Kimber Magazine Recommendations

[Cup of Cheese]

I recently purchased a Kimber Raptor in stainless. It only came with one mag. I'd like some nice mags that work appropriately. What should I be shopping for?

[simonp]

Wilson magazines


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[newbutold]

My Kimber mags work flawlessly, blue and stainless.

[GeeBee49]

I own a Custom, a Pro and an Ultra that each came with one magazine. I eventually ordered two Wilson Combat magazines for each.

[M76]

Wilson, CMC, Tripp

[stormvet]

Tripp
Wilson
Ed Brown
CMC
Kimber tac mags

All quality 1911 mags that I’ve used for many thousands of rounds over the years, if your gun is running right all will work well for a very long time.

['ol shooter]

Wilson. I function test mine often and mark the side with a sharpie as to the date. If I have a range failure I insert an empty backwards in the mag so I can give it attention at the bench.I like Wilson because they sell reasonably priced rebuild kits for their mags. Smart.

[tmorse]

have had good luck with CMC and Mecgar

[L-2]

I also have/use the same mag brands as in Post#5.

https://www.kimberamerica.com/stainless-raptor-ca

I'll assume the OP has the .45ACP Custom (full size) version of the Stainless Raptor II, although it wasn't stated. It's the only stainless "Raptor" version on CA's roster.

https://www.cmproducts.com/45ACP_c_217.html

CMC (Chip McCormick) brand has several .45 full-size 1911 mags on the market, varying in price. The capacities CMC has are 7, 8, or 10 round. I personally bought the stainless black "Power Mag" 8-round versions, but later installed Tripp Research "Super 7 Upgrade Kits" in most of them, which dropped the capacities to 7-rounds.

https://www.trippresearchinc.com/super-7-upgrade-kit/?_ga=2.7314865.2070715576.1630267476-410550067.1630267476

Wilson-Combat also has a few models of full-size .45 mags.

https://shopwilsoncombat.com/45-ACP/departments/363/

I personally bought the "47D" in a white metal color.

https://shopwilsoncombat.com/Magazine-1911-45-ACP-Full-Size-8-Round-Standard-Base-Pad/productinfo/47D/

I also later installed the Tripp Research "Super 7 Upgrade Kits" into the 47D mags as I prefer the Tripp followers & springs dropping the round capacities to 7 rounds.

Later, I bought Tripp-Research complete mags which also come in 7, 8, or 10 rounds.

https://trippresearchinc.com/government-commander-45acp/

I bought the 8-round Tripp "Cobra Mags".

https://www.trippresearchinc.com/8r-45-rg/?_ga=2.48225700.2070715576.1630267476-410550067.1630267476

Overall, I've got ~20 mags always loaded and ready to go. I like to arrive at a range session with 100 rounds already loaded into the mags, which equates to 14 mags right there (12x7 + 2x8 = 100) mags x rounds. I'll also carry an 8-round in one of my full-size .45 1911 guns along with an 8-round on my belt as a spare.

I'm not particular about which mags I'm using for carry and even have a couple of unmarked Checkmate-brand mags which came with one of my 1911 guns. For one of the 7-rounders, I'm even still using an old Kimber 7-round mag body, but again, with a Tripp-Research upgrade kit in it (probably my oldest mag).

[hermosabeach]

OP

Great question as their are a ton of junk 1911 mags out there


It's strange times in the industry. In normal times, CDNN buys a lot of close outs and over runs.

I have found a lot of quality magazines relatively cheap here over the years

https://www.cdnnsports.com/magazines.html

[mtenenhaus]

i recently picked up a bunch of different magazines for a 1911 that i was having some challenges with feeding.

The Sig 1911 magazines...which are on sale at MidwayUSA for $21.23 run great.....and MidwayUSA has a free shipping for $49 promotion going on today.

I also really like Tripp magazines but they're much more expensive

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1006199534?pid=142837

[Verdha603]

Wilson Combat and Chip McCormick are essentially the standard for most reliable 1911 magazines on the market, albeit it does come at a price (usually see them for 37-45 bucks a magazine new).

Sig actually makes surprisingly good magazines for an attractive price point as well (usually 25-30 bucks new, which is surprising considering their P-series pistol mags are priced the same as Wilson/Chip mags in comparison).

[BBot12]

[DougJ]

I have 8 or 10 Kim-Pro Tac Mags that I got on sale and they've been flawless.

['ol shooter]

I believe Wilson bought McCormick (CMC) awhile back.