Magazine followers sticking

What magazines are you guys using??  I have some springfield armory mags and the followers are getting stuck. They are not pushing the rounds up. Causing malfunctions.

Take em apart and clean them.
Stan

and install new springs.

I swapped out the followers in my springfield mags. Never liked them much.

jeffcamis wrote:What magazines are you guys using??  I have some springfield armory mags and the followers are getting stuck. They are not pushing the rounds up. Causing malfunctions.

I have used magazines from every major manufacturer since 1981 and my favorites are Checkmate.  I have ~50 of them now and prefer them over Wilson, Tripp, and McCormick.  However, Checkmate's QC is not the best and from time to time I've had problems with specific mags.  Years ago I got fed up and set out to discover what was causing these problems.  Once I figured it out I did a simple tweak to the problem mags and they've been perfect ever since.

Here are a bunch of disjointed posts on my musings concerning Checkmate mags that may help you.

https://forums.1911forum.com/showpost.php?p=12984060&postcount=6
https://forums.1911forum.com/showpost.php?p=12857726&postcount=2
https://forums.1911forum.com/showpost.php?p=12839064&postcount=12
https://forums.1911forum.com/showpost.php?p=12833420
https://forums.1911forum.com/showpost.php?p=12645194&postcount=20
https://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=982578
https://www.1911forum.com/threads/slide-failure-to-lock-open-on-an-empty-magazine-new-cause.982578/#post-12718406

Sounds like they need to be cleaned. I use a combination of Springfield, Wilson, and Metalform mags depending on the gun. I try to keep oil away from the mags as it will accelerate the collection of dirt and dust.

Metalform all the way. I run them dry. Never an issue.

Steve in Allentown wrote:I have used magazines from every major manufacturer since 1981 and my favorites are Checkmate.

My Springfield Armory 1911 came with Checkmate mags a few years ago. I've had good luck with them, but the floorplate is not removable so cleaning is a one-way affair. Also the tapped hole in the floorplate has a very odd diameter, somewhere between 4-40 and 5-40, so it has been tricky to add a bumper.

orpheoet wrote:Metalform all the way. I run them dry. Never an issue.

Until the welded base pops off in the middle of a RF string. Ask me how I know lol. I now only use Wilson mags with removable bottoms, stronger and easier to clean.

zanemoseley wrote:

orpheoet wrote:Metalform all the way. I run them dry. Never an issue.

Until the welded base pops off in the middle of a RF string. Ask me how I know lol. I now only use Wilson mags with removable bottoms, stronger and easier to clean.

 I had the bottom plates dump out at 2 matches, I called Metalform and they sent me their removable bottom mags at no cost. The old ones I tig welded back on and they work perfectly and reliably.
Stan