Wilson Combat gobbles up Chip McCormick Custom/Shooting Star Industries

[Patriot]

Wilson Combat gobbles up Chip McCormick Custom/Shooting Star Industries

This is interesting, to me at least, since all I have ever purchased for my 1911’s are Wilson Combat mags. I have never tried Chip McKormick mags. I wonder if it will be a separate line or if they will discontinue Wilson Combat mags altogether???

 

[GuyMontag]

CMC mags are awesome, arguably as good or better as WC.

I think you might have it the other way around, WC is likely to just swallow up CMC.

 

[Deplorable Me]

+1 Chip McCormick. Lots of Power Mags in my collection. Always thought Wilson Combat was a little pricy.

 

[togmaster]

Never tried Wilson mags but the CMC are great quality and work.

 

[Patriot]

+1 Chip McCormick. Lots of Power Mags in my collection. Always thought Wilson Combat was a little pricy.

Agree 100% that Wilson Combat mags are pricey and I think in large part you are paying for the name, but I felt like I was buying reliability. After some FTF’s with factory Colt mags, and then a complete shit show with some other off brand (I was being cheap, admittedly) I bought one WC mag for $30. I now have 6. Never once have I experienced a single issue. One advantage I think in this situation is WC R&D and tooling combined with CMC R&D, tooling, infrastructure, and people may result in a super high quality mag at a bit lower price point than the WC mags.

 

[togmaster]

Agree 100% that Wilson Combat mags are pricey and I think in large part you are paying for the name, but I felt like I was buying reliability. After some FTF’s with factory Colt mags, and then a complete shit show with some other off brand (I was being cheap, admittedly) I bought one WC mag for $30. I now have 6. Never once have I experienced a single issue. One advantage I think in this situation is WC R&D and tooling combined with CMC R&D, tooling, infrastructure, and people may result in a super high quality mag at a bit lower price point than the WC mags.

I agree with everything you said except the lower price. I'm sure one of the motives of this sale was to eliminate competition.