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mrerick · 12-15-2011, 09:18 PM

Putting my "manufacturing engineering" hat on...

I think that it would also make sense from a production point of view to pre-stamp the magazine bottom (only) prior to assembly into a magazine tube. It would be a simpler operation, require a very basic fixture, and could even have been automated to some extent. Compression against a solid block of aluminum is also less risky to a small extent.

That way, if you spoiled something, you wouldn't be wasting an entire magazine, or the rework labor...

Marc

12-15-2011, 09:18 PM	#10
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,140 Times in 1,520 Posts	Putting my "manufacturing engineering" hat on... I think that it would also make sense from a production point of view to pre-stamp the magazine bottom (only) prior to assembly into a magazine tube. It would be a simpler operation, require a very basic fixture, and could even have been automated to some extent. Compression against a solid block of aluminum is also less risky to a small extent. That way, if you spoiled something, you wouldn't be wasting an entire magazine, or the rework labor... Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.