Product reviews: Check-Mate .45ACP, 10RD, SS, Hybrid, Removable Base -Full Size 1911 Magazine

The Five 10 Rd magazines I purchased function flawlessly with no malfunctions of any kind through he first 200 rounds. The only issue is with slamming the magazine home because the buttplate, due to the nature of its design, can wiggle and come forward enough at the top to allow the magazine to go too far into the gun. The front lip of the buttplate actually goes outside the front of the pistols grip, pinching the front of the grip between the magazine and the buttplate which bricks the gun until you can push the magazine down from inside the chamber to free it. Because the magazine and buttplate are pinching the front of the grip it tightens the more you pull like a Chinese finger trap. As long as you don’t slam the magazine in, it stops at the buttplate, but if you’re in a competition and slam it, chances are you’ll brick your gun for a few seconds until you can push your magazine free. I think a simple solution would be to use a more ridged plastic so there is no wiggle room at the front top of the buttplate, or have the buttplate not only slide on, but snap around the back of the magazine so there is absolutely no play at all. Great for extra rounds and function, not great for fast reloading when amped up.