does anyone know how feed lips with rear support are made?are they welded into place or is it some stamping magic?
>>64826804Both methods are possible.
>>64826804yes
>>64826804no
>>64826804maybe
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>>64828460Nope.
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>>64826804It's stamped that way, the mag is 2 pieces and it's spot welded together after forming, a tight radius bend like that is definitely possible with the correct alloy of aluminum and correct tooling, look into soda cans, they're made from a round piece of aluminum sheet and deep drawn into shape, it's all one piece and it's stretched and pulled that hard to be a tall slender can
>>64830097You can do it with practically any alloy, it's just a matter of the number of steps required, including heat treatment
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>>64830097>>64830212Making a corner like that can be a bit difficult.Hence why the designer on the left said fuck it and made it much simpler.>>64826804
>>64830216You want that corner though, it adds a ton of strength, if you were to drop the mag on the left and it lands on the feed lips, they would bend, the right one would not
>>64826804Both of those can easily be pressed
>>64831903You should note that the metal is of a thicker gauge on the left.Perhaps they simply couldn't easily make that corner anymore with the thicker metal?
what's the process like for the feed lips on the right?I need visuals
>>64830212>You can do it with practically any alloyHuuh, no. Some materials are just really really fucking bad at bending.
A quick search didnt turn up any media on STANAG production, theres tons of documentation on AK pattern production. Kinda odd.
>>64832341Any tomes on russian feed lip design?
>>64831949looks like the same thickness on both to me
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>>64833276What's the literature on slampig magic?
>>64833247The substrate gauge looks the same to me and probably is if those are USGI spec mags. Small differences in actual thickness in areas that are formed are normal and depend on the radius of the form, the number and type of operations used to make it, the properties of the substrate, etc.Stamping metal involves a lot of science and a little bit of voodoo. Everyone wants to use as few operations as possible to keep die costs down and throughput up.
