When I bought a M1991A1 Colt Commander it came with a standard 7 round magazine with the "C" vender code. I bought two more from Brownell's. These were some of the best magazines I've had, and now I know they were Check-Mate.
I had some older magazines with the Devel followers, one was an actual Devel magazine and the other a McCormick. When I decided to upgrade them I bought the anti-tip followers from Tripp. Other then being stainless and not coated they seemed to be the same as the CMI follower. As mentioned I then needed to replace the springs. I have since upgraded them again to the CMI coated followers, which I first experienced in a new Colt Defender, and the Patent #'s were the same.
For my .38 Super's I seem to have a bit of all of them Colt/Metalform, Metalform, Mec-Gar, Wilson Combat, and of course Check-Mate. They all seem to function quite well but I will admit that I am partial to Check-Mate.
FWIW: Some years back I placed an online order with Check-Mate and I had made a mistake in the order, or incorrect parts for what I ordered. The nice people at Check-Mate went out of their way to contact me, by phone and by email, to make sure that I had ordered correctly or had actually made a mistake. And yes I did, make a mistake that is, and they straightened it out for me, before filling the order. That's pretty good customer service IMO.
Ken
"I like Colts and will die that way"
"It seems to me that I have forgotten more than I remember"
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