How to make a 10 round inch mag...

Wrangler100 · August 17, 2002, 17:49

I need an inch magazine that will only hold 10 rounds for a kalifornia legal L1A1.

Does anyone know who has them (DSA does not), or can you describe the process whereby I can construct my own?

**W.E.G.** · August 17, 2002, 18:02

Seems to me you could use a dremel with a cutoff wheel to chop the bottom half of the mag. Then cut notches so as to form tabs like the old bottom of the mag. Reinstall floor plate. You might use the chopped-off bottom part to practice cutting tabs. You will only get one chance to do it right on the part you will use for the 10-round body.

Anybody think it might be neccessary to anneal the tab area before bending (don't want the tabs to snap off)?

**big dee** · August 17, 2002, 19:31

Does it have to be a permanent fix? I make mine NJ legal by putting a block of wood in the base that doesn't allow for more than 15 rds to be loaded. You could maybe make that permanent by adding a pop rivet like Colt did on their 20 rd mags.

davem3 · August 17, 2002, 19:54

I have made one and it really was easier than it looks. I wanted a short mag to use when shooting off the bench so marked it just long enough to grasp and remove. Turned out to hold 8 rounds. I cut it off with a hacksaw (32t blade) and then cut sections off to leave the tabs. Clamped a piece of flat stock in the vise,put the mag body over it & bent the tabs over. Worked 1st. time so I quit while I was ahead. The metric tab system is the one I used, only have to bend 3 tabs 90 degrees.

Circuits · August 17, 2002, 19:56

In Kali, it's got to be permanent.

Assuming no one makes them, and you've got to butcher a pre-ban, you couldn't bring them into Kali to do it - you'd have to do it or have it done out of state. The easiest low-tech method I can think of would be to calculate where the bottom of the follower is when there are 10 rounds loaded, plus room for 1/4 to 1/2 round more (to allow some flex for inserting a loaded mag with the bolt closed), then drill and install pop rivets front and back to prevent the follower moving below that point.

If you ever moved to a free state, you could grind or drill out the rivets and have a working 20-round mag again.

Just some musings - I don't even know if it'd fit in the magwell with pop-rivets, or if fixing it with pop-rivets would be Kali legal.

L/FN · August 17, 2002, 21:06

I have Inch pattern, 10 rd mags available.
These are cut down ( not blocked or stop rivited) and parkerized.
Price is $ 22.00 each + fair shipping & ins.

Thanks. Larry aka L/FN
larronda@springhill-online.net

Wrangler100 · August 17, 2002, 21:14

Thanks Larry, email on the way.

August 17, 2002, 17:49	#1
Wrangler100 Registered FALaholic #: 297 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: NAS Keflavik, Iceland Posts: 437	How to make a 10 round inch mag... I need an inch magazine that will only hold 10 rounds for a kalifornia legal L1A1. Does anyone know who has them (DSA does not), or can you describe the process whereby I can construct my own? __________________ Iceland is better than kalifornia.

August 17, 2002, 18:02	#2
W.E.G. Administrator Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 1211 Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Virginia Posts: 31,056	Seems to me you could use a dremel with a cutoff wheel to chop the bottom half of the mag. Then cut notches so as to form tabs like the old bottom of the mag. Reinstall floor plate. You might use the chopped-off bottom part to practice cutting tabs. You will only get one chance to do it right on the part you will use for the 10-round body. Anybody think it might be neccessary to anneal the tab area before bending (don't want the tabs to snap off)? __________________ . . . Ask me about the Mason-Dixon FAL Collectors Association.

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Wrangler100 Registered FALaholic #: 297 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: NAS Keflavik, Iceland Posts: 437	Thanks Larry, email on the way. __________________ Iceland is better than kalifornia.

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August 17, 2002, 19:31	#3
big dee Member Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 2995 Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: NJ Posts: 203	Does it have to be a permanent fix? I make mine NJ legal by putting a block of wood in the base that doesn't allow for more than 15 rds to be loaded. You could maybe make that permanent by adding a pop rivet like Colt did on their 20 rd mags.

August 17, 2002, 19:54	#4
davem3 Registered FALaholic #: 6490 Join Date: May 2002 Location: birmingham, al Posts: 200	I have made one and it really was easier than it looks. I wanted a short mag to use when shooting off the bench so marked it just long enough to grasp and remove. Turned out to hold 8 rounds. I cut it off with a hacksaw (32t blade) and then cut sections off to leave the tabs. Clamped a piece of flat stock in the vise,put the mag body over it & bent the tabs over. Worked 1st. time so I quit while I was ahead. The metric tab system is the one I used, only have to bend 3 tabs 90 degrees.

August 17, 2002, 19:56	#5
Circuits Registered FALaholic #: 757 Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Colorado Springs, CO USA Posts: 138	In Kali, it's got to be permanent. Assuming no one makes them, and you've got to butcher a pre-ban, you couldn't bring them into Kali to do it - you'd have to do it or have it done out of state. The easiest low-tech method I can think of would be to calculate where the bottom of the follower is when there are 10 rounds loaded, plus room for 1/4 to 1/2 round more (to allow some flex for inserting a loaded mag with the bolt closed), then drill and install pop rivets front and back to prevent the follower moving below that point. If you ever moved to a free state, you could grind or drill out the rivets and have a working 20-round mag again. Just some musings - I don't even know if it'd fit in the magwell with pop-rivets, or if fixing it with pop-rivets would be Kali legal.

August 17, 2002, 21:06	#6
L/FN Registered FALaholic #: 139 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Kansas. Just Dust in the Wind Posts: 3,341	I have Inch pattern, 10 rd mags available. These are cut down ( not blocked or stop rivited) and parkerized. Price is $ 22.00 each + fair shipping & ins. Thanks. Larry aka L/FN larronda@springhill-online.net