shadetree Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 I was looking over at the technical threads for magazine interchangeability and I noticed that wilson, Kimber and bulm5 were all listed as being adaptable to para mags. Are these three guns all built on the same frame. If they are I think I may try and find a bul m5 to play with. They seem too be much less expensive than the other two. I have too many paramags to try a change in mag set ups. if I could find a quality platform that would use the same mags would love the see how a lighter frame would feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Merricks Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 Yes Para mags work in a BulM5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadetree Posted February 22, 2003 Author Share Posted February 22, 2003 the original question remains the same Are the Kimber, Wilson and M5 polymer frames made by the same manufacturer? Thank you for the info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves2Shoot Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 FYI Bul M5 frame= Kimber polymer frame both use a mag that has the exact dimensions of a para mag. If you can get a Kimber high cap mag stainless steel mag, the qualilty is much better than the mags Para puts out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bulm5 Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 As far as I know, the wilsons are Manufactured in South Africa and finished by wilson's. Bul used to supply the frames for Kimber but no more. Kimber advertises that thier frame are made here in the U. S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted February 22, 2003 Share Posted February 22, 2003 Did Kimber buy Jerico (sp?) ? Did Jerico make the Bul frames? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRBean Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 I think there is a thread elsewhere about the new Bul M5 using STI mags with no modifications. http://www.brianenos.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard...3&topic=490 Sorry, missed the part about you wanting to use para mags. you might want to make sure the Bul M5 you get is one that uses the older mags. (Edited by JRBean at 5:22 pm on Feb. 22, 2003) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bulm5 Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 I e-mailed BUL in Israel and they said that the new frames will accept para mags with the appropriate mag release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRBean Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 bulM5, I thought that on the older frames you had to change the mag catch also to make the para mags work. If I remember right Bul offered it on their web page as being different from the one that came with the gun. It has been more than a year since I seriously looked at the bul guns though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildman Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 The older Kimber frames were made by BUL. In correspondence with them, they advised that the frames at that time required the para mags have the mag notch relieved a couple millimeters up to work in their frames. I found that some did require the adjustment, and some did not. Para tubes made by STI required the least adjustment, if any. A new mag release is available for the old BUL/Kimber frames that will accept para mags, but with my current supply of Kimbers, I have not tried it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bulm5 Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 Quote: from JRBean on 6:18 pm on Feb. 22, 2003 bulM5, I thought that on the older frames you had to change the mag catch also to make the para mags work. If I remember right Bul offered it on their web page as being different from the one that came with the gun. It has been more than a year since I seriously looked at the bul guns though. yup, the plder and the newer frame will accept para mags as per Bultransmark. I am using the rescomp mag catch on my First gen bul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadetree Posted February 23, 2003 Author Share Posted February 23, 2003 Wildman If you get a chance to expierement with the new hicap kimbers I would like to know what the results are. This may be a bit of a thread drift but I hear a few people talking about quality problems with para mags. I am wandering what kinds of problems you have experienced. I have 13 factory paramags, 1 ten round p12, 2 twelve rounders and ten or eleven 14 and 15 rounders. The only problems I have had with them in about 14,000, mostly through my p14, were ftf's and failure to lock back the slide. Both problem were gone as soon as I changed the factory springs to wolf +10% springs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bulm5 Posted February 23, 2003 Share Posted February 23, 2003 knock on wood I haven't had any problems with my para mags contrary to some threads here. I have been using this set up for the last 3-4 yrs I think. I use .45 cal arredondo followers on my .40 mags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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