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Seven vs Eight-Why it matters!

Agree, kinda. Lots of good shooters with lots of good cartridges out here. Some even shoot ported or comped 9mm handguns. Plenty of "my way or the highway" in this forum. The "Band Wagon" likes to talk about the mighty recoil of the 9mm needing to be tamed by ports and such. You know who you are, the work on your grip crew.if seven rounds are good for you, rock on. I am one of those fast shooting "fairies" mentioned in a previous post, you know,6 in the A zone under 2 seconds. Not trying to be a little biatch but I am overdosing on the Fuddism lately. Live a little, it will do ya good. Peace
 
SL66 said:
Agree, kinda. Lots of good shooters with lots of good cartridges out here. Some even shoot ported or comped 9mm handguns. Plenty of "my way or the highway" in this forum. The "Band Wagon" likes to talk about the mighty recoil of the 9mm needing to be tamed by ports and such. You know who you are, the work on your grip crew.if seven rounds are good for you, rock on. I am one of those fast shooting "fairies" mentioned in a previous post, you know,6 in the A zone under 2 seconds. Not trying to be a little biatch but I am overdosing on the Fuddism lately. Live a little, it will do ya good. Peace
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Well, work on your grip and you could do 7 in 1.7 seconds 🤪🤪🤪😉🤠
 
I've been shooting and carrying 1911s for a lot of years. All I use for carry or competition is the Wilson 8 rounders.
I have a bunch of Ed brown and a few other 8 rounders for range use.
I've never had a problem with any of them.
 
@Winchester67 - No fair! You started this thread before I joined! LOL. I'll just add my 2 cents worth. I use the Wilson # 47 7 rounders for my 1911s having a normal mag well add on (unless it's the Stan Chen mag well that involves shortening the grip portion of the frame). Depending on how I'm carrying it, I've found that I can conceal the butt of a 1911 WITH a mag well almost as easily as one without. BUT... without IS a little easier to conceal.

It might be heresy now, but for my 1911s WITHOUT a mag well add-on, I use the 7 round GI magazines from Checkmate Industries. To my knowledge, Checkmate is the only manufacturer that is producing these. They're made just like the mags in the first 1911s that rolled off Colt's production lines. The only "shortcut" that Checkmate does is that everything including the base plate is welded. They feed super reliable, they have the "proper" dimpled GI 7 round follower, spring and the true, honest-to-goodness GI feed lip shape. I made a large bulk purchase of these from Checkmate and received a VERY nice discount on the purchase. It will take the remainder of my lifetime to use these up, and my children and grandchildren will likely still have a supply.
 
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Red Goat, I agree true GI mags are good to go and I have had good luck with Checkmate. The main reason I like the Wilson #47 is they can be disassembled easily for cleaning and applying a coat of automotive paste wax on the inside.
 
Winchester67 said:
Red Goat, I agree true GI mags are good to go and I have had good luck with Checkmate. The main reason I like the Wilson #47 is they can be disassembled easily for cleaning and applying a coat of automotive paste wax on the inside.
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The # 47 I think has some aspects that is superior to the original GI mags. I only wish that the # 47 was available with the GI shaped feed lips and follower. I reserve their usage for 1911s with a mag well because of their slight increase in length makes them "just right" for fit. Insert mag and ram it home, it locks in flush. The GI mags (and all others having the same body length) are too short to quickly insert and push to lock in with a mag well unless one "goes the extra mile" and attaches a pad to the base plate to give a little extra length.

I LIKE your notion of waxing the interior of the magazine body. In the past, Checkmate made the GI magazine available with a stainless steel body as well as the usual blued. Now they only offer the blued mag The stainless body was always a bit "slicker." The blued ones arrive from them with a slight "grabby" feel on their surface which only goes away with a bit of cleanup and use. I'd prefer that they be good to go when I take them from the packaging.
 
Stainless is slicker. Why not add wax to make it super slicker? That is one of the old timer tricks that does not cost much money (because you already had paste wax for your car...right?) but it might give you an edge. I personally am all about the edge. I want to always cut enough corners to add up to something. It might not add up, but it makes me feel better.
 
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