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feed lips support 02/01/26(Sun)12:47:25 No.64826804 does anyone know how feed lips with rear support are made?
are they welded into place or is it some stamping magic?
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Anonymous
02/01/26(Sun)13:12:37 No.64826822 >>64826804
Both methods are possible.
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Anonymous
02/01/26(Sun)16:09:00 No.64827115 >>64826804
yes
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Anonymous
02/01/26(Sun)17:24:17 No.64827402 >>64826804
no
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Anonymous
02/01/26(Sun)17:25:56 No.64827411 >>64826804
maybe
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Anonymous
02/01/26(Sun)17:26:37 No.64827418 >>64827115
>>64827402
>>64827411
reddit ass comedians
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Anonymous
02/01/26(Sun)22:27:26 No.64828460 >>64827418
>samefag
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Anonymous
02/02/26(Mon)01:29:20 No.64829064 >>64828460
Nope.
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Anonymous
02/02/26(Mon)08:23:30 No.64830037 >>64827418
Booooo. You ruined it. We were doing the thing and you ruined it.
#ratio
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[PLEBSPOTTERS] BigC
02/02/26(Mon)09:19:56 No.64830097 >>64826804
It'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
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Anonymous
02/02/26(Mon)11:04:51 No.64830212 >>64830097
You 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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Anonymous
02/02/26(Mon)11:08:20 No.64830215 >>64830097
Go away dog fucker
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Anonymous
02/02/26(Mon)11:08:36 No.64830216 >>64830097
>>64830212
Making a corner like that can be a bit difficult.
Hence why the designer on the left said fuck it and made it much simpler.
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[PLEBSPOTTERS] BigC
02/02/26(Mon)22:48:19 No.64831903 >>64830216
You 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
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Anonymous
02/02/26(Mon)22:54:11 No.64831927 >>64826804
Both of those can easily be pressed
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Anonymous
02/02/26(Mon)23:01:52 No.64831949 >>64831903
You 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?
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Anonymous
02/03/26(Tue)01:09:31 No.64832300 what's the process like for the feed lips on the right?
I need visuals
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Anonymous
02/03/26(Tue)01:21:48 No.64832334 >>64830212
>You can do it with practically any alloy
Huuh, no. Some materials are just really really fucking bad at bending.
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Anonymous
02/03/26(Tue)01:23:42 No.64832341 A quick search didnt turn up any media on STANAG production, theres tons of documentation on AK pattern production. Kinda odd.
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Anonymous
02/03/26(Tue)08:03:49 No.64833207 >>64832341
Any tomes on russian feed lip design?
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[PLEBSPOTTERS] BigC
02/03/26(Tue)08:42:42 No.64833247 >>64831949
looks like the same thickness on both to me
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Anonymous
02/03/26(Tue)09:12:51 No.64833276 >>64826804
I've read too much porn.
I can't get through this without seeing "slampig magic".
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Anonymous
02/04/26(Wed)06:01:34 No.64836034 >>64833276
What's the literature on slampig magic?
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Anonymous
02/04/26(Wed)12:58:40 No.64836461 >>64833247
The 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.
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