Magazine Base Pads
Base pads do two jobs at once: they add weight so a magazine drops clean instead of hanging in the well, and on some platforms they add capacity. In a division where a reload costs you a second and a half, both matter. This range covers 1911, 2011, CZ Shadow 2, CZ 75 SP-01, CZ Tactical Sport, Tanfoglio Stock 2/3, SVI and Magpul PMAG fitments.
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Fitment is the whole game
Base pads are unforgiving about fitment. A 1911 single-stack pad will not fit a 2011 double-stack tube. An STI/Staccato/Bul pad will not fit an SVI tube, and SVI has its own listing for exactly that reason. Read the fitment on the product page against the magazines you actually own — not the pistol, the magazines, because the tube brand is what decides it.
Brass or aluminium, again
Same trade-off as magwells. Brass is heavier and drops faster; the 2011 brass double-stack pad is 63g. Aluminium saves weight. If you run a magwell, the pad has to overcome the friction of the funnel on the way out, which is the argument for the heavier option. Our brass versus aluminium base pad guide compares them.
Capacity, and the rules that govern it
Extended and plus-two pads add rounds, which is only useful if your division allows it. USPSA caps magazine length by division — 140mm and 170mm are the numbers that matter — and IPSC works to a box rather than a length. Get this wrong and you are shooting Open with a Limited gun. Read the magazine rules by division and 140mm versus 170mm before you order.
The magwell stack bundles pair a magwell with the base pad cut to work with it.
Orders are dispatched within 1–2 business days. Free standard shipping within Australia on orders over $249. International orders ship DDP — Boss Components pays the duties. 30-day returns on unused, uninstalled parts.
