Quote:
Originally Posted by este
A mandrel to press them sounds like a great idea. I wonder if it could be done cleanly or not?
|
sure, with a correctly made tool and enough pressure....
Quote:
Originally Posted by este
Seems to me that with the mag welded together it would be tough to properly press that.
|
the weld shouldn't make a difference, the overlap next to the rib should help serve as a guide...
Quote:
Originally Posted by este
How far did you get?
|
If I had a bunch of these mags to do I would of made it further along....since I only had four or five to do I just milled them....
disassemble a mag, hold it with the baseplate opening up....my plan was to make a two piece magazine holder that would surround the mag and keep the walls from pushing out...the tool/mandrel would be pushed in the mag from the baseplate opening with a hydraulic press...the tool would need to be stepped.......on either side of the rib would need to be the full mag opening width (to keep the tool centered in the mag body) and then step down to the new desired rib height...
I made some real rough tools out of hardwood and aluminum to do the same thing to 20 round straight AR mags to push the rib out for 300 Whisper loads (aluminum AR mag vs steel CZ mag, the CZ tools would probably need to be all steel) The AR mag tools worked good, so I would think the CZ tools would work as well....but for the AR it's pretty easy to de-rib PMAGS...
Quote:
Originally Posted by este
Having seen it, do you think there is enough material for bend the feed lips on the x39 mag over to hold a whisper round properly?
|
Viewed from the top, the distance between the feed lips taper from .365 at the rear to .378 at the front....the lips could probably be squeezed together enough to hold a whisper case, but it'll fit pretty sloppy in the mag body....I haven't compared the seating depth of the two mags to see if there is a difference......I'm probably gonna stick with milling the .223 mags....
Threaded Mode