druid799 Posted October 22, 2017 Report Share Posted October 22, 2017 Now not a project of the magnitude of most on here but a simple little one that I think warrants a 'wee' small corner of this venerable thread . Ive not been able to get any mid caps for my JG FAL basically since I bought it as there either A silly prices or B just not for sale anywhere in the U.K. and I think this is the reason I've not used it as much I would have normally like too . Simply put , Love the gun , hate high caps simple as that really ! But by the use of McGuyver skills I've solved the problem for my self . Take one JG high-cap (the one that came with the gun) , cut away most of the internals but leave enough of the feed tube so I can sand it down to fit in the feed well of a Mid-cap then take a KA VN mid and again with liberal use of a dremel and a belt sander to reduce its size so it'll fit inside the hi-cap shell , then a good 'dollop' of epoxy to hold it in place . and tudah ! a 7.62 120rd mid for my compact FAL ! Now I know I've had to sacrifice the VN mags but , not as if I'm short of Stanag mags (as can be said about pretty much all players?) ? But again well worth the price to get mids for my FAL . I already had the VN's so don't need to get any of them , all I needed were the hi-caps which are only £7.08 from Taiwan gun so no big expenditure there then either ! Have built and finished my first 'prototype' and it works great , no feed issues of any sort and working fine in both semi and auto mode , so again no problems there so Just need to get some more fabricated and I'll be good to go ! Link to post Share on other sites
tquilha Posted October 23, 2017 Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 Nice. This also works with the VFC/ACM BAR Hicaps. The VN mids need a lot of shaving, but in the end it works! Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoc Posted October 27, 2017 Report Share Posted October 27, 2017 I made this, using SA58 and M14 externals M16VN internals and "L"-shaped wood part. Link to post Share on other sites
Isamu Posted November 8, 2017 Report Share Posted November 8, 2017 Wow! thats a great idea @_@ I might try the same with some G3 mags, can't find some decent metal ones (at a fair pricec) shipped to Spain. Have you considered Dboys metal VN mags? I got some of those and at 7€ the unit are not really expensive Link to post Share on other sites
druid799 Posted November 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2017 Quick up date , used them at a game day on Sunday just gone and they worked absolutly fine ! Only problem I had was accidentally dropped and kicked one of a platform and it fell 15ft on too concrete, burst open but on examination I think it was one I’d assembled close to the setting time of the epoxy as it didn’t seem to have as good a bond as the rest had . Lesson learned , mix smaller amounts of the epoxy and more often ! You need to use plastic ‘inner’ mags as there’s a shed full of cutting and sanding involved to get them to fit inside the metal shell with out pushing the sides out and stop them binding on the mag well . Link to post Share on other sites
Murdoc Posted November 10, 2017 Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Originally I wanted RS 30' externals and found them too, but cost more than my SA58... Link to post Share on other sites
druid799 Posted November 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2017 Originally I wanted RS 30' externals and found them too, but cost more than my SA58... Sounds about right ! Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.