anyone make any larger mags for the savage mark 2? What licenses or permits would i need to try and manufacturer my own mags? This gun is a bolt action rimfire rifle, the mags only fit in this rifle. i have access to a 3d printer and wouldnt mind trying to make one but im waiting to find out the legality of making mags. anyone know?
Savage Mark 2 aftermarket Magazine
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elimsprint
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AFAIK there is no magazine capacity limit for bolt .22's and as you would be making a legal item there should be no law stopping you from doing this. Best way to check this is to phone CFC @ 1-800-731-4000 IIRC
safehunter
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make some high cap mags for the savage 64 while you're at it.
This.
I toyed with the idea of making 3Dprinted extensions for my 64 mags but I don't have modeling skills and the guys I know that do were always too busy
My solution ended up being to sell the 64 and grab a 10/22
elimsprint
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I meant to ask before. How would you do the feed lips or would you just print a longer bottom to go on the stock mags? The spring for that might be tough to make. IIRC I saw a thread on RFC about taking 2 10 rnd. metal mags and joining them together for an 18 rounder or something like that but I don't remember how they made a spring for it. I'll try to find it later.
can you get a link? that would be a good place for me to start. if i can make a 18 round ABS plastic mag.
i may do that, i would need a bad/damaged mag to use as a guinea pig.
This.
I toyed with the idea of making 3Dprinted extensions for my 64 mags but I don't have modeling skills and the guys I know that do were always too busy
My solution ended up being to sell the 64 and grab a 10/22
this could be a possibility. Do you have any CAD drawings you are willing to donate?
Not quite:
They also fit in all Lakefield Mark II, Lakefield Mark III (semi-auto), Savage 501, 504 and 900.
The Savage 501 Striker might pose a bit of a problem for you (but I am not well-versed in handgun mag limits):
Not quite:
They also fit in all Lakefield Mark II, Lakefield Mark III (semi-auto), Savage 501, 504 and 900.
The Savage 501 Striker might pose a bit of a problem for you (but I am not well-versed in handgun mag limits):
^what the heck is that gun? lol
I guess it's good that there are so many different sensibilities in the shooting sports as it ultimately results in more options for all of us. But, I've never really understood the high-capacity magazine craze. Especially with a bolt gun. I carry my guns allot, so anything jutting out from them is a huge negative. Long mags suck when shooting from a bench too, and extra weight doesn't improve anybody's off-hand shooting experience. Again, not a criticism...but my 10rd. Mark II mags don't even get used anymore, just the 5 rounders. The 10 round mags are ugly, sharp, and seem to hang-up on everything. They don't reliably feed well with 10 rounds either, I used to have to load them with 9.
LOL. Fugly pistol, eh? I bet it is accurate, though.
I'm with you on the mag capacity craze. I don't get it at all. But then again, I'm just a Fudd who thinks his guns are tools to put meat in his freezer. Blam, blam, blam doesn't do anything for me, and I don't like magazines jamming me in the back while I hike/stalk.
Not quite:
They also fit in all Lakefield Mark II, Lakefield Mark III (semi-auto), Savage 501, 504 and 900.
The Savage 501 Striker might pose a bit of a problem for you (but I am not well-versed in handgun mag limits):
well in that case this project is scrapped.
Sorry to do that to you, man, but better you know before you get all geared up.
nah man its all good i appreciate the heads up. its that c*** kim campbell and c68 that are the rectal discharge of our society that ruin these kinds of projects.
Blastattack
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It does not matter what it fits, only what it is designed to fit. The savage magazines are designed to fit in the savage firearms, the fact that thy may fit obsolete and out of production firearms is irrelevant.
This! So long as you design it for the rifle then you're gtg. I seem to recall somebody on these boards attaching a hicap mag body to a factory mag for a bolt action but I don't remember who or for what rifle.
If you go ahead with this idea I'd strongly suggest that the way to do it is to make up an extension off a 10 rounder. The stock magazines are made from a rather thin sheet metal and there's no room for adding more material in the mag well. Also the plastic will soon wear out if you try to use it for the magazine lips. And besides it would be too flexible and even fragile if "printed" as thin as the metal anyway. So a far better option is to use the stock 10 rounder as a top end and cut away the spot welded lower cap and make a 3D printed extension to bring the final count up to 25.
Keep in mind that you'll need to make up a longer magazine spring to work with this. And since the spring is a lot longer it'll need a longer clearance at the base so you hit bottom just before the spring coil binds.
As for CAD drawings if you can't measure and CAD up the stock metal magazine then how are you going to design a good extension or even a full magazine? Use the stock magazine as an example and measure and draw up the existing mag as a start. Once done up "cut" off the base cap on the CAD model and begin working on a slip on extension that'll fit on over the lower outside of the 10 rounder and that has the same internal dimensions and curvature as the OEM mag.
A 5 rounder won't do you any good since it fits flush with the stock. Nothing to slip into your extension.
Keep in mind that you'll need to make up a longer magazine spring to work with this. And since the spring is a lot longer it'll need a longer clearance at the base so you hit bottom just before the spring coil binds.
As for CAD drawings if you can't measure and CAD up the stock metal magazine then how are you going to design a good extension or even a full magazine? Use the stock magazine as an example and measure and draw up the existing mag as a start. Once done up "cut" off the base cap on the CAD model and begin working on a slip on extension that'll fit on over the lower outside of the 10 rounder and that has the same internal dimensions and curvature as the OEM mag.
A 5 rounder won't do you any good since it fits flush with the stock. Nothing to slip into your extension.
drawing it up shouldn't hard, how would the extension be secured to the original metal body of the magazine, i dont think an epoxy would work as the pressure from the spring would just tear itself apart.
elimsprint
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I am very busy right now so I haven't had a lot of time to look for the link for you but so far I can't find it. I will keep looking as time allows. I think you could be wrong about the epoxy not being strong enough as long as you roughed up the outside of the metal body and put holes or grooves in the plastic extension. Also be sure to design in the thickness of the metal mag in your extension so the inside stays smooth at the transition point.
