Act-Mag works in CW45

[yqtszhj]

FYI, I went out this afternoon shooting and my 7 round officers 1911 Act-Mag will fit and work in my CW45. No modification or anything. It's only 1/4 inch longer and you get 7 rounds.

The Kahr Mag will NOT work in the officer 1911.

[white avenger]

I've been using 6 round Officer's model magazines in my CW45 almost from the day that I bought it. Some of them have ti have some very slight filing along the forward lips, but once that's done, they work great at half the price of Kahr magazines.Also, it's really convenient to have my CW45 handle the same full sized magazines that I use in my lightweight Commander.

[RickC.]

Ordered one today- thanks!

[mr surveyor]

I would be interested to know if the 7 rnd Chip McCormick Shooting Star mags would work in the CW45. I'm seriously considering a CW45 in the near future, and I have 7-8 CM mags with my Kimber Compact.

[CJB]

Isnt there a really long thread on this already?

[bull]

Yes there is another thread on this, 33 pages of it. All very informative. I have also been using Officers ACP magazines. After going through all 33 pages it looks like testing in your own pistol is the best way to tell what will work.
All of the following magazines needed to have the tops re-contoured to work in my CW45. I started out with Metalform 6 round mags. They worked quite well and even locked the slide back 90% of the time. But further reading made me believe that the follower needed to be tweaked to not hit the slide or drag on the poly frame. That worked, and so I thought maybe I could bent the lower leg of the follower up a little to improve the lock back. Well I did learn that those followers are a little brittle. Snapped the lower leg right off. I tried a Chip McCormick follower from a 1911 magazine, it fed well, but wouldn't lock back. So I had read that some of the Wilson nylon followers worked, so I ordered a couple of follower and spring kits, #19. When I was ordering I thought I would try a Wilson 6 round that was on sale. The Wilson mag works maybe better than the factory, and is flush. This is the Wilson #609 Service Magazine Plus. And the Wilson follower and spring in the Metalform body works great too. In the other thread one member had good luck with a MecGar magazine, I had no such luck. It feeds fine but only locks back about 50%. Seems that my slide lock tends to walk out from the frame just a little and then the MecGar follower doesn't reach. I think it may be an issue with the screw or the washer holding the slide lock spring.
So I may be ordering more of the Wilson mags and another Wilson follower for the MecGar. But my CW45 has been running great. It was my choice over a Glock 36 and a XDs, and was actually cheaper.

[jwb75]

bull, SO the Wilson 609 works 100% for you? Slide lock back and all? I am looking into a few new mags, and don't want to pay 40 something for them, but also would rather not fork out a ton experimenting. This would be welcome news for sure.

[grizz1911]

I bought a mec-gar yesterday. No luck though. I really wanted that magazine to work.

[bull]

Yes the Wilson 609 has been working 100% for me. The Wilson nylon follower kits in the Metal form mag bodies has been working 100% also. This is all after contouring the tops. I would have responded sooner, but had problems replying.

[jwb75]

Thanks for the tip bull. I picked up a Wilson 609 and after shaping the top, it's flawless. I am going to order up a couple more. I have always liked the quality of the Wilson mags.

[doublebarrel]

I'm using Metalform mags with Kahr spring and follower. I was using the Metalform mags with Wilson spring and follower. The Wilson gave me 7 rounds and locked the slide back when new but got to where slide would not lock back all the time. Works great with Kahr internals and always locks the slide back,only down side is one less round.

[burdicda]

Which Mags ?

So which mags work without any mods whatsoever..."No filing down the top"
no changing out any internals with rework kits....
absolutely no nothing on my part but buy them

Just order the mag
load it up
perfect firing and locks back when empty...?

I just got back my CW45 from Kahr...they had it about 2 weeks, it failed to load the very first round new out of the box and hung up....got off two rounds then sent it back to them I had bought four different mags based on threads here in the forums I will let you all know what I find as soon as I can get to the range...about 25 miles away.

burdicda

The two rounds I got off were with the factory mag

[doublebarrel]

Kahr mags if you don't want to do anything to them. I had to modify the top of the Metalform mags slightly but it is worth it to me to have a near flush fitting mag for carry.

[burdicda]

Mags Mags Mags

Wow how exciting

I have

Act-Mag 1911 Officers 7 Rd .45 acp # AMO4507PFB
Mec-Gar 1911 Officers 6 Rd .45 acp # MGC04068
Wilson Combat 1911 Auto Service Mag Plus # 609 (965-000-162WB)
Kahr 6 Rd that comes in the box with a CW45

Going to be fun.....

ciao

burdicda

[jwb75]

If it helps any. After just the slightest reshaping of the Wilson 609 top, it works flawless. Maybe 10 minutes of work with the Dremel and several test fits, I am very happy. Ordered up 3 more right away. Not to mention they just look good in the thing.