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ffs1942 · March 28, 2013, 11:20 AM

I bought a GI spec Auto Ordnance M1911A1. I need spare mags and want to be as close to GI as possible. Can't seem to find GI magazines though.

AO offers parkerized mags with removable and non removable floor plates. The mag with the gun doesn't seem parkerized though, so I'm rather doubting the spares will be.

Removable floor plates would be nice, but I don't recall the GI mags being like that. I also don't remember drain holes. Were GI mags like that?

I found some nice Kimber mags, but they have a huge Kimber on the bottom and they are shiny blue. Cheap @ $18 bucks though.

Anyone know about this?

Also, anybody know where I can get GI .45 mags?

Sorry if this seems a bit anal, but I got this more out of a sense of nostalgia, than getting the latest slickest .45 racegun. I'm even planning to get an old leather holster and lanyard for it, even though we damned both.

Brian
Des Moines

March 28, 2013, 11:20 AM	#1
ffs1942 Member Join Date: December 14, 2010 Posts: 79	M1911 magazines I bought a GI spec Auto Ordnance M1911A1. I need spare mags and want to be as close to GI as possible. Can't seem to find GI magazines though. AO offers parkerized mags with removable and non removable floor plates. The mag with the gun doesn't seem parkerized though, so I'm rather doubting the spares will be. Removable floor plates would be nice, but I don't recall the GI mags being like that. I also don't remember drain holes. Were GI mags like that? I found some nice Kimber mags, but they have a huge Kimber on the bottom and they are shiny blue. Cheap @ $18 bucks though. Anyone know about this? Also, anybody know where I can get GI .45 mags? Sorry if this seems a bit anal, but I got this more out of a sense of nostalgia, than getting the latest slickest .45 racegun. I'm even planning to get an old leather holster and lanyard for it, even though we damned both. Brian Des Moines