Pretty much just mag spring strength. 47Ds are marginal to begin with. They were never meant to feed full power ammo.
Pretty much just mag spring strength. 47Ds are marginal to begin with. They were never meant to feed full power ammo.
One of the reasons that I've decided to move all my Wilson mags over to being ETM-Vs, or at least their HD/+P versions with the better springs. The ETM-Vs are pricey and it'll take me some time to replace my HD/+Ps with them, but it'll be worth it I think.Originally Posted by M2CattleCo
I asked them if they had any plans to sell the ETM-V follower separately and as of my query, that was not in the works, sadly...
I’ve upgraded all my 47D’s with Tripp Super Seven kits and have ETM’s as well.
When you stated “inertia puke rounds into the chamber” I was thinking more along the lines of weak feed lips letting rounds loose. Now I think I see where you’re going. Thanks.
Can’t remember ever having problems with the ETMs I have, and I’ve recently done the same mod with my two 47Ds. Everything works great so far. I’m thinking all my future .45 mag purchases will be regular 47s for range use, and then metal baseplate 47s and ETMs for carry mags.
The very “meh” Kimber mags I still have are getting relegated to dry fire use and may eventually end up going through Ed Brown’s exchange program to become a few more of their 9mm mags.
I only have 1 47D. The rest are 47s, ETMs or Vickers
They’re better but they’re still marginal. They sell the flatwire kits for the ETMs now. The 47+p spring and follower is the same as the 47 10 round and they work very well in the ETMs too but makes them a 7 rounder.
Far out!
I was perusing the below video where Hilton Yam talks about issues with grip panel thickness, at around the 5:00-6:35 mark:
Quite a few folks on here, along with myself, feel that they benefit from thin grip panels.
So, my question: Is there any disadvantage to pairing a thin RH panel with a standard-thickness LH panel? This seems like it would give you the strong-handed purchase and trigger reach you would want with the thin panels, yet give added surface area for support hand purchase, while retaining the plunger support. If you used VZ panels, their universal bushings are supposed to work with both thick and thin grips:
https://vzgrips.com/products/1911-gr...universal.html
One obvious downside would be paying for two sets of grip panels, only to discard one of each......unless you convinced a LH shooting buddy of the utility, I suppose.
Any thoughts?
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That sounds like something you could try before buy with shims or building up the grip outer surface. Stare at a piece of carboard sitting next to a roll of duct tape, something will come to you.
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