I recently had a feed job done on my Norinco .45 pistol. I had told the gunsmith
that the pistol would only feed one type of ammunition-ball ammo. So he did some welding on the receiver to make the magazines fit tighter. He also polished and rethroated the barrel. Well I got it back and it works perfectly. But I have one question. Do Colt magazines from the factory fit so tightly that you have to make them click with your thumb? I use to be able to make them click with the heel of my hand but now I must use my thumb instead. Also how does Colt compare to Norinco in accuracy tests?

that's not right. You should be able to "seat" magazines with a gentle pressure from the palm of your hand on the bottom of the magazine pad (or with a light tap from the bottom). I would go back to that gunsmith and see if he can relieve some of the weld on the reciever to allow seating of all brands of magazines without having to use your thumb on the mag release button.

The last Norinco I had would put 5 rounds through one hole at 30 feet in the hands of a former Marine small arms instructor. (I conned him into shooting it so I could see what it would do).

I've had 3 Norinco's at various times and all 3 would chamber and fire anything fed to them except one man's sloppy reloads that worked in no one's gun that day.

Bruce Foreman

are the ONLY mags my Norinco will seat without pushing on the mag release. Kimber,Wilson,Chip., Mag-tec, none of them will seat easily. The Colt mags go right in. Imagine that.

Ya ever think 1911's are like women. Barely know what they want, much less understand why, but can't get enough of 'em anyway.

Yep! No $hit !

Nah, a 1911 operates in a far more logical manner. You may not know what the rules are, but you can be certain that they do make sense at some level. I prefer to think of them like UNIX boxes: user friendly, just selective as to who their friends are.

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Welding on the reciever to make mags fit tighter? Damn! You need a new gunsmith!
As far as having to push the mag release to seat a mag; this will wear in with some use. The edges on the mag release are still sharp. You can slap the bottom of the mags and "jump" them past that catch point; which will wear that edge off a little until you can seat them gently. If you use the mag release all of the time to seat the mags, that edge will never get a chance to wear off. Slap them in!
Welding on the reciever? Can't even believe someone would do that. If the mags were a little sloppy loose in fit and rattled when you shook the gun; you spread the mag walls, or try some different mags that fit more snugly; but never make the mag well tighter by welding it up! I mean DAMN! Talk about complicating a simple problem! Get a new gunsmith, pronto!

Remember, a firearm's problems always stem from a physically incorrect attribute. Something, somewhere, is not where or what it needs to be. Careful enough study will determine the problem, because at the heart of things, they all operate on the laws of physics.

A woman, on the other hand, has no defining laws, cannot be understood through careful study, and is essentially hopeless.

Any time I had a pistol that wouldn't take the mag easily, mind my carry guns, I simply cut a couple of coils off of the mag release spring and checked the retaining pin and release for burrs. That usually fixed the problem. I've never had a mag release without intention by using this method.

Very correct, to verify what he says, read this thread.

LoL

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