Are they the mags that came with the pistol? What brand are they?
.45 acp or 9mm in a 1911.
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Came with the pistol. Stainless steel, say "made in Italy on them"
Top round is probably hitting and pressing against the bottom of the ejector. I had the same trouble with my .45.
Mag brand change fixed that.
Already had this thing into Springfield twice. One they "drilled and pinned the ejector", the next time to "polish the feed ramp and adjust the ejector". Two out of three mags work fine, for now.
What brand mags would you recommend?
Not sure if it would matter to me anyway, as I have deemed this pistol as unreliable.
for a 1911? only mags I use are Wilson Combat
When you have trouble with a 1911 feeding, take a look at your mags feed lips and make sure they match the bullet profile of the ammo you are using. 1911 mags come with different shaped feed lips. Some are for round ball ammo, some for SWC and some are called hybrids. Even then you can compare two mags labeled for the same bullet profile, but made by the different manufacturers and find the lip shapes very different.
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I’ve used Virgil Tripp’s Cobra Mags for my 1911’s over the years. All have worked extremely well.
Sorry to hear of your frustrations. Those are 2 good looking guns!
.45 first, as the Lord intended.
9mm second.
9mm second.
"Made in Italy" usually means MecGar, which is the OEM manufacturer for Beretta, Sig (top line) and many others (they made the 9mm 1911 mags for my Tisas, and they are 100%). Mecgar uses good springs, so it is unlikely a defect as much as a break in issue. Load them up & leave them for a month, and I suspect they will be easier on insertion.
Edit: The Wilson 47Ds and the MecGars with the polymer followers tend to seat the rounds a bit higher for feeding, as the 1911 is not really meant to use the ramp, even on ramped guns. If they polished the ramp, they should also have burnished your chamber (mirror finish, virtually no reaming marks visible). If your rounds are contacting the ramp, they may be striking the roof of the chamber, as they transition in feeding. Burnishing makes it a "pin ball machine" affair, where there is nothing for the round to drag on at all. The ejector may interfere with the round seating high enough on the breech face, under the extractor, if the ejector is too long/wide. The ultra-compacts are difficult to tune.
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Thanks for the advice, but I bought this pistol new about 11 years ago. They are indeed Mecgar magazines. Well past any break in, been back to factory twice. Just waiting for the next failure.
Went back and checked my receipts and I purchased that pistol in 2010.
I don't remember if you said you tinker with your pistols or not, but is your ejector clearing the rounds in the mag now?
I have both - and primarily shoot the 9mm. 45ACP isn’t easy to come by and has gotten VERY expensive. I can get 1k rounds of quality 9mm for under $350 - and it’s available anywhere.
If availability wasn’t a concern - and it was pre-pandemic pricing for ammo, it would be a dead heat for me. I generally find .45ACP to be more fun to shoot.
If availability wasn’t a concern - and it was pre-pandemic pricing for ammo, it would be a dead heat for me. I generally find .45ACP to be more fun to shoot.
Check out SGAmmo. Back before 2018 when you could still have ammo shipped to California they always had the best prices and by far the best shipping prices.$350 for a case of 9mm! Great price! Where might that be found for us 9mm seekers?
I believe they are in Oklahoma too.
I wrecked my UPS driver’s back.
Yeah, until they don’t.
Target Sports USA:
Where are these made?
