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The requirement is "magazines must be standard length" and other references to a "baseplate." Magazines that use slide on basepads are longer than normal magazines. Magazines that use screw on basepads are welded baseplate magazines and would be WBAS without the pads. The magazines I'm talking about, which are commonplace in ALL other types of shooting that use 1911s, do not have any kind of baseplate. If there was any rational reading of portion of the rules that let me use my Tripps with Dawson basepads, this whole thread wouldn't need to exist.

Thanks all. And Dave that Tripp P/N has a welded on base pad. The Tripps welded base pads are pre drilled with two holes for installation of after market base pads. Like Dawsons, Ed Brown, Wilson. The Tripp poly/alloy base pads will not fit onto a Tripp welded mag. They are secured with a spring plate, which you can see in the second picture I posted above. I was really hoping that there may have been some "unicorn" Tripp mags. With removable base plates that were standard length. That would make the Tripp's the best. My biggest problem with the welded pad's, are I have several that have been stepped on and the body gets slightly deformed. No proper way to fix then. Now if I could get that pad off, easy repair. Thanks for checking. CC

You're right. I only knew what I read on their website. Thanks for pointing this out. I've seen mags, in wb. that had two screw holes in the baseplate. I'm not sure if these were for base pads, but it appeared so. Again, thanks for pointing this out.

There is NO REQUIREMENT that magazines have welded base plates. Don't know where you got that from but AFAIK it has never been a requirement.

Where did you get the idea that the mags had to have a welded baseplate? kR

For all you big bore guys, there is a really nice 38-40 on gunbroker right now....Would make a nice main match Classic Wild Bunch Rifle. https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1180623542 I'd me in if I didn't have one. WK

He might be referring to the Western States Single Stack Championship at Rio Salado, February 18, 2026. There were 224 shooters finish the match, of which, 73 were in "Classic .45acp". The others were some other version of single stack pistol Western States Single Stack Championship 2026 | PractiScore

I don't have anything to do with the WB rules, as I was Retired/fired from the job a few years ago, but I will add a little thing that hasn't brought up. SASS as an orginaztion does NOT allow any plastic parts on any firearms where you can see them. (exception handgun grips)So plastic base pads fall outside any SASS organized competetion rules.

You sure whine a lot about everything! Why do you shoot Wild Bunch if you dislike it so much?

Tripp Research Inc links to Cobra Mag for Tripp Magazines. The 8R-45-RG and the 8R-45-RG-TAC have removable, poly, base pads and offer, removable, alloy base pads. 8 Round .45 Government 1911 Magazine