Magfed Ion project

[Jordan]

Got the top rail mocked up and clearanced for the breech screw and QEV so it should be ready for solder later this week... far too cold to do anything for the next few nights (lows of -9°C).



I measured/drilled the holes for the rear donut - I needed access to install the rear barb and retaining screw. The plan is to leave the rear snap ring off and use the retaining screw to hold the donut in place... that way, when I service the bolt engine, I take off a Picatinny rail to access the QEV and breech bolt, remove those, and slide the firing can/breech assembly out the front, leaving the donut inside the body.

[Jordan]

The bare chassis is basically the tube plus some 1/2" u-channel that was used for mounting points. Kind of reminds me of a Tippmann Pro-series body. 🙂

[Jordan]

And one last "update"... I took a page out of the Ghostflanker playbook and made a bracket to mount the back of the magwell to the grip frame. It's super solid now, with no rattles or loose feeling.

I believe he mounts his frames closer to the magwell for spacing reasons. I have the luxury of being able to position things wherever I want, so my bracket isn't quite as compact.

[anson]

Great job as always Jordan

[Toestr]

CCABB mag sharing program coming soon?

[Jordan]

Got the top rail mount soldered on and some rails mounted. Still a work in progress, I'm not 100% happy with it yet.

[Jordan]

The mods continue: got my gas-thru frame setup mostly together.

I had an Inline Stabilizer lying around that got converted to a Female Stabilizer (PPS still had the correct pieces needed in stock) and drilled/tapped for a 4mm hose barb (10-32 thread). I sourced the ring mount from Amazon - it's a modified 1" scope ring that I drilled mounting holes in.




I drilled a series of holes in the frame to route the hosing through, added a "T" fitting, and installed the SMAV. The only connections left are the two on-gun barbs - the rear donut barb and the front QEV. These won't really need to be touched once everything is installed, so the poor accessibility is really more of a brief annoyance for assembly. As long as there's no leaks, I won't need to touch anything once it's together.

[Cal440]

This is looking great, as always nice work Jordan! In a custom mag fed build like this I assume the ball stack height is critical. As in the next ball has to sit just below the bore height?

[Jordan]

Cal440 - definitely, that was the first thing I verified before I started the project. I lucked out that the geometry works - the stack height is basically perfect.

I had to do a bit of adjustment on the breech location to get it to feed FS rounds properly, and I'm still not 100% positive they'll feed without any flips yet, but roundball is no problem.

I'm almost done with the brasswork - got a couple additions to finish off the mounting rail and I need to build a rear cap for the main body - and then decide on finish before I can do final assembly.

If there's enough left in the can, it's likely getting the classic wrinkle black unless I can get someone to powdercoat it for me.