Recent content by gordx

Everyone: I'm new to this site as well as the 1911. I'm grateful for everyone's help. I did go to the range yesterday and put 100 rounds through the Chip McCormick 8rd mag that the range had sold me the other day. I used the MagTech ammo, and not a single problem this time. I'm not ready to...

I bought a box of Remington .45 ACP 230 Gr and loaded the "row" of 5 in the mag. The first 4 went fine and the fifth jammed. Having never fired a .45 this alarmed me. I removed the mag and pulled the slide to eject the unfired round. It was pointing up and had to be plucked out. The next...

Hello All: I just bought my first .45 (SA G.I. 45). When I took it to the range I got mis-feeds right away on just the last round (again and again). Are the supplied mags just bad? I bought a Chip McCormack 8-rounder and that helped a little.