In .45s I've had great success with Checkmate 8 rounders, with extended base pad, and Chip McCormick 8 round Power Mags. I'd rather take a kick to the balls than waste time with another 47D.
In 9mms, everything tried has run fine thus far: Checkmate, Mecgar, Wilson and Metalform. I think I've settled on Wilson ETMs for carry (spendy) and primarily Metalform 10 rounders as the bulk of my training supply.
We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again.......
It's been difficult to locate checkmate mags, but the brownells .45 mags have worked fine for me.
Anyone know where checkmates can be found? I've come to like the hybrid feed lips more lately.
https://checkmatemagazines.com/produ...ory/magazines/Originally Posted by 45dotACP
I do believe that DW used Check-Mate as the OEM supplier of the magazines that came with my 45 ACP Specialist. I’ll also concede that they’ve been 100% reliable in this pistol when it comes to feeding and locking back the slide…in the paltry 200 rounds that have been fired.
However, and this is a big however - Check-Mate has been of indeterminate quality, and far surpassed by Mec-Gar and a bit surpassed by Metalform, when it comes to the quality and reliability. Specifically, the Meg-Gar Sig P220 magazines are far better than the Check-Mate mags that came with one of my P220s. Check-Mate is much better than ProMag but noticeably less reliably than Mec-Gar which have been essentially flawless. I appreciate that Mec-Gar uses a polymer follower, but their mags have been rock solid in every platform that I’ve used with them.
I like my rifles like my women - short, light, fast, brown, and suppressed.
I ordered mine from Check Mate back in Jan 2022.
(CM45-1911-8-S)
I bought 5 with LE Discount and shipping came out to about $32 ea
If you're going to be a bear….be a GRIZZLY!
Edit to my post - that should be 226, not 220.
I like my rifles like my women - short, light, fast, brown, and suppressed.
My Checkmate 8 rounders have given years of trouble free service. Checkmate Beretta 92 mags on the other hand always proved to be problematic and I ditched them.
In shades of Checkmate, the 9 round Mecgar mags that came with my 9mm Tisas Tank Commander are parkerized, to match the pistol. One had trouble advancing the follower due to grit in the mag when new. A quick disassembly and cleaning cured it, but phosphate on the inside of a magazine? Come on.
We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again.......
The big irony that Checkmate makes great 1911 mags and not great Beretta mags, while MecGar makes great beretta mags and not great 1911 mags
Perhaps a merging of the companies is needed. MecMate?
We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again.......
And their counterpart who can't make any good mags...Check-Gar
Hit the range again today and fired 80 rounds of Federal 230 grain AE and 25 rounds of Speer 230 grain Gold Dot. Zero failures using DW and Wilson ETM mags (all 8-rounders).
Total Rounds Fired: 305
-280 Federal 230 grain AE
- 25 Speer 230 grain Gold Dot
FTF 0; FTE 0; Passed 10-8 Extractor Test
I like my rifles like my women - short, light, fast, brown, and suppressed.
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