Magazines

[c east]

Please recommend 1911 mags and best place to buy...Charlie

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[Johnny Peppers]

There really isn't a best place to buy 1911 magazines. Just watch the auctions as they show up with some regularity.

[jmoore]

Please recommend 1911 mags and best place to buy...Charlie

For shooting purposes or for collecting?

From the practical standpoint, I've relied on Wilson Combat brand mags for many years. 7 or 8 round capacity. I do like the metal baseplate version a little more but use both.

[jeep]

Check mate magazines are G.I. contracter. Check-Mate 1911 Magazines | 7 Round Full Size

[kosmolinekid]

The nice thing about 1911's are the availability of surplus mags. There were NIW a couple years ago at the shows for cheap. Be careful though I bought some Chinese knock offs wrapped exactly like the GI issue . They did not have any printing on the wrappers which should have been my first clue. The price was good though 5.00 each. I had one floor plate go as the weld broke.

[browningautorifle]

I purchased a Norinco mag brand new some time back and it was every bit as good as any GI mag I ever handled. Very well made,,, I'd have liked a handful of them.

[kosmolinekid]

I wish I could have bought a Norinco 1911 back then. I had my doubts until i talked to a guy who taught tactical entries years back. He told me most of the guys he worked with used the Norinco as a base gun to build on. I have about 6 minus the 1 mags that failed and still have about 4 still in the wrap. They work fine I just had an anomaly.