Many months ago I tried the “Sig Sauer” brand of 8-round magazines. They are available in stainless steel only. When mine arrived I noticed the follower looked very much like it had been made by “Checkmate”. (More recently I discovered that “Ed Brown” brand magazines have the same follower as the "Sig Sauer" brand, with the same patent number.)
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I used the Sig Sauer magazines in my 1911s with flawless function on several range days. They are just a bit longer than standard magazines, which is probably why they will consistently seat in the magazine well when fully loaded and while the slides are closed.
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The only thing I didn’t like was the stainless steel finish. Just a little bit of bright metal was visible between the bottom of my 1911s and the pad on the magazine’s bottom. My 1911s are all either blued, parkerized, or black-oxide finish, so the exposed stainless steel clashes. More importantly the stainless steel will reflect if a light is on it, potentially giving away my location when otherwise in the dark.
A few weeks ago I bought two “Ed Brown” magazines. These are stainless steel, with a black coating on the surface. The black finish seems extremely durable. My "Dremel" brand engraver, which works great on all my other magazines was barely adequate to engrave my name on the dark surface of the "Ed Brown" ones. Yesterday I tried these new “Ed Brown” mags at the range and was happy with the 100% function, as well as not having bright metal showing from the gun. I plan further testing with these magazines, in my other 1911s, and with various loads. If I become satisfied these mags will feed all the ammo I use from all of my 1911s I’ll certainly buy more.
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