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Every one of my Wilsons gave me 100% reliability.
Out of three CMCs, two consistently self-destructed on me during matches & practical shooting drills and the rebuild kits sent to me didn't fix the problem.
The stock Kimber mag that came with my old Custom II worked just fine for a plain-Jane 7-round steel magazine.
Definitely Wilson!
I have historically used Wilson Combat 47D with very good results.
I recently purchased new pairs each of: Nighthawk Custom, Tripp Cobramag, Wilson EMT to test and will be running 1k rounds down my new 1911 to break it in before sending it off to get some bad-a** coating done on it (DLC, Melonite, or Hard Chrome-brushed..yet to make up my mind).
I'll be happy to post the results of the testing when completed if anyone is interested.
Thanks.
I like the Tripp mags. I run in USPSA single stack and demand the highest level of perfomance. The Tripps are really well made, have good followers, good springs and are easy to disassemble for cleaning. For competition, I picked up a set of the Dawson Precision aluminum base pads, which I really like too. My runner up mags are the McGar 8rd stainless. These are the same as the Novak/Act mags, but the stainless models don't crack. They can be difficult to find sometimes, but the stainless McGars work really well and have held up for years of competition. The reason I prefer the Tripps is because they hold the nose of the first round just a little higher for slightly smoother feeding (similar to Wilson). Wilson mags work great, but are more work too disassemble and the 47Ds are have to really be smacked in to ensure they seat properly. One less thing to worry about with Tripp mags.
I have a kimber mag and some wilsons... and the strangest thing happens with them. The wilsons feed my golden sabers and DPX like a champ, but occasionally fail to feed the last round of fmj! My kimber mag feeds fmj and golden sabers with no problem but refuses to feed the first round of DPX... guess it depends on the combination of ammo, magazine, and gun together ranther than just the gun and mag combo.
In my pistols colt and wilson feed the best for me
The Novaks are the best mags I have ever used.