Ag42b mag rivet placement help

[polskiogorki]

Hi, could someone who has an ag42b pinned from the rear of the mag measure and let me know the measurement to the center of the rivet please
Thanks!

 

[M1-Garand]

Mine is internal in the mag body,no rivet on the outside.

 

[polskiogorki]

Mine is internal in the mag body,no rivet on the outside.

Thanks , I'm trying to help someone out who just inherited one that hasn't seen the light of day for 30 or 40 yrs and mag is original, I would rather rivet instead of weld , that way if laws ever change or sell to a different country they can just take rivet out .

 

[Grizzlypeg]

When I converted mine, back when the restriction came in, I did it internally.

 

[polskiogorki]

When I converted mine, back when the restriction came in, I did it internally.

Did you weld or pin somehow

 

[Grizzlypeg]

I'm sorry, that was a long time ago, I can't remember exactly. I remember it was easy to disassemble the magazine, and I put something in it that must have gone up the middle of the spring. If you could bend something up shaped like a U with feet, you could rivet the feet to the bottom of the mag.

 

[M1-Garand]

Thanks , I'm trying to help someone out who just inherited one that hasn't seen the light of day for 30 or 40 yrs and mag is original, I would rather rivet instead of weld , that way if laws ever change or sell to a different country they can just take rivet out .

No welding was done,just some sheet metal epoxied to the inside of the mag around the perimeter,30 mm from the bottom.Very cleanly done and nothing showing on the outside.
Also a rivet on the outside may prevent the mag from latching in the rifle.

 

[polskiogorki]

No welding was done,just some sheet metal epoxied to the inside of the mag around the perimeter,30 mm from the bottom.Very cleanly done and nothing showing on the outside.
Also a rivet on the outside may prevent the mag from latching in the rifle.

That's actually a good idea, maybe il go that way

 

[Military Surplus Lover]

Both my mags have a rivet on the spine of the magazine. Works great. 1/8th size rivets!

 

[QM 8687]

Long enough rivets hard to find.

 

[Military Surplus Lover]

Long enough rivets hard to find.

Home depot has them

 

[Tcost]

I had one that was limited by a block of wood inside the middle of the mag spring.