I guess I was mistaken. I was told that the m9 and 226 were made to be mag compatible for the sake of the military testing and operation. I was skeptical but willing to look into it.
I think you are getting some numbers confused. It is fairly well known that Army shooting teams used *modified* 15 or 20 round Beretta 92/M9 magazines to fit the M11. The M11 was a small order special service firearm for shooting teams, some MPs, CID etc. The M11 in civilian speak is the Sig P228, a slightly smaller brother to the P226.
As to the M17/M18 magazines, the only thing they might be compatible with is the P320, maybe. Unlike with the Beretta 92/M9 and the P228/M11 adoptions, more was changed on the 320 to make the M17 and 18. So I am not entirely sure those magazines change.
Same mags but the catch slot is different. If you hold a 92 mag in a P226 with your pinkie it functions fine. Beretta followers will lock the slide back, MecGars won’t IME.
The modification I mentioned earlier is the AM teams would cut a notch for the M11 magazine release. In the article I posted, it shows a modified M9 magazine about 3/4 down.
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