My comment was more aimed towards safx, but I get your point. I have never tried with extended mags, however it makes sense.

I much prefer tha balance of my 4.3 with the long mags as opposed to the standard mags, but maybe thats just me

I want them because they are badass. Im a slave to aesthetics.

Wouldn't a huge mag ruin the authentic look that you, as an airsoft player, are trying to replicate? If you're a slave to aesthetics then long mags should be the last thing you'd even consider for your gun. When is the last time you've seen a soldier pull out a pistol with a mag that measures longer than the gun's length? lol, if you want more gas capacity, but you still want a realistic looking gun get a hi-capa. If you want a lower profile get a single stack 1911. I don't see the reason why you'd need a huge magazine anyway unless like others have said here, you plan on using more bullets but hitting less.

Authentic what?`

I'd have to dig a bit, but I remember seeing pictures of Force Recon operatives in training having extended 1911 mags in a drop leg mag carrier.

I won't speak for the others, but as I said before, I want to load my mag to RS numbers. So, the short mags could, well... get more.

I was referring to diamond_SEA's post. I've browsed countless photo galleries of real guns and none of the pictures with extended mags are considered beautiful. Practical in battle? Yeah, maybe in real life. In airsoft, it is unnecessary unless you have a machine gun pistol like TM's 4.3 Xtreme. When a hi-cap pistol mag has the capability of firing 24-28 shots versus a real gun which is less than half that, its already not very realistic. So getting an extended mag that fires 40+ is the furthest from being real.

What if you load it with the RS ammo capacity? If the RS standard mag is 7 bullets, then you load 7 BBs in your airsoft mag.

Samething for the extented mag.

What difference does the whole bunch of extra gas do for your gun? If you are interested in boosting the performance of the gun, though I'm new to the sport I would still recommend you to look for internal upgrades as they would help more.

Did I talk about performance? I was talking of having RS ammo capacity only.

Wait, why do you want a higher cap mag again?

Edit: Original post - I thought Conker was the OP.

NP ;)

I'm almost considering canibalizing two mags to try to solder them together and work them with my Cegep's tools.. but somehow I'm not convinced it would work XD

You haven't watched Magpul Dynamics, have you?

Travis Haley's loadout gives some guys boners.

Larger reservoirs provide more stable velocities. Plus, the ability to load 10 rounds (versus 7) in them gives you the extra capacity in a single stack profile.

I'd actually like to get my hands on some extended mags as well.

http://dfuse.us/images/RZ2wCBmag.jpg

There's a picture for all you "DURR ITS NOT REALISTIC ENOUGH" types :)

MFR get issued 8 round McCormick, Wilson or Sprinfield mags (which are identical in size to the 7 round mags). Some also carry some McCormick extended 10 round mags. (Haley was with 4th Recon)

I doubt any RS 1911 or 2011 guns that look like this can cause boners, lol.

Edit: But then again, maybe those posting here are the minority (for the look).

http://img.redwolfairsoft.com/upload...MAG-HC50-L.jpg