Magazine feed lip tool

[Ryan.M.Anderson]

I am in desperate need of a mag feed lip tool for my AI mags - the plyers are not going to cut it.

Anyone know where I can source something that will work?

Any input is appreciated.

 

[Shawn_338]

Ryan try and find a set of vice grips with the long flat jaws, they have work very well for me in the past, if you have no luck let me know and I'll hook ya up

 

[peterrunsguns]

yup. Rona had some of those last time I was there

 

[bsand]

This?

http://www.brownells.com/gunsmith-t...ne-tools/magazine-feed-liptool-prod25049.aspx

 

[Ryan.M.Anderson]

Would like to the hs precision one but I need something now. Headed to Rona this afternoon.

Thanks Guys!

 

[supernova]

Sheetmetal vice grips work great. Remember that the case tapers so the feed lips can be adjusted front/rear to change the feed angle slightly if need be.

 

[Ryan.M.Anderson]

Preliminary testing shows that they work great. I will probably get some sand paper as well to polish things up.

 

[Roddy]

What exactly are you doing to your mags? Some of mine are a bit hard to chamber the first one or two rounds out of. Can that be improved?

 

[Ryan.M.Anderson]

My gun is in 6.5X55 but the mags are 300WM so i have to narrow them. I find flaring the front side makes them feed a bit better as well.

 

[Dogleg]

If you happen to have access to an old chainsaw guide bar and a chop saw you can make about 10 of them in a heck of a hurry. They are even two sided; just in case you adjust so many magazines that you wear one side out. Or you can cut it crooked, so you have a wide side and a narrow side.

There is something so perfectly redneck about adjusting a magazine with a chainsaw that it is difficult to put a price on.

 

[Roddy]

Is there anywhere to find a tutorial on this? Do you measure a lot or do you just keep trying them out?

 

[supernova]

Is there anywhere to find a tutorial on this? Do you measure a lot or do you just keep trying them out?

There might be snippets around from ppl posting their experiences but generally, no. In most cases we are trying to get a magazine that is an aftermarket copy of an original, to work in a rifle it was not designed for using a stock or bottom metal made by a third independent company to adapt the two together. Some fitting may be required. Each install requires a little tuning to get the feeding just right and sometimes that involves adjusting the feed lips. On my 700P this required bending the feed lips outward a small amount to get the rounds sitting a little higher so that the bolt can reliably feed them. I also bent the front out a little to tilt the rounds up for smoother feeding. Its a trial and error game.