Haenel Magazine Design

ithacaartist · 12-01-2011, 01:07 AM

I cannot speak about the spring situation, but c'mon, think about it: A Luger mag, non-Haenel style has two angled cuts, they are not the same angle, but their angles swing in the same direction off the perpendicular. Lay a couple end-to-end, in sequence, and you will see that it would actually eat up more material to accommodate a straight cut! Optimal material saving accomplished if the angles of cuts, in succession, is alternated; in this arrangement the only drops would be a piece from each end of the length of tube stock. This approach would work for either style of mag to save material.

12-01-2011, 01:07 AM	#9
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,405 Thanks: 7,578 Thanked 2,654 Times in 1,396 Posts	I cannot speak about the spring situation, but c'mon, think about it: A Luger mag, non-Haenel style has two angled cuts, they are not the same angle, but their angles swing in the same direction off the perpendicular. Lay a couple end-to-end, in sequence, and you will see that it would actually eat up more material to accommodate a straight cut! Optimal material saving accomplished if the angles of cuts, in succession, is alternated; in this arrangement the only drops would be a piece from each end of the length of tube stock. This approach would work for either style of mag to save material.