barnbwt
member
- Joined
- Aug 14, 2011
- Messages
- 7,340
No, I'm not kidding.
I'm looking to fit a detachable (or at least >10 capacity) box magazine to my 700SPS build in .308. I will be making custom bottom-metal to match my stock design, so the field is fairly wide open on what I can use. I anticipate needing to modify the magazine to work, which is fine, because I'd only need a couple for a bolt-gun.
So, aesthetics are the main criteria (aside from durability, metallic construction, <60$ "non-panic" price). I'd prefer a magazine as featureless (i.e. fewer lines, wrinkles) as possible, and the FAL is the favorite so far (since I won't cut up my FNAR mags). I greatly prefer double-stack for it's shorter profile. I have no preference for a rock-in or push-in insertion method, since the modded mag probably won't end up attaching the original way anyhow (I've not even decided if I want the magazine "removable," and to just load from the top).
I've looked at FAL mags, M1A mags, AR10 mags, and my FNAR mags; there's gotta be some others I'm missing...
Here's the build so far (handgrip isn't inletted for trigger mechanism yet). It's about 70% done on the exterior, and about 20% as far as inletting. I'm nearing the point where I have to figure out the magazine/bottom metal setup.
As you can see, it's a faceted design, that wouldn't "look right" with, say, a waffle-grid PMAG sticking out of it
TCB
I'm looking to fit a detachable (or at least >10 capacity) box magazine to my 700SPS build in .308. I will be making custom bottom-metal to match my stock design, so the field is fairly wide open on what I can use. I anticipate needing to modify the magazine to work, which is fine, because I'd only need a couple for a bolt-gun.
So, aesthetics are the main criteria (aside from durability, metallic construction, <60$ "non-panic" price). I'd prefer a magazine as featureless (i.e. fewer lines, wrinkles) as possible, and the FAL is the favorite so far (since I won't cut up my FNAR mags). I greatly prefer double-stack for it's shorter profile. I have no preference for a rock-in or push-in insertion method, since the modded mag probably won't end up attaching the original way anyhow (I've not even decided if I want the magazine "removable," and to just load from the top).
I've looked at FAL mags, M1A mags, AR10 mags, and my FNAR mags; there's gotta be some others I'm missing...
Here's the build so far (handgrip isn't inletted for trigger mechanism yet). It's about 70% done on the exterior, and about 20% as far as inletting. I'm nearing the point where I have to figure out the magazine/bottom metal setup.
As you can see, it's a faceted design, that wouldn't "look right" with, say, a waffle-grid PMAG sticking out of it
TCB