So, grabbed a sweet 1911TA for a great deal. Got a bunch of random mags too, which is where my questions start. Got it from a friend that likes guns, but is not a gun geek like myself…I’m very geeky on most modern firearms but other than shooting a few I’ve never delved deep into them, until now!
Other than factory SW mags, most of the mags have a ‘pachmayr(r)’ rubber baseplate pad, other side made in USA. 6 of the mags say cold 45, have the pony. 5 of them have ‘M’ on upper corner. One doesn’t have any letter indicating place of manufacture? Most are all blued steel, seem to lack the blue by the baseplate?? One is silver in color, maybe aluminized steel?? It’s magnetic but has an aluminum looking finish??
The one ‘colt’ mag, has same construction and then lack of good bluing on the bottom 1/4-3/8 of the mag just says ‘colt 45 auto’ and no letter, and no pony. Is this a colt mag?
Then there are a bunch of ones blued and stainless, with the pachmyayr base pads that have zero (so far) identifiable marks other than on the base pad. Some have basically identical followers to the colts, a few have domed followers?? No markings I can see.
Then there are a few ‘devel’ mags. They have a ‘duck billed’ follower??
The ones I’ve tried seem to work perfectly.
I’m just a 1911 newb and looking for more background on these metal boxes with springs…..ohhh, and then there are the unmarked extended mags….
I need some learning on 1911s, specifically the mags!
Other than factory SW mags, most of the mags have a ‘pachmayr(r)’ rubber baseplate pad, other side made in USA. 6 of the mags say cold 45, have the pony. 5 of them have ‘M’ on upper corner. One doesn’t have any letter indicating place of manufacture? Most are all blued steel, seem to lack the blue by the baseplate?? One is silver in color, maybe aluminized steel?? It’s magnetic but has an aluminum looking finish??
The one ‘colt’ mag, has same construction and then lack of good bluing on the bottom 1/4-3/8 of the mag just says ‘colt 45 auto’ and no letter, and no pony. Is this a colt mag?
Then there are a bunch of ones blued and stainless, with the pachmyayr base pads that have zero (so far) identifiable marks other than on the base pad. Some have basically identical followers to the colts, a few have domed followers?? No markings I can see.
Then there are a few ‘devel’ mags. They have a ‘duck billed’ follower??
The ones I’ve tried seem to work perfectly.
I’m just a 1911 newb and looking for more background on these metal boxes with springs…..ohhh, and then there are the unmarked extended mags….
I need some learning on 1911s, specifically the mags!