Update:
I went into H and H today and spoke to them about the problems feeding the Springfield the factory magazine has. I attempted to buy two Wilson 47D's in 7 round and the only Wilson's they had were the 10 rounders and that would have been too large for carry in my gun though nice when at the range so I decided not to buy the wilson 10 rounder due to the size.
I wish I could remember the person's name I spoke to at H and H because they did an excellent job helping me. The clerk recommended two Metalform Cobramag Elite in 8 round capacity with a rounded followers and he allowed me to test the hollow points in them before purchasing. They worked great. In fact the action was smoother in the slide and feeding than in the factory magazine not to mention that they actually fed the hollow points. The Magazines came with a nice nylon mag pouch that you can wear on your belt in the upward or sideways position. the Pouches also allow for attachment to a Mollie Tactical Vest.
I took the gun out and because of the weather only got to shoot a box of 50 FMJ and 8 JHP through the gun. in the 58 shots I did not experience any fail to feed's, fail to fire, or fail to eject malfunctions.
The gun handles fantastically, it's recoil is minimal. In fact I would say that the felt recoil is less than what I experience in my Glock 31 chambered in .357 sig and even some 9mm I have shot in a polymer frame guns. The gun came back onto target very fast and made for good follow up shots when shotting semi rapid fire.
The sights were good and gave a decent sight picture. I was able to achieve 1.50 5 shot groupings at 20 yards with the gun shooting two handed slow and deliberate. Though the gun did seem to be shooting a slight bit high of center about one inch.
I think I will get a good smith to do a reliability package done to the gun as this will end up being my primary off duty carry gun. I did notice that even with the new magazines that hollow points were not smooth to chamber and upon close examination of the gun I think the feed ramp and feed throat need some polishing and tweaking.
I was unhappy but I am getting happier. I still plan on speaking with Springfield and letting them know how unhappy I am with the quality of their magazines out of the box though I have a feeling that it will not get me anywhere.
Just out of curiosity does anyone know what a reliability package to a 1911 consists of and what the going price for one would be?
I went into H and H today and spoke to them about the problems feeding the Springfield the factory magazine has. I attempted to buy two Wilson 47D's in 7 round and the only Wilson's they had were the 10 rounders and that would have been too large for carry in my gun though nice when at the range so I decided not to buy the wilson 10 rounder due to the size.
I wish I could remember the person's name I spoke to at H and H because they did an excellent job helping me. The clerk recommended two Metalform Cobramag Elite in 8 round capacity with a rounded followers and he allowed me to test the hollow points in them before purchasing. They worked great. In fact the action was smoother in the slide and feeding than in the factory magazine not to mention that they actually fed the hollow points. The Magazines came with a nice nylon mag pouch that you can wear on your belt in the upward or sideways position. the Pouches also allow for attachment to a Mollie Tactical Vest.
I took the gun out and because of the weather only got to shoot a box of 50 FMJ and 8 JHP through the gun. in the 58 shots I did not experience any fail to feed's, fail to fire, or fail to eject malfunctions.
The gun handles fantastically, it's recoil is minimal. In fact I would say that the felt recoil is less than what I experience in my Glock 31 chambered in .357 sig and even some 9mm I have shot in a polymer frame guns. The gun came back onto target very fast and made for good follow up shots when shotting semi rapid fire.
The sights were good and gave a decent sight picture. I was able to achieve 1.50 5 shot groupings at 20 yards with the gun shooting two handed slow and deliberate. Though the gun did seem to be shooting a slight bit high of center about one inch.
I think I will get a good smith to do a reliability package done to the gun as this will end up being my primary off duty carry gun. I did notice that even with the new magazines that hollow points were not smooth to chamber and upon close examination of the gun I think the feed ramp and feed throat need some polishing and tweaking.
I was unhappy but I am getting happier. I still plan on speaking with Springfield and letting them know how unhappy I am with the quality of their magazines out of the box though I have a feeling that it will not get me anywhere.
Just out of curiosity does anyone know what a reliability package to a 1911 consists of and what the going price for one would be?