Hiscock Parker magazine

[bigduke6]

They say things come in three's .....

Been after one for some time but to me the price they demand is too much, didn't have much of the collecting funds left after a few recent purchases but couldn't let this one go, considering it come with the rifle (Which I didn't want) it was a excellent deal, the rifle itself is nice example but not a Military trainer (a commercial SMLE converted to .22. so its back for sale minus the mag)

The main reason is I wanted to reproduce one, certainly got the machines etc to do it, plan on a precise copy and then to try and simplify it and produce a modern version, not trying to re invent the wheel but a few comers could be cut, and lighter materials used.
Not a priority at present but hope to make a start sooner than later.

It is a heavy bit of kit but well designed (definitely designed thinking outside the box), I just think the forces used to load a round are a bit overpowering, you are in fact fighting against 3 spring forces. Being an Engineer and probably like most others when we produce something for ourselves we tend to go a bit OTT regarding strength, quality and durability, same happened here I think, with a few lighter springs it it may have had a longer service life......



A few pics below, may help to understand the process, the spring in the mag itself is purely for the loading ram, the heavy spring is concealed but operates the the two forks which are basically the .22 follower spring, the last is shortened spring I guess from a .303 mag ?

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