Magazine question...?

[Gary G23]

I would load them with 14 rounds, mainly because it is easier to get the mag seated during a fast reload if they are slightly downloaded.

[Tony Mig]

At 47 years old, I'm still too young to start using those mag loaders, being a guitar player, and working man, my digits are still pretty strong. With that said, I do have a hard time getting that 15th round in there. I found that loading them with 10, tapping the mag on the shooting bench, then loading the last 5 helps as it seems to be more of an issue with the rounds not staggering right, then with the spring tension.

The reasons I asked this question is, I had heard this was an issue with the older 1911's, and being a wheel gun man that's not used to dealing with magazines, I should ask those who would know bet than I....

Thanks for the advice guys, for now I have 10 rounds of standard ball ammo in each of my 3 magazines. Today I plan to pick up a couple cases of Remington-UMC for the range, and will look at what personal defense rounds this supplier has to offer. As much as hollow points are viewed as excessive force in "The Democratic People's Republic of New Jersey", I prefer to use them in the home to avoid over penetration. I know our local law enforcement uses Speer Gold Dots, so if I also use the same, it will diffuse any liberal prosicutor's claims to excess force.....

[sjp2452]

Originally Posted by Tony Mig

I know our local law enforcement uses Speer Gold Dots, so if I also use the same, it will diffuse any liberal prosicutor's claims to excess force.....

Bingo!

My advice would be don't just leave the mags loaded--get a speedloader and as your watching TV just sit there and load, empty, load, empty, load, empty... Work the springs as much as possible. I'm an electrical engineer and not mechanical, so take this for what its worth...just seems to me that by working the magazine you'll wind up with a more even expansion force curve. I've had issues with my hi-cap .40 mag--the spring seems to push a little harder as the follower gets close to the top of the mag (as it empties). This has caused feeding problems, and I'm still not able to trust that mag (still using 10 rounders that have proven themselves). I'm hoping that by continually working the spring that the expansion force of the spring will even out.