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Weigh in, best 1911 mags.
If your life depended on 'em, which 1911 mags to buy?? TIA.
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McCormick.
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I have McCormick, Colt, Kimber, Pachmayr, and random mil-surp mags. Honestly I don't recall having a problem with any of them unless they got dropped hard on concrete and hit the feed lips with obvious damage.
I'm sure there is a "best" and I trust tdb's advice implicitly, but as long as you stay away from the Korean stuff, 1911s are pretty forgiving with most mags.
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The timing of this thread is perfect. I am looking for some hicap (10+) round 1911 mags for a Marlin Camp Carbine I just picked up.
Not to hijack the thread, but please comment on those as well.
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The only down side I have come with is when I take them to the range I go through ammo faster... Go figure
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Depends on the individual gun for me. My Sig only likes kimbers, and hates wilsons. But my RIA loves McCormicks.
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Wilson followers are the suck at the slide stop engagement shelf.
My preference for McCormick mags specifically comes from shooting in no alibi 3 gun matches in 105+* weather and real dusty conditions. ................................................
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My only experience with McCormick mags came several years ago when I ordered three of their Shooting Star mags, with the 'Devel' split follower. They refused to allow my dead-nuts reliable (as in, works with any mag and any ammo) 1911 to function correctly. I replaced the original followers with Wilson followers, and all was right with the world again. Last McCormick mags I have bought. Many other people sing their praises, but such was not my personal experience.
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They all seem to be the same when it comes to the decent ones.
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My Sarco ones worked fine until the rear sight in my 1911 slid out. Since -- more than a year ago now -- then I have not shot it. I think I left them all loaded waiting for the day I do something about that.
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I've used many kinds including the Chip McCormick Shooting Star mags (a nice mag). But, quite some time back, Gun Tests magazine did a rather in depth test of 1911 magazines and there was one clear leader. Metal Form brand.
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Tripp or Checkmate have always worked well for me.
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McCormick, Wilson, they both run without flaw in my series 80 Colt; Mc. Shooting stars also seem good. The only mag I had trouble w was the Colt mags.
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The only thing about the Sarco 1911 mags that I find less than stellar is that they are 7 rd instead of 8 rd. This is the only reason that I don't use them as every day carry mags. Good luck getting any of the gun snobs to admit that the Sarco mags are good kit.
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Mine will run most anything. I've got cheap no name mags and name brand mags. But for EDC I use Chip McCormick Shooting Star 10 round and Wilson 8 round mags.
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Checkmate. They're OEM for Colt, Kimber and a few others. The ONLY 1911 mag that I own that I've yet experienced a failure in any 1911 I own. A must IMHO, for officer sized with aluminum frames pistols due to the fool proof anti-tip follower. Others can sometimes tip enough to gouge the feed ramp on feeding the last round or, sinfully dropping the slide over an empty mag causing the follower to tip forward enough to hit the feed ramp and ka-chunk the be-goobers out of it over time. Steel frames, no problem.
Mec-Gar is my second choice, also an OEM manufacturer and supplier for Colt. If you buy from Colt (uh-huh) the mags are marked either with a C or, a M on the base. That's what I think, anyway.
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+1 for Wilson Combat. Although McCormick does mfg a fine magazine.
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You can see the follower, sort of, in some of these pics if one enlarges the pic. https://www.hoopergunworks.com/produ...5-6sc-s-h-usa/ Edit: I simply prefer those mags I mentioned especially for aluminum receivered pistols. The CMC, for example, feed and function fine enough for me however, they'll still tip and gouge an aluminum receiver in my experience. Steel, not so. I'm pretty sure I tip my head just right too but, CMC's still tend to gouge. To me good mags aren't just about feeding well. Y'allsMMV
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Chip McCormick.
