Rifle Magazine retention ideas

[plasmajunky]

I Have a couple prop rifles going on at the moment one is a Halo Ma37 the other is a Fallout 3 Gobi scout rifle I would like to incorporate removable magazines and was just going to use magnets on the mag body hidden under thin sintra.
Any other Ideas
Thanks Jerry

 

[robstyle]

It depends on the base materials. Butyl may be enough if its lightweight but not everyone has a roll just laying around the house. Velcro if the magazine is already tight enough to press fit in place. Magnets are the best idea for a seamless fit but you should use neodymium magnets or at least something more powerful than the average fridge magnet.

 

[Hfuy]

I once did this using quarter-inch jack plugs. Nice strong connection, gives you a decent whack-it-in sort of effect if you want it to be an Action Toy, if you see what I mean, and it gives you an electrical connection to boot.

 

[ReproMan]

neo magnets and jack plugs are great ideas, i've used them in the past for same thing. cant think of anything else to suggest unless you wanted to make a working slide catch for it.

 

[plasmajunky]

Yes I have used magnets inlet into the mags with a sheet metal mag well liner it works for retention but as was stated you dont get the nice "click" when the mag is slammed home I have an Idea for a mag release button for the gobi. Thanks for the input
Jerry