Even 1911 magazines have been hard to find!
Wilson Combat Magazines
We’ve had many customers call us up and ask if their 1911 will run various types of magazines in it. There are compacts, subcompacts, commanders and government models, and also a great many manufacturers. Some of the problems people seem to have with 1911s is they change too many parts out and end up with a customer job that needs magazines that just tweaked. We often tell people to contact Wilson Combat or ask the gun manufacturer to give them feedback on which magazines to get. There are Wilson Combat 47, 47OXCB, 47D, and now the Elite tactical magazines more commonly known as the ETM mags.
I haven’t had the urge to switch to the ETM magazines because I have a very good stockpile of the 47D magazines. The difference between the Wilson combat magazines with the 47 and the 47D are basically the 7rd vs the 8rd. I think the 1911 45acp with an 8rd magazine is a very potent gun. There are many things you can do to train to be proficient with the 1911 and doing tactical loads ect. shouldn’t slow you down. You have to remember that a handgun is basically a replacement for a knife or a sword and if you need more than that, you are better off getting a shotgun or a rifle rather than 33rd Glock magazines.