clip advice needed

[nwcatman]

have a 1911 series 70 .45 commander that has started short stroking. replaced the springs and that helped a lot EXCEPT for my 3 bill wilson clips. sorry if that offends someone but it is what it is. a no name generic clip feeds ammo like crazy, no mangled cases. anyone have any preferences for clip brands that i don't have to mortgage the house to buy? thanks!

[geminidglocker]

You mean the Magazine, right??? Sorry, but somebody is bound to say it.:D

[Marcus L.]

You mean the Magazine, right??? Sorry, but somebody is bound to say it.:D

Clips are used to hold cartridges together for quick loading, magazines are used to hold cartridges for feeding into the guns’ chamber :D

[silentsod]

I can't believe I was this slow.

Get a variety of McCormick, Tripp, and GI mags test them and see which ones work in your pistol.

One of the downsides of the 1911 in this day and age is a wide variance among magazines as well as individual examples of the pistol.

[nwcatman]

no, a clip is what holds the rounds in my guns. a magazine is what i buy to read about the guns that hold my clips in em. so there.

[bkb0000]

no, a clip is what holds the rounds in my guns. a magazine is what i buy to read about the guns that hold my clips in em. so there.

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! YOU DIE!

[nwcatman]

liked that one did ya?

[Robb Jensen]

Clip feeds the magazine, magazine feeds the gun.

Jeff Cooper said it best: "if it is a spring it's a clip", "if it contains a spring it's a magazine."

[Business_Casual]

First, when you say you "replaced the springs" do you mean the recoil spring or the magazine springs?

Second, I've had very good luck with Colt and Chip McCormick magazines.

[Evil Colt 6920]

no, a clip is what holds the rounds in my guns. a magazine is what i buy to read about the guns that hold my clips in em. so there.

This site has some folks with a LOT of professional experience. If it says Industry Professional under their name, you should listen to what they have to say. You dont get that title here just by being a post whore, they have earned that title by other means. Dont take them for granted, they are NOT getting paid to give you the CORRECT info.

[Robb Jensen]

have a 1911 series 70 .45 commander that has started short stroking. replaced the springs and that helped a lot EXCEPT for my 3 bill wilson clips. sorry if that offends someone but it is what it is. a no name generic clip feeds ammo like crazy, no mangled cases. anyone have any preferences for clip brands that i don't have to mortgage the house to buy? thanks!

How did you test for short stroking?

[Dave Berryhill]

I'd suggest trying one of these:
http://u-t-g.com/zen/images/manufacturers/tl-mg10-m.jpg

;)

[Robb Jensen]

I'd suggest trying one of these:
http://u-t-g.com/zen/images/manufacturers/tl-mg10-m.jpg

;)

Enbloc clips which feed the internal magazine in a M1 Garand.

[MarshallDodge]

Well if you do a search online for 1911 clip you may not find as much as if you search for 1911 magazine. ;)

Chip McCormick Shooting Stars work really well in my 5" 1911's and run about $15. I like his Power Mags for the 4" and 5"guns and they are a little more at around $20.

[ToddG]

The clip vs. magazine debate is one of hobbyist jargon and not denotation. It is perfectly acceptable, in the English language, to refer to the ammunition feeding device of a 1911 as a "clip" no matter how inelegant it sounds to gun aficionados.

Merriam Webster (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clip)
Main Entry: 2clip
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
2 : a device to hold cartridges for charging the magazines of some rifles; also : a magazine from which ammunition is fed into the chamber of a firearm

Or

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
cartridge clip
n. A metal container or frame for holding cartridges to be loaded into an automatic rifle or pistol. Also called ammunition clip.

[geminidglocker]

See how easy this was? or could have been?
I second the Vote for Chip McCormick, they are without equal in my book.

[nwcatman]

c'mon guys, lighten up! clip/magazine, whatever. we all got bigger problems than being politically correct about a description/title. least i do!!

pirate-i replaced the recoil and firing pin spring.

gotm4- on the last round out of the clip/mag. the brass was being smashed front to back. last brass only. was told by a gunsmith that it is called "short stroking".

evil colt-never mind.

all the rest-thank you!

[DWood]

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h264/DWood13/clipsvsmags.jpg

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h264/DWood13/clipandmagar15.jpg

[Jay Cunningham]

Enough nonsense.

[Robb Jensen]

You may need new mags springs. However if your extractor tension is set correctly it should eject without a magazine even in the pistol.