In the following pictures of original VG1-5 one of the items that you will notice is that all the cocking handles look different and that they have been through some rough times.
So this is the cocking handle that we developed. The first thing that you will notice is the steel is just a little thicker. We are hoping to prevent the serious bending issue that we have seen in the original rifles. We are trying to keep it as the same basic shape of the original and it will be riveted as well.
This is the video showing how they are made.
And the close ups of the tooling to accomplish this task.
Some times simple tools are the best.
How do you rivet the rear hole? Do you use a special rivet die?
i have an old verry rare document for you, it’s a scan of a photocopy of an old french gun magazine (1992/1993 ?)
http://img4.hostingpics.net/pics/515872forgottensturmgewehr.jpg