I have a question: a friend of mine told me that the magazines from a Springfield 1911 will not fit a Colt 1911. Is this true? That wouldn't make sense to me. I thought the parts would be interchangable.
Springfield and Colt 1911 parts
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I have two Springfield 1911s (one WW2 milspec and one Custom Shop beast) and a Colt Series 80. I've used all my magazines in all three without incident.
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The answer could be a little more complicated ...
Magazines should exchange between the two makes of pistols, but if one had a particularly tight magazine well, or if a grip screw was a bit long, some binding could occur and cause someone to think there was a problem. With today's general lack of inspection and quality control almost anything might happen. However a competent pistolsmith could quickly fix any defect, and after that the various makes of magzines would interchange.
Magazines should exchange between the two makes of pistols, but if one had a particularly tight magazine well, or if a grip screw was a bit long, some binding could occur and cause someone to think there was a problem. With today's general lack of inspection and quality control almost anything might happen. However a competent pistolsmith could quickly fix any defect, and after that the various makes of magzines would interchange.
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