No followers to be had???

John Sabato · 03-02-2011, 09:30 AM

GT... sounds like you need to make a production run of followers! Knowing your skills and craftsmanship, you will probably improve on the German design...

sheepherder · 03-02-2011, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by John Sabato

GT... sounds like you need to make a production run of followers!

+ 1

I was looking at one of my Mec-Gar mag followers with a magnifying glass, and I can see a casting line on the rear 'lip'...

An easy way to tell Mec-Gar's from real mags...

I need to make a follower for my Beretta 951 mag (they're about .100" wider than P-08)...haven't decided yet how to machine the rounded nose...but I do have these two 3/16" radius cutters, I think one of them will work...The rest is all flat surfaces...

G.T. · 03-02-2011, 02:53 PM

In making mag bottoms, I've found it easier to use the radius cutter that cuts half the dia. at one time, as stability is a real issue with my limited equipment, and you can sneek up on your target overall width... But that being said, the MEC-GAR followers are probably some form of MIM molded part, where'as the originals were both sintered steel, and machined... Lot'sa ways to go... just need to get the cost per part under control... That would mean machining... Casting is pretty much too expensive, but it's really nice to avoid a gazillion machine operations...

.... BTW, The best follower outt'a all of them... is the late Mauser ones normally found in the code "122" and "fxo" mags.... cold drawn formed and then machined and heat treated!!!!...

.... til...lat'r....GT

03-02-2011, 09:30 AM	#1
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,156 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,309 Times in 1,098 Posts	GT... sounds like you need to make a production run of followers! Knowing your skills and craftsmanship, you will probably improve on the German design... __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

03-02-2011, 02:53 PM	#3
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,541 Thanks: 1,342 Thanked 3,743 Times in 1,020 Posts	Hi Rich In making mag bottoms, I've found it easier to use the radius cutter that cuts half the dia. at one time, as stability is a real issue with my limited equipment, and you can sneek up on your target overall width... But that being said, the MEC-GAR followers are probably some form of MIM molded part, where'as the originals were both sintered steel, and machined... Lot'sa ways to go... just need to get the cost per part under control... That would mean machining... Casting is pretty much too expensive, but it's really nice to avoid a gazillion machine operations....... BTW, The best follower outt'a all of them... is the late Mauser ones normally found in the code "122" and "fxo" mags.... cold drawn formed and then machined and heat treated!!!!....... til...lat'r....GT

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