1911 Magazines

[peacebutready]

I got them at a gun show....IIRC at the time (last year) the charged $7 each or 5 for $5.

At the same time I also bought many of the mags we talked about on this thread. Some cost over $35 each. I bought about 5 of the different "good" mags, that gave me the two that came with the Remington, I know I have one colt, one CM, and a Wesson. As well as quite a few WWII vintage GI mags (I did not want to use these in the pistol matches, did not want history hitting the ground).


I am sure that it is my gun, and the fact it is not a hot rod or race car that is very tight. I have shot many different types of 1911's and I do know that the cheap mags don't seem to work well in commander length guns, and some very high end guns. I think that in that entry level 1911 (that is where I put the Remington and that is not a bad thing) where things are a little more lose that you might be ok.

Thanks for the good post.

I think the Colt 7 rounders are made by Checkmate, the Colt 8 rounders made by Chip McCormick.

Off Topic: I've grown to prefer 1911s that are loser than very tight. I read about one fellow who has a high-end 1911 that runs very reliably until it hits 150-175 rounds in a session, then it begins jamming.

 

[km101]

Checkmate mags are some of the best out there. I have never owned a 1911 that wouldn't run flawlessly with Checkmate mags.

 

[1911Tuner]

I think the Colt 7 rounders are made by Checkmate, the Colt 8 rounders made by Chip McCormick.

McCormick doesn't make magazines. They likely come from Metalform.

Colt's 7-round sticks are mostly Check Mate or Metalform, with a few coming by way of OKAY Industries. I'm not even sure if OKAY is still operating.

Look on the baseplate for the M or the C that tells you who made'em.

 

[the.batman]

I bought six of the Wilson ETM HDs about a month ago and I they work very well for me so far. I have always been a fan of the Wilson Combat magazines and the HDs work every bit as well as the 47 series and the ETMs in a properly set up gun. I have never seen a square magazine spring, I guess time will tell if they really do stand up to what Bill Wilson says, but they seem to have good follower tension from first to last round loaded and they seat just fine fully loaded. I run a mag well so the extended length is necessary, but I really like the narrow base pad vs the huge plastic Cobra Mag Like pad that is on the older ETMs. For a hard use mag, steel always holds up better in my experience.

Bottom line- so far a +1 from me on the HD mags in stainless.

 

[peacebutready]

McCormick doesn't make magazines. They likely come from Metalform.

Colt's 7-round sticks are mostly Check Mate or Metalform, with a few coming by way of OKAY Industries. I'm not even sure if OKAY is still operating

Thanks for the info. Apparently OKAY is still operating. See the link below. Click magazines in the lower right. One of the mags that comes up is a 1911.

As an aside, I think there was some kind of lawsuit over McCormick's devel type followers years ago.

http://www.okayind.com/defense-firearms-market-experience.htm

 

[peacebutready]

Anyone try these?

Has anyone personally tried these? Reliable?

http://www.e-sarcoinc.com/191145automagazine.aspx

I was wondering about these myself. Anyone?

 

[guncheese]

ill bet if one put the Tripp rebuild kit in any cheap mag it may run good
i recently put that kit in a old Colt and a old RIA that were going wonky, they are now my fave mags of the bunch 7 rnds but ill give up a round for how they feed with those strong springs and followers.
and just to go against the grain... I have a new ETM 8rnd that im not fond of it feeds fine but it sure feels cheap and soft compared to the Mec-Gar and Act.
ill be scouring the show tables for old tubes and putting that $8 kit from Tripp in them. they just feel right and ill keep the 8rnders for range use

 

[Okiegunner]

I have 2 eight rd. ACT mags, 2 eight rd. Mec-Gars, 10 eight rd. CMC powermags and 2 ten rd. CMC magazines.

All are, and have been, really top quality magazines for me. I am sure that there are more expensive ( and possibly better ???) magazines out there. However these have all worked great for me.