Magazine Repair Tools

[laurencen]

just looked in my pile of tools and I have a set of mag repair tools, there is the internal for fixing the sides if hammered in and then the form tool to set the end lips, had this for some 30 plus years and worked great

 

 

[komodoj]

IMG_20220914_150743_resized_20220914_030825523.jpgjust looked in my pile of tools and I have a set of mag repair tools, there is the internal for fixing the sides if hammered in and then the form tool to set the end lips, had this for some 30 plus years and worked great

 

 

 

If you ever decide youd be willing to rent this out let us know. Thank you sir.

[laurencen]

if it was not so darn expensive to ship I would be game,

[2ndArmored]

The gunsmith has verified the dimensions on my drawing of the upper "hammer" which were slightly different from Phaet's sketch but has not gotten around to verifying the lower "mandrel"

 

The hammer is actually the more critical part. All the mandrel does is keep the hammer centered and prevent you from moving the lips too far. By proceeding very carefully, I was able to fix 3 recalcitrant mags using just Phaet's hammer

 

Triple word score for use of the word "recalcitrant".

[Rekraps]

I'll buy a set!

[therealcolt45]

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE I would buy one also!

[anticus]

I’d buy a set. These old mags have so many issues, too bad there aren’t any new made aftermarket mags that don’t have 80 years of wear and tear.

[Rekraps]

On 9/14/2022 at 5:22 PM, komodoj said:

 

If you ever decide youd be willing to rent this out let us know. Thank you sir.

I'd pay shipping also. I could really use this for my Lanchester and M.P.18,I converted mags. I might even have a machinist who could/would copy.

[Rekraps]

On 9/14/2022 at 5:17 PM, laurencen said:

just looked in my pile of tools and I have a set of mag repair tools, there is the internal for fixing the sides if hammered in and then the form tool to set the end lips, had this for some 30 plus years and worked great

 

 

Or....... you could sell it to me. I got $50, perhaps even more in cash waiting to invest!

[StrangeRanger]

I cannot guarantee that these are 100% correct.  They are taken from exemplars which might or might not have been in spec

I hope that someone proposes to make them and offer them for sale to the members here rather than 3 or 4 different guys each making his own.

I do not have a material or hardness spec.  I assume whatever they make hammers from would be appropriate

Edited April 9, 2024 by StrangeRanger

[laurencen]

not sure 50 would buy them these days, anyway I would be open to renting the set but would need shipping paid both ways, if there are a few wanting to use them it would be way cheaper than back and forth just chain the postage, I would want a refundable deposit just in case they never got returned

[Frank I.]

22 hours ago, anticus said:

I’d buy a set. These old mags have so many issues, too bad there aren’t any new made aftermarket mags that don’t have 80 years of wear and tear.

There are/were Sten aftermarket magazines sold by KeepShooting.com, I believe they were made in Taiwan and they work VERY, VERY well, well-made and the feed lips do not distort when fully loaded. I suppose the magazines did not sell well because of the abundance of original magazines. I have seven of them, I wish I had bought more. I have a friend who has been looking for them for years, with no luck. They have a shiny black finish.

Link to the aftermarket Sten magazine article http://archive.smallarmsreview.com/display.article.cfm?idarticles=3018

Link to magazine tool article https://smallarmsreview.com/sten-magazines-a-love-hate-relationship/

 

If the links don't work just go to the Small Arms Review website and search Sten, its now free

 

[anticus]

Thanks, Frank !  If anyone wants to sell a couple I want ’em. That and talk someone into making more. I bet there’s a market for them.

[Blanksguy]

So what is the status of this "project"?.....anyone going to make these (?).....contact ?.....price ?......

[StrangeRanger]

The drawings are above free for anyone who wants them.  I do not have the manufacturing capability

PM me if you want a .pdf a 2D .dwg file.