This is kind of a shout out for Simply Rugged holsters. I have several of his holsters and have never been disappointed. I ordered this holster for my birdshead and a few days later he sent me an email and said I could use a 45 1911 magazine for a reload and said he would send me one if I wanted it. I said sure great. He did and didn't even charge me for it. It works great. You can open the loading gate and feed them straight from the magazine. Terrific guy, Rob Leahy.