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Wilson Combat®, with a firmly established reputation for outstanding
quality, the highest reliability, and superb service both before and
after the sale has built hundreds of thousands of 1911 single-stack
magazines. We get a lot of feedback about magazines, and magazine
performance – and we listen. Our magazines have undergone 3 design
and/or material changes, each carefully evaluated and proven before
they were released to the market. The result of our latest effort is
a completely redesigned magazine with the features we’ve heard you
ask for.
THE
WILSON COMBAT® ELITE TACTICAL MAGAZINE
The ETM started
with a blank sheet of paper and 30+ years of 1911 and 1911 magazine
experience. The ETM is no re-design of a 7 round magazine which has
been reconfigured for 8 round capacity; it’s a totally NEW
product designed from the ground-up as a premium 8 round tactical
magazine. It WILL set a new standard in 1911 magazines while
redefining state-of-the-art. We’ve blended the latest improvements
in manufacturing and materials technology with our own real-world
shooting experience to provide quality, quality, and more quality.
From material selection to manufacturing process to final testing –
this magazine is built like your life, and ours, depended on it, as
someday it may. No compromises, just stone-cold reliability you can
depend on. The ETM is primarily a combat magazine, but if you’re a
competition shooter, you just may gain that critical advantage that
will move you past the competition.
The real world for a
combat pistol isn’t always in a dry, protected environment. So we
built the ETM to be impervious to the elements. Every component is
manufactured from either a high-grade stainless steel or super tough
nylon. We worried about grime and corrosion when we designed the ETM,
so you will never have to.
The ETM has the
strongest magazine tube yet developed, virtually eliminating feed
lip cracking, tube spread and cracking, and general fatigue, - some
of the most common manufacturing and/or age-related defects in other
magazines. The engineers working on the ETM have a combined 110+
years of firearms experience - the ETM is a showcase of their
knowledge. They refined the radius for each bend in the tube to take
advantage of the strength in the stainless steel they selected – and
then devised a manufacturing process to provide the tight tolerances
required to make those exact radius bends. The observation slots,
moved to the rear of the tube, are located exactly where they need
to be to maintain the structural integrity of the tube for years and
years of use. After extensive testing we selected a grade and
thickness of stainless steel optimized to provide superior stiffness
without brittleness. No matter how many times you empty this
magazine through your pistol, you can be assured the engineering
expertise, design, material selection, manufacturing, and the
quality control behind the ETM promises a lifetime of smooth and
reliable operation.
ETM tubes are
manufactured with a proprietary, custom designed welding process
followed by a proprietary multi-step tumbling and finishing process.
The internal and external finish, critical to smooth follower
operation and insertion into the weapon, are the result of selecting
the proper media and media-sequence in the tumbling and finishing
process. We expended a lot of engineering time and expertise in
developing the finishing process; when you get your hands on an ETM
you’ll be able to see and feel for yourself, we think you will agree
it was time well spent.
The improvements
made to the ETM’s follower and base pad have not previously been
seen in a pistol magazine. This design combines advanced
manufacturing technology with absolutely precise dimension control,
assuring positive slide-lock after the last round has been fired.
The innovative follower design with its extended skirt ensures
stability in operation and minimizes creep from the tube when the
magazine is empty. Super tough nylon was selected as the optimum
material for the new ETM follower due to its proven durability and
slick surface finish. This slick finish and the super smooth
internal finish of the magazine tube result in the smoothest
follower operation possible. Experienced shooters will notice this
ultra-smooth performance when loading and firing.
We’ve found a
space-age stainless steel spring wire that is phenomenal for spring
life. Have you ever worried about leaving your fully-loaded
magazines for long periods of time? This spring, designed
exclusively for our new ETM, will do its job longer than the
cartridges will remain suitable for combat use. Another factor in
spring life is the degree of compression when the magazine is
loaded. Our engineers designed the ETM’s base pad to allow a longer
tube. Although the ETM is not appreciably longer than a typical 7
round magazine, it has more space for the spring to work without
complete compression or excessive stress on the spring.
The ETM seats and
locks in the weapon with the slide down – fully loaded with 8 rounds
– as easily and surely as a typical 7 round magazine and much easier
than any other 8 round magazine on the market.
The ETM’s new almost
indestructible base pad provides a sure grip when pulling a magazine
from a pistol or a tight pouch – especially in a combat or
competitive situation when seconds count in reloading. If you have
ever been in the rain, trying to get a traditional magazine from a
wet, tight pouch, you’ll really appreciate this feature – and it
might save your life.
The ETM has numbers
1 through 10 included on the bottom surface of the base pad to make
it easy to mark and identify your individual magazines to track
usage and performance.
The ETM has
observation ports clearly labeled for rounds 2 through 8, on both
sides of the magazine. It's easy to see at a glance how many rounds
are remaining. The ports are moved to the rear third of the tube to
maintain the tube’s strength in the sides and prevent the tube from
spreading over time.
Developing a cutting edge product always has one downside,
your competition WILL copy some of its unique
features. We delivered our first magazine over 27 years ago, and
others have copied our designs ever since. But no one, anywhere, has
ever copied what is arguably our best feature; the feature that has
a huge benefit for you. You can't see
it in a photograph and it doesn't improve the function of the
magazine. We call it the Wilson Combat Lifetime
Satisfaction Policy. You get one with every Wilson Combat Product
you buy, and it should be a major factor in your decision to
purchase. Since 1977, Wilson Combat® has been standing behind our
products and services unequivocally. If your Wilson Combat®
magazine doesn’t perform as it’s designed to, return it to us and
we’ll fix it or replace it – with no expense to you just like we
have been doing since 1977. We’ve worked hard to build the finest
track record for customer satisfaction and service of any firearms
company in the world. We’re proud of our satisfy-every-customer
history, and we will continue to do whatever it takes to be sure
that your purchase from us works as it should work, and works that
way from now on. The ETM is so good, you’ll probably never find a
reason to test our satisfaction policy, but rest assured, if you do,
we will be here as we have been since 1977 to take care of you. Buy
an ETM today, and depend on it for a lifetime of service.
Try the new ETM – and discover for yourself why 1911 experts
around the world won’t use anything but Wilson Combat® magazines. |
