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I use Wison Combat 8 round Mags and have had no issues.
I never thought about like that. But it does make good sense.1911Tuner said:8rd Ruger mag has a lengthened body for the 8th round.
That means that it's Check Mate's extended length magazine with the patented Bull Nose ™ follower...which is essentially the Devel follower with a skirt. Much better than its parent, but still gives a little trouble sometimes...because it's still a compromise.
Let's look at it from the perspective of what and for whom the 1911 pistol was designed.
First, let's look at what it wasn't designed for.
It wasn't designed for SWAT/SET and it wasn't designed for high-speed/low-drag types to carry cocked and locked because fast-draw/gunfight.
It wasn't designed for playing "Let's pretend that we're in a gunfight" on Sunday afternoons.
The gun was headed for war sooner or later, and it was designed primarily with the horse mounted trooper in mind and clearing a stoppage while holding onto a nervous horse wasn't acceptable. It had to work. Period.
The man who was arguably the preeminent firearms design genius of the last 2 centuries and a team of Colt's top engineers set forth a set of specifications for that pistol in order to insure that it would work...and the magazine wasn't simply an afterthought or an accessory. It was a removable part of the system. It had to work, because if the magazine failed, the whole system failed.
Since the pistol was to be the primary weapon for a cavalryman while he was mounted...and because one more round in capacity could easily mean the difference between living and dying...one extra round would be important if it could be accomplished without compromising the reliability of the first 7 rounds.
Given that...
Does anybody really believe that the magazine's ability to accept 8 rounds somehow escaped John Browning's notice?
Does it stand to reason that it's at least possible Browning and his Dream Team tried 8 rounds and...finding that the overall reliability suffered...gave up and stuck with 7 rounds?
The problem with the 1911 is that so many people have been trying for so long to prove that they're smarter than John Browning, many of them really believe that they have.
Interesting. I have seven Wilson 47Ds, which are eight round magazines. Collectively, they have almost 12K rounds through them in my SR1911, almost all at weekly USPSA matches. I've never had a magazine malfunction of any kind in any of them. They're all working with their original Wilson springs.pjvrefugee said:to make my Wilson Combat eight rounders work consistently I replaced the springs with Wolff extra power springs. before that only the seven round mags worked reliably . . .
LEDW said:"Does it stand to reason that it's at least possible Browning and his Dream Team tried 8 rounds and...finding that the overall reliability suffered...gave up and stuck with 7 rounds?"
How about: The 8th just wouldn't fit and stay within the flush-fit size specs of the Calvery? A properly designed extended mag, you know the brands, are just as reliable as 7 rounders. I've got a mix of Ruger/Checkmates and wilsons that have been 100% reliable in competition and 98% overall with 20000+ rounds. My only 7 rnd. is in my pocket to load +1's.