Lee Metford Magazine

[browningautorifle]

The first mag not getting lost but still dangling by the chain.

Would be convenient when teaching slope arms from the order...present arms from the shoulder...

[Micheal Doyne]

Are lee metford rifle mags you are after the same as those used on the lee metford carbine?

[englishman_ca]

No, not the same mag as the Mk.I. The Lee Metford carbine was based upon the Mk.II Metford receiver, introduced in 1894 with the wider double stack magazine.

[RobD]

https://www.wilson55.com/auction/lot...pp=96&pn=1&g=1

[homebythesea1891]

Quick question, how does one go about adding or subtracting the chain link? (Without breaking it)

Thanks,
Tony

[smle addict]

I too, have a MLM MKI* that is missing it's magazine. Been on the hunt for one for quite some time.

So in the meantime, I made one. Apex had a sale on SMLE MK 3 mag bodies, so I ordered two. I cut them both in half and removed a section from the middle (I forget exactly how much). I then removed the reinforcing rib (intact) from one of them, then proceeded to TIG weld the three parts together. I am a horrible welder with thin metals; body work was never my forte. Thick steel and a MIG? no problem. I have a bad habit of burning through thin steel. So this was my best effort.
I had an old beat-up AR-15 magazine, so I cut a section from that, and was able to crudely form a follower that somewhat mirrored an original follower. I also used a piece of the AR follower spring for my franken-magazine.

The mag solidly locks in place and does feed four rounds, so it beats single loading at the range. It's a stop-gap until I can find an orginal one.

[browningautorifle]

I made one

I often wondered if you could do that with a #1Mk3 mag, maybe take a section out to thin it. Well done...

how does one go about adding or subtracting the chain link

Can you not spread it?