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I ordered 2 extra mags, so I don't break the ones I'm currently using.

It's not so much that I'm not satisfied with 6 rounds, I just want to prove to my self that it can be done safely and reliably.

I found a few spring manufacturers in the states, I'll get ahold of them on tuesday and see how much it would take to make the springs. I don't know if it would be cheaper to have someone make the follower, or just write up a procedure with exact measurments on how to modify the follower. I wonder i...

after reading your postes, I remembered something that an old Gunsmith friend of the family told me about modifying mags. you can change the follower, but you also need to change the mag spring. new spring needs to be made of smaller guage spring steel, needs to be stronger and with less loops. so, ...

I'm looking for a 7 round mag for the p64. for those of you not familiar with 1911's. The standard 1911 came with a 7 round mag, +1 in the chamber. The mag was modified, sometime in the last 50 years, to take 8 rounds. this was done by making the mag follower shorter. Taking this knowledge, I took o...

I edited the original post by changing sites the picture was on, hope that helped.

Let me know if id doesn't as I can see the image, both old and new.

thanks

J

Hello everyone, I just wanted to say hello, since I'm new to the site. I also, wanted to share the 3 things i never leave the house without. my keys, my watch and my P64. I've been looking around for different ways to carry my P64 and think i finally came up with a comfortable way to carry it, thoug...