BME
October 18, 2026, 8:19pm
765
Hmmm…
outside the magwell, its ok.
I suspected as much, from a tiny gripping area.
I tried running a lighter up and down the sides…
Failing all that…internal repair, for aesthetics only until i get a new mag.
splint it from the inside.
Get a metal rod ( drill bit) and araldite it in internally.
remove the mag spring and follower, lay the drill bit down, and araldite in the splint, to join upper and lower…
this would stop it functioning as a mag, but brace it for aesthetics until a ne mag arrives…
Moral of the story…beware the big mag release…!!
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BME
October 18, 2026, 10:33pm
766
I didn’t get to have it for one day…!!!
But…got it temp fixed…as a aesthetic repair.
Hold it all together, over such a small area
New mag required…time for a aesthetic fix, to hold me over…
BME
October 18, 2026, 10:38pm
767
Its great having a bunnings 5 mins away.
pic of the broken mag…
Clean break. High capacity mag too… it will hold a lotta gels.
Of course, you’d need to figure out how to transplant a battery…but i digress…
Thankfully, bunnings had small, square shaped dowel.
By curious coincidence and grateful happenstance, two pieces of dowel side by side…
cut to size, to correctly fit the upper…
BME
October 18, 2026, 10:41pm
768
So, the lower part of the mag, timber is visible from the front.
I joined the two pieces side by side with tape.
Very hard to push the top on…it acts as retention for the upper.
Paint the lower half…
BME
October 18, 2026, 10:53pm
769
Taped in the middle, repainted…
Split visible from the side…but not visible when inserted.
front view
And… now it’s working as a aesthetic mag only.
This mag for display…elec mag for firing.
It would be cool to do a battery transplant on a new extended mag…
Bloody Mag Release lever…!!
DocBob
October 19, 2026, 1:43am
770
Gonna need to replace the mag eject button spring with an M110 !
Yeah… I was going to suggest beefing up the spring on the mag release.
BME
October 19, 2026, 3:25am
772
the trouble is… the mag spring is a small, custom spring.
its a piddly little U spring, which sits in a slot, on the inside of the blaster.
Not a lot you can do…
BME
October 19, 2026, 7:10am
773
Okay… mystery of the laser, sorted.
The 2 underneath screws are dual purpose.
Open the battery box, and then screw down to tighten the laser onto the rail.
With the laser off, I pulled it down, took the batteries out ( no corrosion), and just screwed it all down fully tight.
This screwed the clamp down too far, and hence wouldn’t slide on.
its a rip snorter of a laser, powered by 3 LR44 batts.
Worth its price of $22.
The whole kit, with the laser, is exceptional value.
About $62 for the kit and laser ( excluding postage).
BME
October 19, 2026, 7:15am
774
Also, by happy coincidence…
with the laser fitted, the Sentinel fits onto the requiem revolver stand.
i Dont need a spirit level, to tell me its pretty damn straight.!
The mag fits into the recessed revolver recess, and the laser balances on the forward bar.
Parso can produce these, at negligible cost, so that’s a win…!!
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Yep, you can… sounds like the same arrangement as a Vector.
It can still be beefed up by using thicker spring wire… or re-routing it. I did it to my KV and it worked really well. No more accidental mag drops.
There’s always a way… just depends on how much of a problem you think it is.
BME
October 19, 2026, 9:37pm
776
Hmmm…
this one’s all back together now…i think i’ll leave it that way.
Next one, when its apart…might have a try then.
Bending wires is orthodontist work… they can tell you how much fun it is…!!
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You don’t have to be an orthodontist to bend up a U shaped spring.
Anyone telling you that you do is probably an orthodontist.
BME
October 19, 2026, 10:32pm
778
i remember doing it in dental school…
lots of fun…not…!!
trying to get the bends lining up/ aligning properly…!!
Dentistry: a entire profession, with as much fiddly frustration as blaster tech…!!
