1911 Magazine Recommendations

By Caleb

As I’ve been working on my 1911 Rating System, one major topic of discussion has been magazines. Specifically, what magazines to use when evaluating 1911s. The plan for any official 1911 review is that I’ll run the first couple of hundred rounds with whatever factory mags the gun ships with, and if those cause issues deduct points accordingly. After the first few hundred rounds, I’ll switch to the “control” magazine: Wilson Combat ETM.

1911 magazines are actually one of the most important parts of the gun, because if you want your gun to work right, you need to use quality magazines. For the longest time, the gold standard of 1911 magazines was the Wilson Combat 47D, and until Wilson introduced the ETM recently it was my “go to” recommendation. However, it’s not the only good 1911 magazine out there.

Chip McCormick
I’ve used Chip McCormick mags in 1911s for ages with great success, and in my opinion the Chip 10-round .45 ACP mags are the best on the market. You can even get them from Amazon:

Chip McCormick also makes 7 and 8 round magazines, and .38 Super magazines. In fact, in …Read the Rest

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