Some ammo is good, but more is better, and that’s exactly what Taylor Freelance Mag Extensions give you.
More ammo is better. A friend of mine once remarked, “There are only two situations where you can have too much ammo: when you’re on fire or trying to swim.”
So, how do you get more? Taylor Freelance is the place.
Robin Taylor is a longtime USPSA/IPSC competitor, who understands the need for more. And the need for durability. His magazine extensions (TaylorFreelance.com) are designed and built to withstand the rigors of competition—whether dropped on gravel or in mud—and still work.
He makes nearly a full line of extensions for a variety of firearms. Not all, because some just can’t take an extension. How so? Look at your pistol magazine. At the bottom, the tube has lips to hold on the baseplate. If the lips are folded in, then you can’t extend it. Out, and you can.
Except for magazines with a crease at the bottom. The Browning Hi-Power is the classic example there. The crease at the bottom of the tube prevents the follower from moving down any further.
You’ll notice that magazine extensions are denoted by a plus and number (+2, +4, etc.). That is how many extra rounds it adds. Generally, in 9mm, .40 and .45 calibers will be less. You’ll also see some +0 basepads. No, they do not add capacity. But they are often more durable than the factory basepads. And if you opt for the brass ones, they are heavier. You can install those on the otherwise not-extendable magazines (the ones with the crease at the bottom).
And, yes, brass. You get a choice of brass or aluminum; all machined on state-of-the-art CNC centers. The extra weight means the magazine will fall free when you press the mag button. And it is more likely to land on the brass and not on the magazine lips—no guarantees, of course, but the odds are better.
The website is also a rich source of information. You will notice that there are overlaps in what basepads fit on which magazines. Canik basepads also work just fine on selected Beretta magazines. (Those pesky creases again.) The simple reason is that there are only so many ways you can make a 9mm double-stack magazine. And a pistol designer will often use a common magazine tube, especially if it has an enviable reputation for reliability.
So, there are a lot of commonalities in magazine basepads. It’s all in the selections.
The apex of extension is the Goliath magazine extension. This is a +20 or a +30 extension. Yes, 20 or 30 extra rounds. It’s made for the Glock 33-round 9mm magazine, and it produces a magazine of absurd dimensions. Taylor Freelance makes this for PCC competition shooters who want to go through a full stage and never reload. You’ll spend forever loading it, and you can’t go prone, but if you want a magazine that swallows an entire box of ammo, this is the way.
While the brass magazine extensions come in shiny brass, the aluminum ones can be had in a variety of colors, limited mostly by what’s popular. I’d bet if you just had to have a color not on the webpage Taylor would do it, but you’d have to place an order for enough of them to do a special anodizing dye run.
Taylor Freelance also makes grip panels, backstraps and magazine funnels. You can significantly increase the weight of a pistol (to dampen recoil) by blinging it with brass, speeding your reloads and making yours yours and not just like everyone else’s.
And, as another bonus, the basepads are made with dimples in them, so you can paint-spot them in a pattern and keep them straight. That way, if one decides to start acting up, you can, at a glance, see which one it is for later adjustments.
To finish the rock-’n’-roll motto: Too much is not enough.
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the October 2025 issue of Gun Digest the Magazine.
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