i currently have a cs-45 and was wondering what good mags i can use with it that arent as expensive as the new ones...can i just use a diffgent smith mag

I have found cs45 mags on sale new at www.midwayusa.com for 33 dollars.I have the cs9 and midway's prices are much lower than S+W here is the link http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?s...id=787228&t=11082005 God Bless..Mike

S&W decided that the briskly recoiling CS45 needed magazines with an additional set of indentations near the top to help prevent the top round from being displaced under recoil. This is what differentiated them from the original 4513TSW 6-rd magazines.

S&W has said that using magazines other than those designed and intended to be used in the CS45 may not offer the shooter the same level of reliable feeding & functioning as when CS45 magazines are used.

Here's a clickable thumbnail of the two types of S&W .45 magazines, displaying the top of the magazine bodies. The stock CS45 magazine is on the right ...

thanks for the link cruiser and for all the info....and a big thanks to fastbolt ,you made me learn something new.