Sidearms & Scatterguns 1 in a Million...Chip McCormick Mag failure?

[CMonty256]

Let me preface this with the fact that Ive been a proud customer and user of Chip McCormick Magazines for years with my full-size 1911s and they have worked flawlessly through thousands of rounds. However, i just purchased the wife a Kimber Ultra CDP II this week (At her request, so no discussion about gun selection) and bought a CMC Match Grade 7rd Mag and a Wilson Combat 7rd mag to test in addition to the stocker to test for the feeding problems that people have posted about.

All 3 mags were working great until i loaded up the CMC for the 3rd time. I put 7 in the mag, let the slide forward, and took a shot. Next thing i know i feel the base plate fall out and the spring shoots into my hand. Startled, i move my support hand out of the way, and the magazine proceeds to spill its contents onto the range floor.

Turns out the 4 spot welds on the base plate all busted. Ill be sending the mag back to MidwayUSA and I'm definitely sure that it will be replaced without a hitch. I will still continue to purchase and use CMC mags, just wanted to share this incident with you guys.

Monty

p.s. The Wife's new Kimber, with the Wilson loaded up

 

[FX44]

Re: 1 in a Million...Chip McCormick Mag failure?

I don't want to beat up on this magazine but almost the same thing happened to me about 6 months ago. I called the company (located in TX) and they were very apologetic and offered to do whatever was needed to make things right. I still have one of their mags and it works without problems. It's just unfortunate that incident left a bad taste in my mouth. Give them a call, I'm sure they will take care of you.

 

[Downzero]

Re: 1 in a Million...Chip McCormick Mag failure?

CMC replaced a few of my magazines that were 5 years old at the time. They're great.

 

[spr1]

Re: 1 in a Million...Chip McCormick Mag failure?

The CMC Powermags are some of the best mags out there. The welded baseplate model, as shown above, are the lower end product. It still should not break, but anything made by man can fail.