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Treaking / tuning magazines
- Thread starter Jim V
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There may be sites, but the real reason there is so little info is that it is a trial and error business where experience is the best teacher. What works for one magazine may not work for another. On many magazines it also depends on the ammunition used; a .45 auto mag that works fine with one ammo type may not work with another.
Another problem is that may modern magazine makers, especially with Colt M1911/A1 clones, do not temper their magazine lips and things get out of whack quickly and can't really be fixed, since any fix won't hold either.
I know this is not much of an answer, but I am willing to listen to anyone with hard and fast rules that work.
Jim
Another problem is that may modern magazine makers, especially with Colt M1911/A1 clones, do not temper their magazine lips and things get out of whack quickly and can't really be fixed, since any fix won't hold either.
I know this is not much of an answer, but I am willing to listen to anyone with hard and fast rules that work.
Jim
George Stringer
Staff Alumnus
There are no rules. It is trial and error unless you have a lip forming tool from Brownells. You aren't likely to pay for something like that if you are only doing a few 1911 mags. It's much more cost effective to just take them to a smith and let him do it. I only charge $5 and I really can't see anyone charging more than that. George
Hi, George,
You are correct, but I have seen too many mags that have lips almost as soft as the more kissable kind. You get the mag working and two (or less) fillups later, same old problem. The first step to fixing mag problems is not to have them in the first place. I may be extreme, but I use nothing for the .45 but WWII GI magazines, and use ammo that works in them, rather than adjusting the mag to the ammo.
Jim
You are correct, but I have seen too many mags that have lips almost as soft as the more kissable kind. You get the mag working and two (or less) fillups later, same old problem. The first step to fixing mag problems is not to have them in the first place. I may be extreme, but I use nothing for the .45 but WWII GI magazines, and use ammo that works in them, rather than adjusting the mag to the ammo.
Jim