mass produce them and profiit lolI made this ambi release after reading in this thread that the AR release was not the same size. Works great and although I kind of got use to it on the right side this is much better and less awkward.
Who will try ambi mag release on Type97?
- Thread starter BigDerp
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- East ontario
we could make them petty fast if people were interested it, we just spent the last few months working on ar15 ambi safety and mag catch
- Location
- East of Home, West of the Rest
Um. Ya!!!!!
Lobster_pot
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- On the shores of the Bay of Fundy
Heck ya!! We need something
Pretty sure you will sell enough of them to justify making them. I know i'm down for one
I'd buy one!
Ummm... OK.
Jack Brock
Regular
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- ABBOTSFORD
I will take one as well thanks.
So after combining the ideas I had based on the Troy ambi release and the work that TheShark did, I made mine tonight. Repost from the pictures thread:
So I ended up doing most of the work on the mill (which was the first time I've ever run it!) and fabricated the release from a chunk of 3/8ths mild steel. I welded two pieces of 1/4" round stock to the release plate and fine tuned the actual release with a file. Sorry for the poor photos; it's late and poor lighting. Probably going to have to put another coat of paint on it. Realized after I hit it with the stray bomb that the can said semi-gloss matte and not matte lol.
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=Fih-L-vLgxM&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DFih-L-vLgxM%26feature%3Dyoutube_gdata_player
So I ended up doing most of the work on the mill (which was the first time I've ever run it!) and fabricated the release from a chunk of 3/8ths mild steel. I welded two pieces of 1/4" round stock to the release plate and fine tuned the actual release with a file. Sorry for the poor photos; it's late and poor lighting. Probably going to have to put another coat of paint on it. Realized after I hit it with the stray bomb that the can said semi-gloss matte and not matte lol.
Video: http://youtube.com/watch?feature=youtube_gdata_player&v=Fih-L-vLgxM&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DFih-L-vLgxM%26feature%3Dyoutube_gdata_player
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Nice Pooker. Much better than having to use the reach around release. Mine drops free nicely with D&H mags, the stock mag is a joke. You could probably hit it with some sand paper before giving it a second coat to help get rid of those scratches. Nice mill work on the underside of the release, I have a mill too but find myself carving metal with a variety of grinders most often.
Thank you, sir. Yeah, I'm going to strip that paint off and polish off the file marks and some of the crappy welding on the posts. Maybe fill it in with some JB or something.
That was the first time I'd ever touched the mill actually so even though some of it was a bit sloppy I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out and I only broke one bit!
Going to have to pick up some more magazines soon for sure. On a closed bolt the OEM will drop free and I'd imagine a proper mag would on an open bolt if you needed to. There was something else I was going to mention but it escapes me now.
That was the first time I'd ever touched the mill actually so even though some of it was a bit sloppy I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out and I only broke one bit!
Going to have to pick up some more magazines soon for sure. On a closed bolt the OEM will drop free and I'd imagine a proper mag would on an open bolt if you needed to. There was something else I was going to mention but it escapes me now.
