t=52219 __________________ Do you know about the TEXAS State Rifle Association?

October 26, 2007, 10:07 PM	#7
sapello Member Join Date: May 22, 2007 Location: Darien on the coast of Georgia Posts: 22	For JohnSKa JohnSKa: My thanks for your suggestions. You were very helpful to me and I made hard copies of it for my gun record. Beats me why Browning did not give me advice on locating a Beretta mag for my Browning BDA 380. By the way I had one of the medalions on the polished handle come off and was lost. Browning sent me two medalions for replacment at no cost. My original Browning medalion was shown as I recall with a capital "B". My replacements showed Brownings new logo. Thanks also to Dogtown Tom for his contact.

October 16, 2007, 10:06 PM	#5
dogtown tom Senior Member Join Date: January 23, 2006 Location: Plano, Texas Posts: 3,072	Beretta 84 mags will work just fine. You can find ten or thirteen round mags on Gunbroker or at any large gunshow. MecGar makes a fine replacement- DO NOT buy anything other than MecGar, Beretta, or Browning mags! (MecGar makes the Browning & Beretta magazines anyway) Promag and USA are cheap and do not work as well.

October 30, 2007, 07:57 AM	#8
texgunner Senior Member Join Date: February 3, 2006 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 247	Beretta 84 mags work just fine in the BDA. I got mine from CDNN. Tex

October 30, 2007, 01:30 PM	#9
Bill DeShivs Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2006 Posts: 10,978	Beretta made the Browning BDA .380 on contract. Your pistol is nickel plated, not chromed or stainless. __________________ Bill DeShivs, Master Cutler www.billdeshivs.com

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