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In your Commander I would suggest a 14# recoil spring with that load. You could drop a few 10th's and still be in business. 3.6gr Clays under the 230 will shoot nice. LOG

Hi George! :) I'm HERE as well. LOG

Not the last 20 posts, Russ. :) Twenty posts is more than a lot of threads. It is interesting just how many folks enjoy a jab and run without discovering or have any interest in the topic and where it is going. We all discover many things on our own without any training or supervision. Not a...

:what:When correctly assembled, they do not come apart on there own. However, some folks don't pay attention to how the keeper is orientated, and install it upside down. This mistake will allow the base to come off with a little persuasion. I've even received a few where the keeper and base was...

The error in design is across the board in all extended 1911 style mags and for the EMP it meant one more round for 9 of 9mm in the mag, flush base is 8 of 9mm, so they went with the higher round capacity. Springfield is actually a small company, outside resources allow it to look much bigger...

Again....the problem of the mag spilling is from the keeper plate being installed upside down. When in this upside down position the "pin" is the rounded side and will hold a little, but when bumped will allow the base to slide over it. When correctly assembled, you can not rub the base off...

Would have never thought of that, do note Loctite will cause some plastics to become brittle, not all of course, as it comes in a plastic bottle. Have to admit I have never used Loctite on non-metallic parts. LOG

My comments weren't meant to disparage, but to inform that the keeper plate can be installed upside down, and looks to be fine when doing so. However, the base and keeper can slip off when this has inadvertently happened. I thought it might have been a fluke when I first read about this a couple...

I would certainly agree! I wouldn't have thought anyone would assemble the keeper plate upside down, but I have been proven wrong! They do, and when they do, the base can be slid off with a little effort. LOG

Interesting thread. Interesting because of the number of mags I have received to modify to flush, and when received I get one now and then that has the "keeper" plate upside down, this is the piece with the riveted pin that holds the base in place. Correctly fit the base will not come off, as...

This is a very common mistake by inexperienced SA users, not having yet realized that SA uses the same proprietary size pin for both 45acp and 9mm, and everything in between. This standard #825 Ed Brown size 9mm pin will seem to work, as it is small enough to pass through the firing pin hole...

Be aware that Springfield uses a proprietary size firing pin in all calibers, half way between the standard 9mm and 45acp. In the Ed Brown line the correct FP for an SA is the #826. The smaller 9mm pin will most likely allow what's called primer flow, and brass chips will clog up the firing pin...

Gun oil from an overly lubed 1911 splashing on the lips and some folks believe that part of mag maintenance is to clean and wipe with an oily rag, sounds good, but will instantly cause feeding problems. The STP comment was for the extreme, and being a NASCAR advertiser thought you'd appreciate...

Been to UCIrvine Med and back, sorry. Never seen one jump out, but know they can, and do, have seen several double live feds at matches however, and had one myself before I got a handle on it. If you put a little STP on the feed lips you can get a lot happening all through the mag, you...

Inertial feed? I believe we are in agreement for the most part, except the inertia question. The round is standing still, and the gun jerks, recoils, out from under the cartridge held by the inertial force, of a body at rest tends to stay at rest. In this case the slide does not ever contact...