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That 1947 Colt we was shootin' the other day?
The OG style mags that came with the gun ran great.
The 8-shot, stainless, Nighthawk brand mag...
Not so much.
The last round would fail to eject and the slide would munch the spent case about half the time.
I don't think that's acceptable for a $40 magazine.
I've noticed that my WWII made Remington Rand and my Springfield GI work fine with the Chip McCormick 8 round mags, but my Ballester Molina does not seem to like them. It will run all day with any of the generic GI style 7 rounders, as long as you use the right profile bullets (and jacketed, not cast). It likes round nose ball but does not like Gold Dot (flying ash trays) or some other hollow points. It does love Hornady Zonbie Max though, I don't know if it is the profile that feeds well or because of the plastic tip filling the hollow point. It does not like the thin copper plated (Berry's style) bullets even though they have the same profile as jacketed ball. The Remington Rand is not quite as picky as the Ballester Molina, but it also does not like Gold Dots, although the copper plated ones feed OK. The Springfield GI will digest anything thrown at it, but it has a noticeably different feed ramp profile than military spec (the "GI" part was mostly a marketing gimick) and the barrel throat and the ejection port on the Springfield are also very commercial 1911 in style. Oh, one other thing about the Ballester, it got more picky about ammo when I replaced the well worn original barrel (inside looked like a sewer pipe) with an extremely tight match barrel that I hand fitted (file a little, test, file, test). It was worth watever because it went from a bad military 1911 rattle to tight as a drum, and the effects on accuracy were similarly improved.
ReplyDeletethe further you stray from the original 1911 specs, the worse off you get. 8rd mags, guide rods, buffers, tightening tolerances, etc, are a recipe for a jam-o-matic. Decades of gun companies and custom smiths "improving" the design have given the 1911 a bad rep. Keep it to original specs and you're fine. But finding one made to original spec? Good luck . -Jking
ReplyDeleteThis may be a clue that the extractor tension is borderline, and the G.I. mag is taking up the shortfall.
ReplyDeleteNext time she's down I will check it. It's probably not a big deal since it's a cherished heirloom rather than a daily use pistol.
DeleteShe's packing a P365 on the normal.
Also, the beaded bracelets and a .45 automatic, priceless.
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