Browning designed the 1911 as a complete package which includes the 7 round magazine. Change any one item and you have changed the package. I use 7 round magazines as I try to stay as close to the original design as possible. If others use larger capacity magazines with no problem in the 1911 I say good for them.
Take note:
The transvestite/dumbfugg community endorses 7 round mags.
Thanks, derb.
Travis
...guess that means me.
My experience with 8 round .45 and 10 round .38 Super magazines has been less than gratifying unless one uses a magazine that is designed for 8 rounds.
When I carry a 1911 I want a baseplate that is flat to the bottom of the gun with no bumberpad sticking down as originally designed. No need for a pad as the magazine is already in the gun and any extension just adds to the printing of the butt area. Rubber pads can also drag and catch on clothing....just no need for them.
That said when using an original design flat bottom magazine body one has to use a modified follower/spring to get the extra round into the magazine body, 8 for a .45 and 10 for a Super. When doing so there is the ZERO compression space left and the last round has to be shoved in.
If one wants to top off the mag to take advantage of the extra round the magazine when one puts the mag back in, it has to quite forcefully driven home...why, because there is no compression as originally designed. The top round on the magazine is now exerting excessive pressure on the underside of the slide and on the magazine release. This excessive drag can cause a first round malfunction because the original design was made to have the top round in contact with the slide compressed down to the top of the feed lips of the magazine. Then as the slide comes back the top round pops up and can then be stripped off the mag lips as the slide goes forward.
Also try and run and do a slide forward reload with a 1911 magazine that has zero compression left in the magazine and usually it won't seat in place and you'll get one round off and then the unseated magazine falls out of the gun or is sitting there waiting for a tap/rack.
Top quality properly designed 8 round mags all have extended baseplates that allow for the proper amount of compression of the top round when seated in the gun. For me this is fine for backup mags but as stated I am willing to sacrifice one round in the mag to have a gun with less print....YMMV.
Bob
