Cheap!!!

[FC]

https://palmettostatearmory.com/sds-imports-45-acp-semi-automatic-pistol-blk-1911a1.html

[Dr.Hess]

Man, that's a bargain.  Must Not Click.....

[FC]

It was $299 this morning, bumped up $20!

[FC]

I tried two different hollow points, and one plastic point- none work very well, only ball.

[Dr.Hess]

That is not surprising.  The gun was designed to shoot hardball.  I have no doubt that the Tisas was built to the original specs.  You can throat the barrel and it will feed other types of bullets.

[FC]

That's true. I'm seeing maybe it's the magazine? The last rounds are really tight, and don't get fed. The position, when I pull back the slide, is too horizontal. As far as aftermarket goes, can it take the 8 round mags, or just the 7 round? 

[Dr.Hess]

It can take the 8 round mags.  I suggest the Mec-Gar's.  I bought a couple of these:

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1371155532

 

[FC]

Just saw your post. I’d just ordered Tripps, per another recommendation.

[FC]

Tripps mags don't insert right, so those are going back. With 7 rounds in the mag, I have to push the bottom of both the Tisas and milsurp mags hard on a surface to get them to load. My guess is that the tension of that many rounds is what I'm fighting against. 

[Dr.Hess]

Dunno.  If you pull the slide back and lock it, is it hard to insert then?

I like Mec-Gar mags.  They are the factory magazine for many of the top manufacturers.  That's all I am buying now for anything that they make a mag for.  1911, P226, etc.

[FC]

The tension of >4 cartridges presses against the slide, so that’s the cause. 
I got the Tripp mags to go in (bit of resistance from the mag release), but they won’t lock in. It appears my magazines have a retention slot s few mm higher. 

[Dr.Hess]

Well, I would try one more magazine, like the Mec-Gar, and if it won't fit, it might be that the gun is out of spec.  I can measure a magazine for the length to the mag slot if you want.

[swamp_thing]

Tisas web site does show MecGar as the producer of their mags. I've not had any issues with mine but that isnt a help for you. I've used my Rock Island mags as well. I do only fire fmj round nose so that may be why I haven't experienced issues.

[FC]

I confess I bought two! Mags fit the same in both.

[Dr.Hess]

You need a double shoulder holster rig.  Like Bruce Willis in Last Man Standing.

[FC]

I'd be one of those hunchbacked old men! I've never seen that movie. I just watched the hotel shootout scene.

I forgot to mention that the surplus magazines have the same retention cut as the factory Tisas magazines. I got two, knowing I shouldn't, when the sale price went to $319. 

[Dr.Hess]

"It'll hurt if I do...."  It's a great movie.  The exact same plot as A Fistful of Dollars, which is the same plot as the Japanese Samurai movie Yojimbo.  The Japanese made a movie with the exact same plot as Eastwood's The Unforgiven, only with Samurai.  Sort of the reverse of A Fistful of Dollars.