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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: GtoRA2 on April 08, 2004, 01:15:48 AM
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I have two 1911 style guns, a full size(custom made when I was a kid by my dad, using an AMT frame and colt slide and barrel) and a springfield Ultra compact V10.
The mags that came with the springfield suck.
The mags that I use on the fullsize are from colt and also suck.
Who should I but mags from.
Wilson seems to get good reviews, as does Chip Mcormick.
What are the gun guys thoughts here and anyone have a link i can get them cheap?
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from personal experience Wilson's would be my first and only choice.
http://dillonprecision.com/template/p.cfm?maj=56&min=0&dyn=1&
Karaya
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try a website called prebanmags.com
also i have a 1911 springfield and Kimber mags work well.
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Wilson seems to get good reviews, as does Chip Mcormick
Either one of the two will do.
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My son has a springfield. The mag is only seven rounds and feels cheezy. I have had very good luck with Chip Mccormic mags and got a bunch in 8 rnd stainless for $13 each. I gave him one and it functioned flawlessly in his gun. I don't own a Wilson mag but heard they were good.
I believe the mag that came with my Kimber is a CM even tho it says Kimber on the baseplate (the follower has a shooting star).
lazs
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I believe the mag that came with my Kimber is a CM even tho it says Kimber on the baseplate (the follower has a shooting star
More than likely it is a CM mag with Kimbers name on it. 99.9% of the gun makers dont make their own mags anyways. They farm the work out to sheet metal comapanies.
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If it's good enough for Kimber it's good enough for me.
lazs
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I think I will go with the CM then, I can get more for the money I want to spend that way. Thanks guys.
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Wilson Combat 8 rounders are what I carry. Wouldnt trust anything else.
Lazs - you might want to look into them as well - the Kimber mags definately suffer from 'cost cutting.'
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so far, I haven't had one failure in my Kimber that could be attributed to the mag. I have CM mags and Kimber ones and stock colt 8 round ones and surpluss ones and even a nickle one that is a colt mag that has to be 40 years old... all work perfectly.
I woulda bought Wilsons but all of em seem to have the stupid padded floor plate... I guess it protects them during mag changes for competion shooting at plates and such... I have no need for that tho and it interferes with my grip.
lazs
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Brownells: http://www.brownells.com .
You should not pay less then 20-25 dollars for a 1911 magazine. At least one you expect to work everytime.
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I have dozens upon dozens of Mags for 1911s.
Some junk some worth money (pre war colt 2 tones)
All of them work the same for me. I have had maybe 4-5 jams ever and only because I was using Wad cutters and the nose of the round got stuck up against the ramp, the very bottom of the ramp.
Point is, they all work the same for me. Whether its in Kimber, a Colt, spirngfield hell I even have a WW2 Remington Rand and a Union Switch and Signal 1911, never had any problems with clips in any of them.
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Wilson and CM mags are usually about the same price but CM mags go on sale more often.
None of my 44's use mags and are very reliable tho.
lazs
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I have yet to buy after market mags for my 1911's. I still have a fair supply of mil surplus mags that have functioned flawlessly. I even have a the military cloth pouches for 2 sets that came with them. The few commercal mags came with the weapons and they also have never given me any problems.
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I have wilson mags, but I took the "pads" off of the bottom...
The are easily removed.
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Well, we got a single mag with our 1911. It worked decently. A few jams here and there. Then we got two mags at a gunshow for 20 bucks. Biggest pieces of crap I have ever seen.
Then we bought a 30 dollar wilson Magazine. It hasn't had one problem yet.
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184.. have u tried the CM mags?
lazs
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No, haven't really had the need for more then 2 mags. The only gun I would carry is a S&W police .38 Special.
It's an OK 1911 to start with, but a little too cheap to rely on.
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184.. why would you limit yourself to a 38 special? what kind of 1911 do you have? I really trust my cut and melted Ruger Redhawk in 44 mag.
lazs
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love the 44mag. mmmmmmm power.
desert eagle..
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Have four of em... cheap and easy to reload for and any level of power one might need in a handgun.. accurate and controllable... reliable... a tad bulky but the cut down Ruger is managable. Allways fun to shoot.
lazs
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Lazs, it's a real cheapo from Century Arms. Just something to have fun with.
However, the .38 special will fire everytime there's a bullet in the chamber. That's why it's used more for us.
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a squib load will make a revolver inopperable. I trust revolvers but anything can happen.. modern semi autos in good condition are pretty darned reliable as is modern ammo.
lazs
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I can't say enough good things about Wilson mags. Thoroughly reliable and very high quality.
CM's on the other hand have let me down time and time again. The CM's were packaged with my 1911 and their use actually made the weapon finicky for certain types of ammunition. I bought the Wilson's based on advice from the 1911 newsgroup and all feed problems went away.
MiG
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My only complaint about semi's, is that no matter how expensive a magazine is, if it sits around for a long time and the magazine is loaded, there is potential for the spring to freeze up and jam the weapon.
Unlikely, and a good hard blow to the magazine or the side of the gun would unjam it. But it still would be VERY bad in most cases.
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Any magazine spring will wear out if left loaded for an extended period of time. That's why you have to rotate your duty mags. I have never had a problem with the factory Colt mags, either for the Govt/Commander models or the Officer model.
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Lazs, this isn't some 2000 dollar kimber we're talking about.
It's a 250 dollar imported phillipino gun. We got it just for the sake of having it.