Sterling and Enfield mags
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Superbee: Thanks for the comaprison photo, I find it very informative..Now we all know 
The Sterling IS different as I can see, I wonder why most 7.62mm DCRA guys went via this route.
The Enfield one & clone looks like they would fit, just by looking at them.
The Sterling IS different as I can see, I wonder why most 7.62mm DCRA guys went via this route.
The Enfield one & clone looks like they would fit, just by looking at them.
Generally the Enfield mag requires the rails to be relieved so it could set up in the well for feeding/ejection. The Sterling was designed to replace the 303 style mag without the aforementioned modifications. The Sterling system called for an ejector plunger to be machined into the side wall of the rifle. Not very popular. By leaving the 303 ejector screw in place and a good strong pull back on the bolt the 7.62 round will eject most of the time.
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The Sterling magazine requires a slightly longer ejection screw, an easy fix. Although many people just use the 303 ejector screw with success. I don't have any experience with the Enfield 7.62 mags but unless you have a rifle already fitted for one, I would go with the Sterling mag as it is less buggery.
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This is a 7.62 ejector screw on one of my rifles. Cantom ordered it from the UK when he was building this rifle.
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Hi,here is a pic of 3 7.62 mags.
On the left is the collectors source mag, an original enfield mag and a sterling mag.
Great photo superbee. You should add a Ishapore 2A mag to the comparison if you have one. I've been trying to get a decent comparison photo of the Ishapore 2A, Enfield and Sterling mags for some time now.
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Maybe if he hasn't shipped it yet, Ganderite (or his buyer) can take a photo for you?
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=339239
There's also a company named Promag that makes aftermarket Enfield magazines, including for the Ishapores (why do they seem more common in the US than up here anyway?)
http://www.promagindustries.com/
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=339239
There's also a company named Promag that makes aftermarket Enfield magazines, including for the Ishapores (why do they seem more common in the US than up here anyway?)
http://www.promagindustries.com/
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Thanks, I mean the three in one photo though.
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I man can hope can't he?
Don't get me wrong, superbee's photo is great but I have been searching for a pic with just the 3 mags (without the repro one).I man can hope can't he?
I'd love to see someone compare a 7.62mm No. 4 or L42 or even the new AIA rifles against the Ishapore 2A's. They seem more common in the states. Any particular reason they're not as common up here? I notice that captured Pakistani No. 4 Mk. 2's and Indian Mk. 1's were imported not too long ago, so... did the Yanks get to the Ishapores first or something?
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Not sure, but yes it seems there are far more 2A's in the US.
They're as common as dirt down there and cheap too...at least they were, not sure about now. They just didn't seem to make it here...I can only imagine that importing milsurp isn't that easy.
Plus which, the Americans can offer big volume buys unlike us...
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I got mine for $145 from Wolverine back around 97. They were fairly common at the time, since the importers had not all turned tail and left by that point.
The mag from my 1A fit and fed my DCRA rifle perfectly.
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Yes you can make your own, there is a thread about the extractors here:
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=328293
