https://gunlab.net/magazine-manufacturing/ Adventures in gun building! Thu, 21 May 2026 18:19:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 https://gunlab.net/magazine-manufacturing/#comment-10242 Wed, 06 May 2015 00:58:18 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=3152#comment-10242 I agree with you. It is fascinating to study this stuff.

]]> https://gunlab.net/magazine-manufacturing/#comment-10239 Tue, 05 May 2015 20:29:31 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=3152#comment-10239 That is too bad. I have been fascinated with progressive stamp tooling as the die opften does not look like what the finished stamped part does.

]]> https://gunlab.net/magazine-manufacturing/#comment-10238 Tue, 05 May 2015 19:54:43 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=3152#comment-10238 Thanks, I have another write up coming up on the AR-180 sheet metal receiver and changes made to it.

]]> https://gunlab.net/magazine-manufacturing/#comment-10237 Tue, 05 May 2015 19:53:31 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=3152#comment-10237 No, I wish I did. It would be interesting to study.

]]> https://gunlab.net/magazine-manufacturing/#comment-10234 Tue, 05 May 2015 16:20:03 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=3152#comment-10234 Most interesting. As a former GE tool and diemaker I’m familiar with progressive punch press tooling. This tooling can be very intricate depending on the number of steps needed to fab the part. Most of us gun nuts have a tendency to take our magazines for granted. Usually we just stick a loaded mag in a gun and blow it off! Of course the more intricate the tool is the harder it can be to troubleshoot in the press when something does go wrong! When that happened an experienced floor man was indispensible! It would sometimes take hours to diagnose and fix the problem or problems. Many modern firearms now use stamped parts. In some cases like the MG42, HK91, HK93, AK74 and AR-18 the entire receiver is made out of stamped steel. It is the fastest way possible to make gun parts. Several years ago I finally figured out that the fastest way possible to make a rifle receiver was with press called a Yoder-Roll [not sure if the spelling is right]. It was type of rotary press which had secondary die stations to make pressings and cut offs the rollers couldn’t do. I never got around to designing the receiver. Good article!

]]> https://gunlab.net/magazine-manufacturing/#comment-10230 Tue, 05 May 2015 13:52:20 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=3152#comment-10230 Very cool. It’s interesting to me how many little steps it take for specific parts that can’t be done as part of the larger operations (follower slot or base tabs for example).

]]> https://gunlab.net/magazine-manufacturing/#comment-10229 Tue, 05 May 2015 12:28:28 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=3152#comment-10229 You wouldn’t happen to have photos of the die bodies as they made these progessive stamps would you?

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