thump_rrr
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I voted 8 rounders because when I bought my 1911 I bought 4 Wilson Combat ET500 mags at the same time.
They have been flawless and my only frame of reference.
They have been flawless and my only frame of reference.
That's generally a function of a weakened magazine spring that's not controlling the heavier eight round stack. The spring gets overly weakened because its too compressed, and it's too compressed because its been crammed into a 7rd body.on line I see a lot of nose dive problems with the 8 round mags. when feeding the first round. Use a 7 round mag. the nose dive problem goes away.
I'd count the PowerMag as a shorter body tube. It is of the older generation of 8 rounders. It's longer than a flush mag like their Shooting Star mags, but it is shorter than the new generation of longer tube mags like Wilson's ETM and Tripp CobraMags.Checkmate (Extended), Metalform (Elite), and CMC (PowerMag) all represent good quality eight round magazines with slightly extended bodies to ensure proper performance over time.
Fair enough.I'd count the PowerMag as a shorter body tube. It is of the older generation of 8 rounders. It's longer than a flush mag like their Shooting Star mags, but it is shorter than the new generation of longer tube mags like Wilson's ETM and Tripp CobraMags.
+1. Never had a bad 8 rounder, even my Taurus ones that came with my PT1911. The carry mags are Wilson and CMC. I've had numerous bad 7 rounders over the years, mostly worn issue mags or dirt cheap gun show mags.There's junk mags out there of every capacity. I wouldn't worry about "traditional" unless it was on a collector piece, like a NSN mag on a GI 1911A1 or a lanyard mag on a GI 1911. I've used 8's from Wilson and shooting star/ McCormick. Great reliability with both in every gun I tried them in. The Wilson mags seem like better quality in design and materials, but cost more.
PabloJ said:have two seven cartridge magazines original to the gun and several eight cartridge ones. My question is can these magazines be loaded to full capacity and stored long term? I have done that with Glock mags w/o issues, but these 1911 magazines have thinner springs. Thanks.