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Originally Posted by Edward Tinker View Post
Schmeisser made many of the magazines over the years - for Simson, that is who likely made them.

How they were made, i.e. folded, rolled, pushed out - a good friend explained it to me just recently and look, I forgot....
I used to think they looked extruded. I think it was John Sabato who said they were formed up, welded, then milled. The milling leaves parallel, lengthwise lines that make them look as if they were pushed out of a cookie press made for metal.
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