dmallind
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CMC Power Mags - 8 and 10 rd versions
Who's Mags in your 1911
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brickboy240
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Wilsons...and Wilson's only!
Cheaper mags will only drive you nuts later on. Suck it up on the front end and buy the best.
-Brickboy240
Cheaper mags will only drive you nuts later on. Suck it up on the front end and buy the best.
-Brickboy240
TheDutchman
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Novaks are made by Mec gar
I use Mec gar
I use Mec gar
Black Majik
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I use CMC Powermags.
I do like the factory Colt mags however, those are great magazines.
I do like the factory Colt mags however, those are great magazines.
richyoung
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NoBrakes, ANY magazine can be taken apart - it's just a little trickier with the fixedd base plate ones. Regular cleaning and (where appropriate) sparse lubrication, along with periodic spring replacement, are critical to 1911 reliability.
richyoung
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Novaks, ( at least the new ones) are made by ACT.
richyoung
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BTW, I use CMC Powermags, whatever came with my Dan Wesson Pointman, gun show mutts, (most of which are the happenstance reassembly of the best surviving bodies, springs and followers), and have had good luck in the past with Mec-Gar, CMC Shooting Star, and Colt.
Daniel T
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IIRC, Mec-gar and Metalform supplied Colt with magazines for their 1911 platforms at various times.
I use Wilson 7rd mags in my Colt Compact and Govt. 1991s, and Mec-gar 8rds in my 10mm MKIV Series 80.
I use Wilson 7rd mags in my Colt Compact and Govt. 1991s, and Mec-gar 8rds in my 10mm MKIV Series 80.
No_Brakes23
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Guess there is hope for my original mag, yet.
Diecinueve Once
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CMC 10 rounders for IPSC
Metalform and High Standard 7rds for carry and range
Metalform and High Standard 7rds for carry and range
Lennyjoe
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Wilson 47D's in my Kimber.
richyoung
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Yep, NoBrakes, there's hope - as long as the magazine body itself is still in good shape, especially the feed lips, and the area at the top that cams out the slide stop. Heres how to disassemble a fixed base mag (wearing eye protection is a good idea when dealing with solvents AND springs!):
1. assemble your tools and supplies- you will something to push down the follower and spring, (I use an old G.I. .45 cleaning rod with the loop handle, but a pencil or toothbrush handle will work), needle-nose pliers, a round dowel close in size to the holes in the magazine, (I use a smallish Phillips head screwdriver), your favorite brand of "Gun Blast" aerosol action cleaner, a cleaning rod with slotted tip, patches, shop rags, gun cleaning solvent, and gun oil.
2. with your follower/spring pusher tool, depress the follower a little past halfway, and hold it there.
3. Insert your dowel/screwdriver completely thru the mag body in the first set of inspection holes BELOW the current postion of the follower.
4. Remove your follower-pusher tool.
5. Hold mag upside down and shake - the follower may fall out, or you might have to help it out a little with the needle-nose. Be gentle - if you don't have enough room to get the follower out, you didn't compress the spring enough, -go back to step 2 and start over. IN NO CASE do anything that will damage the top edges of the magazine body or feed lips, like prying or wedging.
6. fold a clean shop rag double, and double again - hold this over the feed lips and remove the dowel, then ease your hand with the rag away from the top of the magazine - (this keeps the spring from hurting your hand, or flying across the room).
7. remove spring from mag BUT be sure to note which way (top vs bottom, front vs back) it is oriented in the magazine - (this becomes second nature after you do this a few times, usually the top coil is smaller where it fits inder the follower, and the end goes to the front of the magazine - it's more obvious when you do this thatn it sounds.)
8. Take mag body outside and "gun blast" it.
9. (This step is needed only on very dirty or rusty mags...)
Insert patch into slotted holder on cleaning rod saturated with cleaning solvent, and clean out the inside of the mag body - very dirty or rusty mags may require getting a cut down toothbrush or similar scrubber inside as well..."gun blast" again when done.
10. Insert clean dry patch into slotted holder, and re-swab inside of mag - if it comes out clean, put 2-3 drops of gun oil on it, and re-swab the inside of the magazine - DO NOT USE more oil than that - it can kill primers in rounds - you just want a thin film as a corrosion preventative. If the patch comes out dirty, go back to step 9.
11. saturate a clean patch with gun cleaning solvent, and wipe down the mag spring and follower - repeat until no more visible dirt or rust comes off onto the patch & make sure you wipe all areas of each coil of the spring.
