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    Wilson combat magazines

    I have 4 wilson 47d 8 rounds mags I use for IDPA matches. Lately I have noticed they do not fall as freely as they have in the past. Is there some thing I can do to get them to fall more freely?

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    Have you checked your magazine well for obstructions or dirt?
    Have you changed the stock screws to longer ones and they protrude through the stock screw bushings and drag on the magazine?
    What does your magazine release look like?
    Have you tried the magazines in any other Government Models?

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    Well, one of the issues with the Wilson mags that I've found (admittedly with only two mags I've tried some years ago), is that the tube is not as strong as I would expect it to be and it deforms after some usage. Again, my mags may have been early examples, they were send to me by Bill Wilson many years ago. Never worked in my Colt, but I gave them to a friend who had a similar, stainless pistol and they worked fine in his. Go figure.
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    Well, one of the issues with the Wilson mags that I've found (admittedly with only two mags I've tried some years ago), is that the tube is not as strong as I would expect it to be and it deforms after some usage.
    Unless you've changed grip screws and bushings as Hunter asked about, this would be your answer.

    Check for swelled tubes, deformed feed lips, or damaged followers around the area where the slide stop engages.

    If you take a caliper, measure the feed lips, they should be about .375" apart and parallel from the back of the mags to the release point. If they are not parallel or have spread to more than .390" then they are toast, ditch them and get new mags.
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