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ranburr · 03-17-2006, 10:05 PM

I have only fired 100 rounds of ball factory ammo through my 4" .45. The followers on both magazines are getting chewed up. The damage appears to be right where the bullet and the shell case meet and it is a line across the follower. It functions fine and I don't think it is an ammo issue since it happened with Fiocchi and Federal. I am talking about fairly substantial gouges on both followers. Has anyone else experienced this?

ranburr

.45shooter · 03-18-2006, 07:20 PM

I have the same gouges on my followers, but it doesn't seem to affect anything.

happygunner · 03-19-2006, 09:31 AM

I checked both of my Mags. and found no gouges or any sign of problems. There has to be something wrong with the type Ammo. you used.

.45shooter · 03-19-2006, 09:45 AM

Mine isn't so much a huge "gouge" as it is a small dent that runs across the follower in that general area. I noticed this pretty early on and I was using Winchester and Remington ammo, which almost everybody uses, so I don't see how it is an "ammunition problem". I just figured it was from the pressure the edge of the casing puts on the follower when you push the first round into the magazine when loading it (I generally don't bother to use the mag loader), or from the fact that the follower acts as part of the extraction system. In any case, it hasn't caused any problems.

ranburr · 03-19-2006, 10:08 AM

It is not an ammo issue for me. I have now used four different brands of factory ball ammo. It is happening with all of them.

ranburr

happygunner · 03-19-2006, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ranburr

It is not an ammo issue for me. I have now used four different brands of factory ball ammo. It is happening with all of them.

ranburr

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Are they SA factory Mags? If so I would ask SA to check the quality of the material the followers are made of as they could be at fault.

Delija · 03-19-2006, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ranburr

I have only fired 100 rounds of ball factory ammo through my 4" .45. The followers on both magazines are getting chewed up. The damage appears to be right where the bullet and the shell case meet and it is a line across the follower. It functions fine and I don't think it is an ammo issue since it happened with Fiocchi and Federal. I am talking about fairly substantial gouges on both followers. Has anyone else experienced this?

ranburr

This is hard for me to imagine. What kind of magazines? What are the followers made of?

A normal 1911 follower (the way Browning designed them) has a metal follower with a "dimple" that pushes the last round up and away from the surface of the follower.

I don't know if your followers don't have this "dimple" if that's the cause of the problem. I cannot imagine a metal follower getting "chewed up" in any event.

I could be wrong about the purpose of the "dimple". I do know the "dimple" is there because it's supposed to be. Part of the design. Everything in the design has a purpose (whether I know what the purpose is or not).

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Peace,
D.

happygunner · 03-19-2006, 12:16 PM

Quote:

This is hard for me to imagine. What kind of magazines? What are the followers made of?

A normal 1911 follower (the way Browning designed them) has a metal follower with a "dimple" that pushes the last round up and away from the surface of the follower.

I don't know if your followers don't have this "dimple" if that's the cause of the problem. I cannot imagine a metal follower getting "chewed up" in any event.

I could be wrong about the purpose of the "dimple". I do know the "dimple" is there because it's supposed to be. Part of the design. Everything in the design has a purpose (whether I know what the purpose is or not).

.

Peace,
D.[/quote]
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First 1911 Mags.:
If it were a non-alloy frame 1911 the all metal follower would be fine but the metal follower in many 1911 Mags have damaged the 1911s with Alloy frames.

Second:
His (ranburr) XD-45 is not a 1911 and it's factory SA Mags come with non-metal followers not metal follower.

Delija · 03-19-2006, 12:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by happygunner

His (ranburr) XD-45 is not a 1911 and it's factory SA Mags come with non-metal followers not metal follower.

Oooooooops....my mistake. Don't know why I thought it was a 1911. Must be seeing things. (Or NOT seeing things)

Peace,
D.

happygunner · 03-19-2006, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delija

Quote:

Originally Posted by happygunner

His (ranburr) XD-45 is not a 1911 and it's factory SA Mags come with non-metal followers not metal follower.

Oooooooops....my mistake. Don't know why I thought it was a 1911. Must be seeing things. (Or NOT seeing things)

Peace,
D.

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Well SA does sell 1911s so it's not hard to get confused when discussing Mags and other items.

03-17-2006, 10:05 PM	#1
ranburr XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: TX Posts: 242	.45 Mag Followers I have only fired 100 rounds of ball factory ammo through my 4" .45. The followers on both magazines are getting chewed up. The damage appears to be right where the bullet and the shell case meet and it is a line across the follower. It functions fine and I don't think it is an ammo issue since it happened with Fiocchi and Federal. I am talking about fairly substantial gouges on both followers. Has anyone else experienced this? ranburr

03-18-2006, 07:20 PM	#2
.45shooter XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 133	I have the same gouges on my followers, but it doesn't seem to affect anything. __________________ XD45 Service, Oly AR-15, Springfield XD45acp, RIA 1911, Kel-tec P3AT, Ruger MKIII Target, Mossberg 500 12ga., Marlin M60, American Arms DB 12ga.

03-19-2006, 09:31 AM	#3
happygunner XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Houston Tx Posts: 1,139	Mine are OK I checked both of my Mags. and found no gouges or any sign of problems. There has to be something wrong with the type Ammo. you used.

03-19-2006, 09:45 AM	#4
.45shooter XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 133	Mine isn't so much a huge "gouge" as it is a small dent that runs across the follower in that general area. I noticed this pretty early on and I was using Winchester and Remington ammo, which almost everybody uses, so I don't see how it is an "ammunition problem". I just figured it was from the pressure the edge of the casing puts on the follower when you push the first round into the magazine when loading it (I generally don't bother to use the mag loader), or from the fact that the follower acts as part of the extraction system. In any case, it hasn't caused any problems. __________________ XD45 Service, Oly AR-15, Springfield XD45acp, RIA 1911, Kel-tec P3AT, Ruger MKIII Target, Mossberg 500 12ga., Marlin M60, American Arms DB 12ga.

03-19-2006, 12:16 PM	#8
happygunner XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Houston Tx Posts: 1,139	Re: .45 Mag Followers Quote: This is hard for me to imagine. What kind of magazines? What are the followers made of? A normal 1911 follower (the way Browning designed them) has a metal follower with a "dimple" that pushes the last round up and away from the surface of the follower. I don't know if your followers don't have this "dimple" if that's the cause of the problem. I cannot imagine a metal follower getting "chewed up" in any event. I could be wrong about the purpose of the "dimple". I do know the "dimple" is there because it's supposed to be. Part of the design. Everything in the design has a purpose (whether I know what the purpose is or not). . Peace, D.[/quote] ========== First 1911 Mags.: If it were a non-alloy frame 1911 the all metal follower would be fine but the metal follower in many 1911 Mags have damaged the 1911s with Alloy frames. Second: His (ranburr) XD-45 is not a 1911 and it's factory SA Mags come with non-metal followers not metal follower.

03-19-2006, 10:08 AM	#5
ranburr XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: TX Posts: 242	It is not an ammo issue for me. I have now used four different brands of factory ball ammo. It is happening with all of them. ranburr

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