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Posted: 6/12/2018 6:04:40 PM EDT
Hello all. Just ordered my first Kimber (KHX Custom-OR) and 1911 (45ACP). Hope to have it in hand before the end of the week. I recall some 1911 magazines being unreliable. I heard good reviews on Wilson Combat and McCormick.
Are Kimber mags reliable? Interested in purchasing a few 8 & 10rd capacity magazines. |
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Last couple 1911's I have purchased, I have never used the factory mags. Just throw them in a drawer. Bought the WC. They now own McCormick. The new WC 10 round mags use the McCormick style spacer. No exposed metal mag. Nice to take mags out of the equation if any malfunctions occur.
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I have a Kimber KHX 9mm and the magazine that came with it is trash. I get an out of battery/failure to feed on every single round. My thought was it eventually would loosen up or whatever but hasnt happened yet after about 200 rounds. its annoying.
My Wilson Combat has been 100% |
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I have CMC & WC magazines for both my Stainless TLE Ultra II & Stainless TLE Custom II as well as the original factory magazines. To be honest, the only way I can tell them apart is to look at them and see whose name is on them. The Kimbers have run fine. I don't know who is making their mags now, but I was told by CMC that at one time, they were making & rebranding them for Kimber.
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CMC power mags are my go to on my 1911. I haven't ever even considered buying more factory mags
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Also look at Metalform. They are used by a lot of military team shooters.
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RIP Jeff Reed. Tennessee Squire, Ga. Carry member, NRA Life member
Non-puking 72 ounce drinker 2 of 6 Norcal call sign, Forgotten. |
Kimber used McCormick at one point. At any rate, McCormick is the only mag I have used in any brand of 1911 for over 20 years. All my Kimbers, both 9 and 45, use McCormick.
Some Wilson mags would not seat and engage the mag release in a Springfield I owned. Luckily I tested it right there in the store and didn't have to waste a lot of time finding that out. Novak makes a damn good mag and I have a couple of them. These have been rebranded with other names too. I think my Sig GSR came with Novak and that is how they entered my inventory. |
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Let me put my meat on your grill.
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I have mecgar, cmc (shooting star), wilson, springfield, and para (mecgar rebrand AFAIK). They've all done me well feeding 230gr ball and 230gr JHP.
Full disclosure, the 2 1911s I've had both use a fully ramped barrel. |
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I echo e-AR, Longhorn, kchustle and wildearp, above. I have a number of 1911 based handguns and all, I mean all, have experienced at least one issue. Fortunately, most can be traced back to magazine issues and cured with Chip McCormick magazines. Colt Series 80 SS Combat Commander misfeeds with Colt magazines? Cured with the McCormick SS magazines. Colt Gold Cup National Match acting up? Cured with blued McCormick magazines. Purchased a Colt Satin Nickel Combat Commander in 9mm. Bought Chip McCormick 9mm SS magazines before the gun even arrived. Just picked up a RR 1911 from CMP and it ran great with the Chip McCormick magazines. Downside? They are very unobtainable now. Ordered five from Brownells just yesterday and they cut the order to just two. At least I got two.
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I just bought a Kimber Stainless II this past Saturday. I have some Checkmate and Ed Brown mags inbound. I’ll let ya know when I’ve
been able to test them. |
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No one can force me to run into a burning building....I'm a Volunteer!
What if.....Volunteer FireFighters.....Did not Volunteer? |
I have used Kimber, Wilson, Colt and Chip McCormick mags over the years. I now only purchase Tripp research mags, hands down the best made as far as I’m concerned.
https://www.trippresearchinc.com |
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I suggest buying some non Kimber mags. That way you can isolate any problems. If the gun runs well, then test the Kimber mags out.
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Originally Posted By kchustle: CMC power mags are my go to on my 1911. I haven't ever even considered buying more factory mags View Quote Yup CMC mags are all I use. I started with 8 round CMC Shooting Star mags in 1990's and never had any issues with them in any of my 1911 pistols. Wilson mags worked great too but I noticed their springs wore out faster than CMC mags so most of my 1911 mags were CMC Shooting Star with few Wilson. When CMC Power Mags came out I sold all my Shooting Star and Wilson mags and purchased bunch of Power Mags. Now 20 years later I still use Power Mags. I make an exception with my compact 1911 pistols...I only use Wilson mags in my Officer/Ultra Carry pistols as I have found them to be most reliable but they do require frequent spring change. |
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I've not had any reliability problems from mine (all officer size .45acp). I say as long as they work, use them. If not, ditch them for something else. I see no point in throwing good mags into a box and replacing them just because of the name on them.
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