Unusual magazine repair, necessity and invention
 

When I received this magazine, at first glance, I thought it an early flat button commercial magazine.

On second look, it is in a late body with long slot and semi-circle crimps.

On third look, the flat button is in fact the head and shortened shank of a common 16d coated sinker framing NAIL!:eek:

I knew I had seen those fine lines before!:thumbup:

I thought I responded?


I had a magazine with a much worse follower made from a nail, and of course I have seen cut off nails used for the pin at the base.

The oddest was a luger mag that the base was replaced with a very modified nambu base, wish i had bought that one from Bob Tracy, not sure where it ended up.

Ed

Ed,
you should know that "thinking" is not all it is cracked up to be! ;)

This "nail" is pretty well done.

You have given me an idea though, I could put a luger mag base in the mag for my 7,65mm Parabellum T 14. :)

Don, If your mag had been the real "flat button" type, there would not have had a hole in the left side of mag for removing the follower button, which screws into the follower. TH

Thanks Tom.:thumbup:
That is one of the reasons I said it was a later mag body.