12. Put 3-4 drops of gun oil on a clean patch and wipe down the follower and spring.
13. This is the part where you REPLACE any questionable springs or followers with new, quality replacements.
14. Put the spring back into the mag body in the correct orientation.
15. Push the spring back down with your spring pusher tool, and pin it with your dowel tool - this is a little more difficult depending on the tools you use because the spring doesn't have the follower on top of it, so a skinny tool tries to just slide down the middle of the spring - it's awkward, but you can do it! :banghead:
16. Put the folloer back into the magazine in the correct orientation, put the folded shop rag over the top of the mag, and pull the dowel.
17. The spring should have snapped back into place, and the mag should be ready to rock - if the follower is badly tilted, try pushing it up and down in the mag body with your pusher tool a few times to re-seat it - if that doesn't work, repeat the disassembly/reassembly part of these instructions. :banghead:
NoBreaks, if the body is still good, I'm betting a new mag spring and maybe follower will have her up and running again in no time!
1. assemble your tools and supplies- you will something to push down the follower and spring, (I use an old G.I. .45 cleaning rod with the loop handle, but a pencil or toothbrush handle will work), needle-nose pliers, a round dowel close in size to the holes in the magazine, (I use a smallish Phillips head screwdriver), your favorite brand of "Gun Blast" aerosol action cleaner, a cleaning rod with slotted tip, patches, shop rags, gun cleaning solvent, and gun oil.
2. with your follower/spring pusher tool, depress the follower a little past halfway, and hold it there.
3. Insert your dowel/screwdriver completely thru the mag body in the first set of inspection holes BELOW the current postion of the follower.
4. Remove your follower-pusher tool.
5. Hold mag upside down and shake - the follower may fall out, or you might have to help it out a little with the needle-nose. Be gentle - if you don't have enough room to get the follower out, you didn't compress the spring enough, -go back to step 2 and start over. IN NO CASE do anything that will damage the top edges of the magazine body or feed lips, like prying or wedging.
6. fold a clean shop rag double, and double again - hold this over the feed lips and remove the dowel, then ease your hand with the rag away from the top of the magazine - (this keeps the spring from hurting your hand, or flying across the room).
7. remove spring from mag BUT be sure to note which way (top vs bottom, front vs back) it is oriented in the magazine - (this becomes second nature after you do this a few times, usually the top coil is smaller where it fits inder the follower, and the end goes to the front of the magazine - it's more obvious when you do this thatn it sounds.)
8. Take mag body outside and "gun blast" it.
9. (This step is needed only on very dirty or rusty mags...)
Insert patch into slotted holder on cleaning rod saturated with cleaning solvent, and clean out the inside of the mag body - very dirty or rusty mags may require getting a cut down toothbrush or similar scrubber inside as well..."gun blast" again when done.
10. Insert clean dry patch into slotted holder, and re-swab inside of mag - if it comes out clean, put 2-3 drops of gun oil on it, and re-swab the inside of the magazine - DO NOT USE more oil than that - it can kill primers in rounds - you just want a thin film as a corrosion preventative. If the patch comes out dirty, go back to step 9.
11. saturate a clean patch with gun cleaning solvent, and wipe down the mag spring and follower - repeat until no more visible dirt or rust comes off onto the patch & make sure you wipe all areas of each coil of the spring.
12. Put 3-4 drops of gun oil on a clean patch and wipe down the follower and spring.
13. This is the part where you REPLACE any questionable springs or followers with new, quality replacements.
14. Put the spring back into the mag body in the correct orientation.
15. Push the spring back down with your spring pusher tool, and pin it with your dowel tool - this is a little more difficult depending on the tools you use because the spring doesn't have the follower on top of it, so a skinny tool tries to just slide down the middle of the spring - it's awkward, but you can do it! :banghead:
16. Put the folloer back into the magazine in the correct orientation, put the folded shop rag over the top of the mag, and pull the dowel.
17. The spring should have snapped back into place, and the mag should be ready to rock - if the follower is badly tilted,
try pushing it up and down in the mag body with your pusher tool a few times to re-seat it - if that doesn't work, repeat the disassembly/reassembly part of these instructions. :banghead: NoBreaks, if the body is still good, I'm betting a new mag spring and maybe follower will have her up and running again in no time!
mohican
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the springfield mags for my springfield milspec, also I have some inexpensive magazines that I got from Midway that work flawlessly.
I bought some "premium" magazines that I traded off because they must have been to fancy for my stocker.
I bought some "premium" magazines that I traded off because they must have been to fancy for my stocker.
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