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An interesting suggestion from another forum was to check the rear face of the magazine (where the tape presently resides) for any inward curvature (dish) and to tap (rather forcefully) it out to...

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I am just trying to fit the appropriate magazine to the rifle, where it will remain fixed per design.

Apologies to all if I was unclear in my initial problem statement.

So I found the source of the problem from a perspective of getting the magazine to lock in-place and remain as such.

The following was just a mock-up to identify where the problem is and to get...

Hello all,
I recently purchased a No4 (my first). It came with a No1 Mkiii magazine which was “fitted” well and fed fine. In my desire to make it “more original” I purchased a non-reproduction No4...