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    Quote Originally Posted by paulseamus View Post
    That equates to $930 USD, $921 CAD, $1,133 NZD and 564 GBP. Way beyond my budget!!
    Bit beyond most peoples budget I would say, So has anyone got a drawing of the mag?

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    [QUOTE=Alan de Enfield;186721]The No7 (not CNo7) magazine was manufactured from a No1 magazine with a BSA 'sporter 5' .22 magazine as an insert. As you know the No7 was a No4 derivative but the principle could no doubt be applied to a No1 based rifle (No2 Mk4*)

    The problem would be getting the No2 bolt head to 'pick up' and chamber the .22 cartridge.
    The No7 had a totally redesigned and radically different bolt head to achieve this.

    So - to answer your question - YES a No1 magazine has been modified to fit a .22rf cartridge but I know of no examples of where it has been fitted (or worked) in a No2


    Hmm it seems on the face of it like it should be simple to engineer something. I'm at the Reno gun show this weekend, I'll try to buy a couple of 5 round .22LR mags and see what can be cobbled together heath robinson / mcgyver styley whihc may stand a chance of working.

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    Getting a mag to work would be part of it but I think you'd need to make a new extractor that grips the cartridge tighter than the standard one in a No.2 rifle. Then there's ejection to think about...

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    I found a mag that fits inside a NO.1 Mag shell. I'm toying with the idea of trimming the fron edge of the insert mag and having an extended follower so that as the shell is pushed up and into the chamber the follower is then pushed down below the bolt head as it slides forward. This might then also act as an ejection device??? Wife away this weekend and will have some time in the man cave to tinker. Watch this space.

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    Still watching.

    Quote Originally Posted by newcastle View Post
    I found a mag that fits inside a NO.1 Mag shell. I'm toying with the idea of trimming the fron edge of the insert mag and having an extended follower so that as the shell is pushed up and into the chamber the follower is then pushed down below the bolt head as it slides forward. This might then also act as an ejection device??? Wife away this weekend and will have some time in the man cave to tinker. Watch this space.
    Still watching. Any progress?

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    I wouldn't keep looking martins. I was following the thread too, wondering what orbitory planet a lot of the contributors were living on. Do you REALLY think that the mechanism of the BSA No7 would have been so mechanically complicated and expensive if such a project were so simple? Nope, me neither

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    Bit of a time warp thing like 23-08-2011 was newcastles post so where did the thread go for 4 years................ guess the mag is long gone??????????

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    Hello there. Yes it was a bust - exactly as Peter predicted but IIRC it was fun tinkering for a few hours.

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