Anyone here into firearms?

Ghostvette · 04-06-2020, 09:44 AM

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I found 6 of my 1911 mags that I thought I had forgotten at the range yesterday

Whew.... good 1911 mags are hard to come by. I've been going through mine and half are shot.

Now comes the fun part, finding good springs and followers to fix them....

God-Speed · 04-06-2020, 09:54 AM

Not much into guns as I once was many years ago. Keep a loaded 38 special behind my pillow and a 40 cal auto right under the bed. I have just too many rifles to list. However I need to take a pictures to show you guys a really cool pistol that belonged to my dad. It's a 4 barreled darringer. It's pretty cool.

bunk · 04-06-2020, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Ghostvette

Whew.... good 1911 mags are hard to come by. I've been going through mine and half are shot.

Now comes the fun part, finding good springs and followers to fix them....

Do you keep your mags loaded? I only keep a couple loaded and a few more with 4 rds. I bought a bunch from a gun show, had to nix them. Every one of them gave me a FTF.

Rusty · 04-06-2020, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghostvette

Whew.... good 1911 mags are hard to come by. I've been going through mine and half are shot.

Now comes the fun part, finding good springs and followers to fix them....

I like the Wilson Combat mags for my 1911.

SouthArk370Z · 04-06-2020, 10:25 AM

Has anyone "rebuilt" the spring in a magazine? Ie, adjust to proper length and heat-treat. Would it be more involved than that? Seems like that would be a valuable skill to have if (when?) the SHTF. Just wondering.

bunk · 04-06-2020, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by SouthArk370Z

Has anyone "rebuilt" the spring in a magazine? Ie, adjust to proper length and heat-treat. Would it be more involved than that? Seems like that would be a valuable skill to have if (when?) the SHTF. Just wondering.

Too much work...just have a bunch of mags handy..lol

Ghostvette · 04-06-2020, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by SouthArk370Z

Has anyone "rebuilt" the spring in a magazine? Ie, adjust to proper length and heat-treat. Would it be more involved than that? Seems like that would be a valuable skill to have if (when?) the SHTF. Just wondering.

I'm going the replacement spring route, but I'm not tossing the old springs. You never know....

VABAM · 04-06-2020, 11:56 AM

Speaking of 1911 mags, any of you guys willing to part with some of your old/worn out 1911 mags? Been wanting to make some speed loaders for my .45ACP Ruger Blackhawk. My plans were to buy some "officer" 6 round mags cut down the spring and mod the feed lips to make them easier to use as SAA revolver speed loader. TBH I'd rather mod some worn out mags than brand new ones.

Ghostvette · 04-06-2020, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by VABAM

Speaking of 1911 mags, any of you guys willing to part with some of your old/worn out 1911 mags? Been wanting to make some speed loaders for my .45ACP Ruger Blackhawk. My plans were to buy some "officer" 6 round mags cut down the spring and mod the feed lips to make them easier to use as SAA revolver speed loader. TBH I'd rather mod some worn out mags than brand new ones.

I know I don't have any worn out 'officer' mags, that one is still going strong. I'll poke around and see if I've got some 1911 ones that I've swapped springs & followers on and that didn't fix em. I'll PM you with the results.

VABAM · 04-06-2020, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghostvette

I know I don't have any worn out 'officer' mags, that one is still going strong. I'll poke around and see if I've got some 1911 ones that I've swapped springs & followers on and that didn't fix em. I'll PM you with the results.

Thanks!

bunk · 04-06-2020, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by VABAM

Speaking of 1911 mags, any of you guys willing to part with some of your old/worn out 1911 mags? Been wanting to make some speed loaders for my .45ACP Ruger Blackhawk. My plans were to buy some "officer" 6 round mags cut down the spring and mod the feed lips to make them easier to use as SAA revolver speed loader. TBH I'd rather mod some worn out mags than brand new ones.

You can always buy 10 dollar gun show mags... theyre worthless

VABAM · 04-06-2020, 12:24 PM

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You can always buy 10 dollar gun show mags... theyre worthless

True, but it's going to be awhile until the next gun show.

Hope this virus burns out soon.

bunk · 04-06-2020, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by VABAM

True, but it's going to be awhile until the next gun show.

Hope this virus burns out soon.

Chuck33079 · 04-06-2020, 12:12 PM

Anyone need AR-10 mags? I've got two 20-rd(?) ones left over after my dad swapped his AR-10 for a bolt gun. One's metal and one's polymer.

VABAM · 04-10-2020, 09:47 PM

I wonder how true this is going to be for some of us.

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God-Speed A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Austin, Tx. Posts: 4,366 Drives: Prototype Rep Power: 2684377	Not much into guns as I once was many years ago. Keep a loaded 38 special behind my pillow and a 40 cal auto right under the bed. I have just too many rifles to list. However I need to take a pictures to show you guys a really cool pistol that belonged to my dad. It's a 4 barreled darringer. It's pretty cool.