1911 Magazines

Bought a S.A.M. 1911 Commander, now I need recommendations on where to buy magazines, and what brand.

 

I have 2 kimber 8rnd mags, 2 chip McCormick 8 rnd mags and factory Springfield 7rnd mag. The chips are good, never failed me, but the kimber mags are definitely real good quality.

 

And a pic for the hell of it

 

My personal favorite mags for 1911's are Chip McCormick & Wilson Combat.

Since we're doing pics:

 

You guys have a lot nicer guns than mine. Any opinions on checkmate magazines?

 

Yeah, don't buy 'em. A semi-auto firearm is only as good as the magazine used to feed it. Stick with one of the two I mentioned. A cheap or unknown mag is a good way to make a $3k firearm run like a $100 firearm. Conversely, there isn't a mag made that will make a $100 firearm run like a $3k firearm.

 

Maybe my screen is too low resolution, but what the heck is on the end of the recoil spring plug?

 

It's a skull.

 

I use the Kimber mags also, I get them cheap at a local pawn shop. My springer just b/c.

 

Second this, mccormick and wilson. Those are the only 2 I use anymore except for a picky 10mm I have, that one takes metalforms. BTW awesome gun that springer operator, on my list. Here's one of mine:

 

Thanks man. I dig it. I've got a 10-8 flat trigger bar I need to install to go with the other 10-8 parts I've already installed whenever I'm done being lazy. It's a pretty solid shooter when I do my part.

 

http://www.10-8performance.com/1911-magazines/

 

ACT-MAGs come from the factory in Rock Island products. Never had a magazine related failure with them.

http://gregcotellc.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=62&products_id=545

 

Wilson combat

 

Tripp research cobra mags is what i like to use. Ran flawless in my springfield trp for the last 1500 rounds, the Chip McCormick 10 rounder i had would stovepipe half the time. Put a Tripp research follower and spring into it and it runs awesome now. It just sucks it can only hold 9 rounds. Never shot the wilson combats out of my gun but they are one of the best too.

 

Wilson Combat 47D mags for anything serious. The cheapest gun-show no-name crap you can find for practicing malfunctions

 

Very nice pistol.

What holster is that?

 

Wilson Combat 47D mags for anything serious. The cheapest gun-show no-name crap you can find for practicing malfunctions

 

Thank you sir. It's had some love and affection applied to it over the years in terms of work/parts and keeps on giving in return in terms of accuracy and flawless function.

The holster is from www.ColoradoHolster.com and are the ONLY holster I go with now. I've run Raven Concealment and a few of the other kydex brands and it's on-par with the big names with a lower price tag and lightning fast shipment times. The first holster I got from Steve (who is also a member here and owns a pretty bad ass DCSB Tacoma as well as some other kick ass toys) was in my hands within days when RCS was running a 3 month wait time.