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Unread 09-22-2004, 04:15 PM   #2
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The reason it broke is a combination of stress and age... and it may even have been dropped a couple of times during it's lifetime...

You can certainly try using an appropriate epoxy cement for wood, or even superglue, to make it functional...but in reality it will still just be 'repaired'... and subject to another failure at a time that might prove embarassing... or even dangerous.

Might as well have a new one installed. (Just keep the original safely locked away to restore the mag to "original condition" should you so desire in the future)

Tom Heller stocks plain wooden mag bottoms... both the original type, and the excellent reproduction types created by that master craftsman G.T...

Another member Pisto, often sells new reproduction walnut mag bottoms on ebay... I believe he has one there now... his ebay name is Pisto.lero

My advice is to NOT use "original" mags for shooting... use repro's like MecGar and Triple-K and save those antiquities for their historical value...
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