I recently received a Midway order which contained a Colt brand 7rd GI style 1911 magazine for my Springfield loaded model. Yesterday I got to test it for the first time. I had 1 fail to feed, with the cartridge (Winchester white box 230gr fmj, I know low quality ammo) halfway in the chamber, slide slightly stuck. A few minutes later I had a kind of stove pipe, but not exactly. Technically it was a failure to eject, but the spent casings head was wedged in the feed lips of mag, and the opening of the case was all mangled. I simply pulled the case out of the top of the mag and dropped the mag and continued to run it.
This 1911 works flawlessly with the factory Springfield 7rd GI style mags, as well as a kimber 8rd mag I have and a Wilson combat 7rd extended bottom mag with a polymer follower. I was loading all mags with 5rds and the Colt mag had 2 issues within about 20rds total fed through it. I noticed that with this magazine, the rounds aren't really being forced upward, they can easily be in a position that isn't all the way up where they should be. I give my mags a swift slap to the palm of my hand to help seat the rounds all the way rearward.
What do you guys think about this? I chose a Colt brand mag because it was affordable, it was 7rd GI style which I prefer, and it is the reknowned Colt brand (which I have heard are made by checkmate or metalform). I am mad that I may have wasted $22 when I could have just chosen a chip McCormick or metalform or Springfield magazine. This accounts for 3 malfunctions total from my 1911 in about 1400 +/- rds.
This 1911 works flawlessly with the factory Springfield 7rd GI style mags, as well as a kimber 8rd mag I have and a Wilson combat 7rd extended bottom mag with a polymer follower. I was loading all mags with 5rds and the Colt mag had 2 issues within about 20rds total fed through it. I noticed that with this magazine, the rounds aren't really being forced upward, they can easily be in a position that isn't all the way up where they should be. I give my mags a swift slap to the palm of my hand to help seat the rounds all the way rearward.
What do you guys think about this? I chose a Colt brand mag because it was affordable, it was 7rd GI style which I prefer, and it is the reknowned Colt brand (which I have heard are made by checkmate or metalform). I am mad that I may have wasted $22 when I could have just chosen a chip McCormick or metalform or Springfield magazine. This accounts for 3 malfunctions total from my 1911 in about 1400 +/- rds.
