The Firing Line Forums

Go Back   The Firing Line Forums > The Skunkworks > The Smithy

Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old January 22, 2000, 06:29 PM   #1
faiello5
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Hi have a McCormick 8 round Shooting Star mag that I just broke. It has the welded baseplate. To clean it, I use my nylon brush to push down on the follower to compress the spring. I then put my punch through the witness holes to hold the follower down while I clean the inside of the mag. When I eased up on the brush to raise the follower (after cleaning and removing the punch) the brush slipped and the spring came out of the top of the mag while the follower stayed in the mag.

I pulled the spring out and removed the follower. The spring is now bent and useless. Can I purchase a new spring and re-install it with the follower or is the mag destined for the trash can? If I can fix it, how? Any tricks I should know? Thanks.

Frank
 
Old January 22, 2000, 07:57 PM   #2
Jim V
Senior Member
 
Join Date: January 31, 1999
Location: SE Michigan - USA
Posts: 4,038
Frank, Brownells http://www.brownells.com has Wolff magazine replacement springs. It is not be difficult to replace the mangled spring with a new one. If you did not damage the magazine lips, it should be good to go with a replaced spring.

------------------
Ne Conjuge Nobiscum
"If there be treachery, let there be jehad!"
Jim V is offline  
Reply

Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 07:37 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
This site and contents, including all posts, Copyright © 1998-2021 S.W.A.T. Magazine
Copyright Complaints: Please direct DMCA Takedown Notices to the registered agent: thefiringline.com
Page generated in 0.03424 seconds with 10 queries