Parker Hale M85 DBM and trigger guard

Just got done testing my prototype mag and trigger guard for the M85 rifle. It's a near exact copy of the original with two changes. Mag box will be a few thousands bigger to allow for easier insertion and removal of mags and the second I changed the rear part of the triggerguard to allow for standard style triggers to work even timney triggers. But it's so subtle only a die hard PH M85 fan or if you were to place them next to each other, would you be able to tell.


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Be interested to hear how you get on. Was there a reason why you needed to embark on that, or was it simply a magazine feeding issue into the housing?

My magazine housing seems too loose. Often have to tweak feed lips of M14/M1A mags to feed well. Once done they get marked up as "OK for M85", so they don't get lost in the pile o' mags.

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Originally Posted by Gil Boyd

Be interested to hear how you get on. Was there a reason why you needed to embark on that, or was it simply a magazine feeding issue into the housing?

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Mostly I wanted to finish a few M85 rifles. I had enough parts for one complete DBM but I was unable to locate all the parts needed to complete the other rifles. I tried Norman Clark but the lack of response from them and they didn't all the parts to complete the DBM any way I decided to have them made.

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Originally Posted by jmoore

My magazine housing seems too loose. Often have to tweak feed lips of M14/M1A mags to feed well. Once done they get marked up as "OK for M85", so they don't get lost in the pile o' mags.

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From want I've seen with other parts I'm not surprised that there is variations in tolerances with different DBM's. The one original example I have here every mag I tried was tight, some more than others.

I'm only gonna have 12 made, I plan to keep 4 or 5 for my projects and will sell the rest to help recoup the cost of having them designed and made.