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Posted: 5/14/2017 12:24:49 AM EDT
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Take it out of the trash & use some Flitz powder on the mag follower, to smooth rough edges.
Polish the feed lips while you are at it; not too much polishing, hard to get those metal shavings back on... |
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Posted: 5/14/2017 10:12:32 AM EDT
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Take it out of the trash & use some Flitz powder on the mag follower, to smooth rough edges. Polish the feed lips while you are at it; not too much polishing, hard to get those metal shavings back on... Mags are disposable, especially surplused mags. |
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Posted: 5/14/2017 3:48:45 PM EDT
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I carry HST's in 9 and .45 and FWIW, I seem to shoot better groups with the 9mm HST than I do with .45. What kind of 1911?
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Posted: 5/14/2017 4:20:01 PM EDT
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I carry HST's in 9 and .45 and FWIW, I seem to shoot better groups with the 9mm HST than I do with .45. What kind of 1911? I went back and shot another 50 during a studying break. Last night I switched back to my pachymer grips to see if using a little slimmer grip might help my group. It did. It's not as good as I can do with this gun but it was centered and close to my standard. No malfunctions today. Maybe another 100 and I'll feel a little better. |
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Posted: 5/14/2017 4:28:24 PM EDT
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Yes, they are disposable. I've always been able to get mine to function properly.
Sad to think about the untold thousands of M1911A1 & 20 Round M16 USGI mags that went to the dumpster. More sad is thinking about how many I could have had FREE. I only saved one USGI 20, and gave that one away. |
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Posted: 5/14/2017 6:09:55 PM EDT
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Yes, they are disposable. I've always been able to get mine to function properly. Sad to think about the untold thousands of M1911A1 & 20 Round M16 USGI mags that went to the dumpster. More sad is thinking about how many I could have had FREE. I only saved one USGI 20, and gave that one away. |
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Posted: 5/14/2017 8:14:06 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/14/2017 8:41:11 PM EDT
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No thanks. 3-4 malfs with one mag and it gets crushed and tossed. |
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Posted: 5/14/2017 9:15:23 PM EDT
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That makes sense.
The Mags I am sad about being discarded for the most part had nothing wrong with them. |
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Posted: 5/15/2017 12:07:48 PM EDT
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I've tossed many a Wilson 47D that probably just needed fresh springs. My 7 round Checkmates with +p springs seem to last forever. Recently grabbed a few ETM's with the longer tube, time will tell on those.
ETA: YMMV, this is just my experience, I'm not knocking 47D's if they work for you. Added for the sake of avoiding a religious mag war :P |
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Posted: 5/15/2017 7:11:58 PM EDT
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Other than being a bit more difficult to load my CMP mags have been great.. Only have 20 and wishing it was january 1st 2018.....
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Posted: 5/15/2017 9:29:42 PM EDT
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Other than being a bit more difficult to load my CMP mags have been great.. Only have 20 and wishing it was january 1st 2018..... |
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Posted: 5/17/2017 9:38:18 PM EDT
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I've tossed many a Wilson 47D that probably just needed fresh springs. My 7 round Checkmates with +p springs seem to last forever. Recently grabbed a few ETM's with the longer tube, time will tell on those. ETA: YMMV, this is just my experience, I'm not knocking 47D's if they work for you. Added for the sake of avoiding a religious mag war :P How do make a Check-Mate last long?? I tried the FBI spec mags with plastic base plates that broke off after a few slide lock reloads and their welded base mags would constantly need to be rebent from slide lock reloads. |
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Posted: 5/17/2017 9:55:37 PM EDT
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I've been using CMC Powermags for years, but I will get an occasional inertia feed stoppage with them using carry ammo (HST and Gold Dot). All my Powermags have Tripp Super 7 guts because of this.
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