9mm 1911 mags

[tomme boy]

Anyone have any experience with Mec Gar magazines? I need to order some new ones and found some for a fair price.

[376Steyr]

Yeah. Save your money and buy a Original Factory Colt one instead. I've tried a couple of different after-market 1911 9mm magazines and while there may be one that fits, feeds, ejects, and works the slide stop, I haven't found it yet.

[patsher]

Mec Gar makes GREAT magazines, in my experience! Mec Gar made the ones which came with my brand-new Sig. And they makes the factory mags you buy from the Sig factory. I also use them in my CZ 45. Their quality control is outstanding, in my experience.

[xacex]

I am using metalform mags in my 9mm 1911 without problems. The ones I have are the plane Jane blues with the flat metal follower. The follower has a ramp at the end to keep the round from nosing down. I tried using the plastic follower 38 super mags for 9mm, but didn't have any luck. I believe I read somewhere that metalform manufactures the factory colt magazines.

[ReloaderFred]

MecGar makes OEM magazines for several different manufacturers. All the magazines I've gotten from MecGar have worked flawlessly. I've got them for Witnesses, Springfields, S&W's, 1911's and one Sig. None of them have ever failed to work for me.

Hope this helps.

Fred

[MtGun44]

No experience with that particular mag, but MecGar is a top quality maker, very many
OEMs source their mags from MecGar.

Bill

[wrench]

I use Metalforms in my 9mm STI Spartan, they work great.

[wv109323]

Metalform makes a lot of the OEM magazines for Colt. They are top of the line and usually less expensive than others. I have them in .45 ACP and .38 Super for the 1011. I have no experience with Mec Gar.
Springfield Armory has a twist on 9mm Magazines that no one else has. Due to the shorter length of the 9mm cartridge they put a spacer in the rear of their 9mm Magazines.

[MtGun44]

I don't own a 9mm 1911 (seems a travesty somehow. . . . ;-) ) but I think the Colt 9mm mags have a spacer behind the cartridges, too.

Bill

[Dannix]

From what I've read, Mec Gar is the standard by which others are compared for the FN HiPower.

[ebner glocken]

Mec Gar makes OEM mags for CZ. Between Mec Gar, Check Mate, and magpull mags I've personally had zero problems as far as aftermarket is concerned. There have been a few instances that only OEM has done well for me: glock, magnum reasearch (desert eagle), ruger (22s), high standard (22s). I'm sure there's others that I have no experience with.

Ebner

[captaint]

My Dan Wesson PM-9 came with Checkmate mags. While I have heard of some folks having problems with them, mine have been flawless. Just my experience. enjoy Mike