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About to dress for doctors appointment. Factory SIG eight round magazine in pistol with pair of McCormick ten rounders in mag pouch on weak side. Ballistic briefcase which rides on back of wife's wheelchair has a suppressed SIG Tacops with ten round McCormick and a racking system with ten spare ten round McCormicks. Not going down for lack of ammo with my single stacks and given chance going for the suppressed pistol before my carry as most likely hand is just as close when pushing that chair.
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Wilson 608, Tripp if $ is no concern
Wilson did sell a 7-shot flush fit, stainless, GI follower, extra-power spring, made by CheckMate, hybrid lip, which they sold as their "608". A great magazine in both of my 1911s. You can still get it from CheckMate, but I believe you'll have to go find your own extra power spring.
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Back in my 1911 days I had a bunch of Mcormick shooting star mags and 10 rounders and they never failed me in 2 different 1911 pistols. Kimber, and RIA.
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Metalform. https://metalform.us/
They're the OEM magazine for a few manufacturers. It's what I've bought. Also, I've never had 100% good luck with feeding 8 or 10 round magazines so I tend to stay with the 7-rounders. One other thing, whichever mag you get, if it's a 7-round and doesn't come with a magazine "bumper pad" (or whatever it's called) - install one. it'll keep you from getting a bite taken out of your non-shooting palm when doing a reload at speed and slamming it home (ask me how I know!). I recommend against buying used - any brand. I got some "cheap" Colt branded mags and had to rework the feed lips on a few to make them feed. Last edited by Slaughter; October 20, 2019 at 11:26. |
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+1 for Wilson 47D.
I have (or have had...) Colt, Kimber, Wilson, Shlomo Special, and Les Baer. They all run the Wilson without complaint in the desert, on the TR deck, and at New Years BBQ / Hold-My-Beer contests. Nothing against McCormick. I've never shot 'em.
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Mine (about 25) are a combination of Wilson 47Ds and McCormicks. No complaints with either.
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I am an old fart that used to shoot in lots of matches, IPSC 4 matches a month on the valley cicuit. Started with Colt 7 round mags and found that the lips were bad, they split up the back and the follower jumped the slide stop. So I went to Packmayers stainles with rounded followers and pads on the bottom to take up shock. They didn't hold up.
Next as my gear progressed I went to McCormick shooting stars and while the body held up well the followers were prone to break under heavy use. Moving stage to stage you changed mags to have a fully loaded 1911 and slamming in a magazine would break a follower. Follower would flatten out and miss the slide stop jamming your gun in a most awful way. Next I went to Wilson's and have had very good luck with them but I don't shoot competitive anymore because 1911s are out of the IPSC game. They all went to high caps. Wilson's have a polymer follower that feeds great and I never have seen one jump the slide stop. I guess the others would work fine if you don't push them for performance. ![]() |
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I must second the Metalform, specifically the stainless, 7 round version with the round top follower. Reliable and inexpensive. I use them in my Springfield, Colt and Rock River (NOT Rock Island!). Another one I have had pretty good luck with is the Novak Acti-Mag, a smooth running 8 rounder that actually works and locks open on the last round.
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Best 1911 mags come in 10mm..
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Act mags, a little bit flashy, but they work.
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Another vote for McCormick Shooting Star mags. No brainer.
Not sure if they are “the best,” but they are the only 1911 magazine I have ever bought new for numerous guns, and never had an issue. Cannot say the same for numerous other 1911 mags that fell in my lap over the years.
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If I had a spare $4,000 laying around for another single stack 1911 this Ed Brown long slide would already be on order. Sure for another grand or so they would build it on a 2011 double stack frame.
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back in the early 1980’s when I got my first 1911, Wilson mags were the most reliable but they had a plastic molded base that broke all the time, I had 2 of them and when Chip McCormick shooting stars mags hit the market I tried 2 of them, then no worries about broken bases as I kept buying CMC’s every other year
A few years ago I put them back in rotation when I could get steel bases from Wilson so no more plastic …… recently I purchased 2 Chip McCormick 10 round RPM mags, have not got the chance to give them a good workout yet but they do appear to be high quality as the many other Chip McCormick mags that I have
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