I own 10 1911's - no "upper end" pistols, just Colt, Springfield Armory, Kimber, Remington, Magnum Research and Taurus. No customization of any of them. Obviously I've accumulated a fair number of magazines over the years.
In shooting my SA Champion and working on loads yesterday and this morning, I noticed that many of these mags would not retain the slide on the last shot. At first I thought it was the loads, but then I just started checking by pulling the slide back on an empty mag/chamber. Even some of my Colt mags would not retain the slide.
Now, since this "retention failure" was not happening with several of my other 1911's tested, one might assume that it is the pistol, not the mags. But if the pistol itself is out of adjustment, then why do some work and some don't?
Lastly, other than be careful that I only use "working mags" with this particular pistol, is there anything I can do to the mags that won't work in this gun to correct the problem?
In shooting my SA Champion and working on loads yesterday and this morning, I noticed that many of these mags would not retain the slide on the last shot. At first I thought it was the loads, but then I just started checking by pulling the slide back on an empty mag/chamber. Even some of my Colt mags would not retain the slide.
Now, since this "retention failure" was not happening with several of my other 1911's tested, one might assume that it is the pistol, not the mags. But if the pistol itself is out of adjustment, then why do some work and some don't?
Lastly, other than be careful that I only use "working mags" with this particular pistol, is there anything I can do to the mags that won't work in this gun to correct the problem?