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Posted: 11/10/2004 5:52:50 PM EDT
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Who is doing the Ciener mag mods to make them look like regular AR mags? I really do not like the look of the skinny mag and was wanting to adapt it to look like a regular 5.56 mag. Need some instructions/advice on how to do this. Tom Fuller Montgomery, IN [email protected] |
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Tom, Here's what I did: I cut the Orlite feed lips off matching the same angle of the Ciener mag. Be careful of the wire mesh in the plastic - it's sharp! You need to "sandwich" the Ceiner mag body between layers of cardboard. The layers of cardboard must be cut to make a TIGHT fit inside the Orlite mag body. So tight that you really have to push on it. It should be a tight fit side to side and front to back. The Orlite mags swell a bit once it has been inserted. I cut the springs down to a couple of coils so the floorplate is kept in place. You can use a couple strips of duc tape to keep the cardboard aligned as you insert everything into the Orlite mag. I like using cardboard as it will not trap moisture against the Ciener mag and it is removeable. I also carefully removed the over-insertion ridges on the mag with a combination of table grinder, dremel sanding wheel, file, and sandpaper. This works extremely well with 30 round Ciener mags. The 10 round mags do not fit as tight, but it does work well. Dan  |
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Here's what I did with my 10rd Ciener mag: Cut an old 20-rd .223 mag to mate with the bottom of the Ciener mag. Using a dremel, form a U-shaped top edge of the mag body for the Ciener mag to sit in (this is the hard part). Drill a small hole at the bottom of the sheet metal housing of the Ciener mag (NOT through the weld). Drill another hole in the floorplate of the 20 rounder. Insert a 3" round-head bolt from the bottom and through the hole in the Ciener mag. Finally, thread on the nut. It takes a little fitting to get the two mags to mate just right, but once they are bolted together, the unit is solid. It looks like a standard 20-rd mag when inserted into the rifle, except for the small bolt head on the floorplate. |
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