Mosin Extendable Clips!!

[Vulch]

All 303 Enfields have an angle on the magazine bottom - roughly 30 degrees off to the horizontal line of the rifle. This allows the magazine spring to curve to allow the follower to tilt to allow for the rimmed cartridges. Only one that doesn't is the Indian 2A which is in 308 anyway - rimless.

The magazine as shown simply due to mechanics cannot be made to work except maybe one extra round at best. Beyond that, you will get jamming, rounds pushing backwards nosedown in the WRONG direction etc. Simple mathematics and mechanics.

Additonally, considering that the rounds are pretty tight in a Mosin Nagant magazine as standard, I cannot see how inserting an extension INTO the mag well will work as simply there will not be sufficient room for the rounds! The extension should be at least the same width as the original magazine or even wider.

A LOT more design work needed here yet!

[hunterman430]

Any word on these yet?

[somoss]

he just put the first weld on and you expect a complete proejct. he asked if there was interest.

[Raupleminze]

interested.....

[tedley2]

All 303 Enfields have an angle on the magazine bottom - roughly 30 degrees off to the horizontal line of the rifle. This allows the magazine spring to curve to allow the follower to tilt to allow for the rimmed cartridges. Only one that doesn't is the Indian 2A which is in 308 anyway - rimless.

The magazine as shown simply due to mechanics cannot be made to work except maybe one extra round at best. Beyond that, you will get jamming, rounds pushing backwards nosedown in the WRONG direction etc. Simple mathematics and mechanics.

Additonally, considering that the rounds are pretty tight in a Mosin Nagant magazine as standard, I cannot see how inserting an extension INTO the mag well will work as simply there will not be sufficient room for the rounds! The extension should be at least the same width as the original magazine or even wider.

A LOT more design work needed here yet!

Tell me about it. Look here and compare;

http://www.jpfo.org/filegen-n-z/smle.htm

[machine shop tom]

The magazine well on my Mosins measures a scant .020" bigger that the cartridges just above the rim. That leaves less than .010" per side for the "clip" wall thickness. I don't think that's near enough to provide for any rigidity.

tom

[tazaroo]

Still interested as expressed early on page 1...............as long as they work.

[danny]

I suspect that it turned out to be much more difficult than he anticipated....if not impossible.

[lpcullen]

It does look cool though! I agree with the guy that said it looked kind of like an M-14. I hope he finishes them and they work.

[painterjohn]

I suspect that it turned out to be much more difficult than he anticipated....if not impossible.

This id do for me ; )

[SoonerTactical]

I think I would be interested, but I don't know how many rounds because of the kick on the Mosins.

[UPdownLoAD]

This id do for me ; )

That's a lot different from the mag shown on the first page!! That one *might* actually work!!

[Gorbachev]

As far as I know that one did work. It is a real Finnish mod.

[SixFiftyOne]

I would defiantly buy one of those assuming they worked. A 30 rounder would be cool. or maybe a 250 round double drum magazine!

Seriously though, I'd buy one.

[stantheman86]

I don't see the point, in a Mosin.

With a skilled shooter and stripper clips it only takes maybe a second to jam 5 more rounds in the 5-round mag. Why don't we focus on making some STRIPPERS that actually work?:D I bought like 50 of those brass ones and some of the steel ones and they don't work for crap, they hardly hold the rounds without them popping out while loading.

I learned from my experience trying to use the 20 round extended mag for my Chinese SKS, that most aftermarket extended mags for fixed mag designs don't work......so I bought a Romanian AK so I could have a hi-cap 7.62x39.

Same with the repro "trench mags" for the Mausers, can't see them being workable, plus I just don't see a point in a "hi cap" bolt action rifle. It isn't that hard to just reload. With the really nice Yugo stripper clips I can feed 5 fresh rounds and have the bolt closed ready to fire in maybe less than 2 seconds. I mean, it's a bolt action rifle! It's not designed for high volume hi speed firepower, it's for long distance volley fire or maybe engaging individual targets at 3-400 yards. It's not an assault rifle. Plus it's not like anyone really keeps a Mosin loaded for home defense, and the 5 roung mag worked well enough for the Russian/Soviet and many other armies for 60+ years so why mess with success?

[SixFiftyOne]

You have a very valid point. I can't even get a decent high cap for my 10/22 that functions properly.

It's all about the "cool" factor. It's the same with the 10/22, no i don't need a 50 round magazine, but I like it!

[C&Rriflecollector91]

So are these still being produced?

[Kyle the Cannoli]

Id love to get one!

[Kyle the Cannoli]

Id love to get one!

[R5CYA]

So are these still being produced?

they never grew wings and flew.

[Kyle the Cannoli]

they never grew wings and flew.

LOL!

[ronbuick]

so these are a NO-GO on the mags???, 10 rounders sure would have been nice, even 8 like the Garand, thanks.

Ron

[gandog56]

I am assuming you mean magazine instead of clip. A clip is what you use to fill the magazine.

But I might be interested in 10 rounders to match my Lee Enfield magazines.

[kerm]

can you please repost the latest images of the purposed mosin-nagant magazine?

[squirrely]

FAIL.

[sglenn]

dang. And I read all 2 pages for nothing...sigh...lol...

[aj81557]

would be interested too.

[stantheman86]

Nope, learned my lesson with the 20 rounder SKS mags too, I stopped trying to fix what wasn't broken a few years ago.

Also, yes the Mosin has served since 1891, and I'm sure in some corners of the globe is still serving just fine with as issued 5 round magazine.

[Kansascoyote]

Nope, learned my lesson with the 20 rounder SKS mags too, I stopped trying to fix what wasn't broken a few years ago.

Also, yes the Mosin has served since 1891, and I'm sure in some corners of the globe is still serving just fine with as issued 5 round magazine.

PREACH it brother !!

[mokan57]

I'd be up for a TT and a CZ if it's a good price.
Claude

OOPPPS, got this in wrong post. My mouse was quicker then me.

[stantheman86]

Kind of unrelated, but I would love to see someone come out with a replacement aftermarket magwell for the Ishapore 2A1 rifles to make them take M14 20-round box mags.

I had read of a guy who altered his 2A1 like this and it really interested me.

I'm not interested in an extended "hi cap" Mosin, but for rifles that are more useful as shooters or utility rifles like less collectable 1970's era Ishapore 7.62 Enfields, a solid way to use a detachable 20 round mag would be just the ticket. IMO the slick Enfield action combined with the ability to use proven, reliable USGI M14 mags would nearly be the most perfect rifle in existence.

I can cycle an Enfield almost as fast as I can shoot a semi in slow, aimed fire and expect to shoot a tight group, so I'll take a 20 round 7.62 Enfield any day!