aquarist
02-14-2016, 02:54 AM
Recently I saw a post on a local gun form where the member had tried his hand at stippling an AR mag and since its been so cold outside today I decided to give it a shot. Seems like the two mags I tried turned out great! Other than some hand cramps and almost burning myself a few times, it was really fun. So I wanted to start this thread so others could share their DIY stipple jobs, it'd be cool if people could post pics of what they stippled and say what they used to do the stippling. I used a basic run of the mill 30w soldering iron, I think if I get into stippling more I may try out some different tips, and maybe even make a stipple stamp, but right now just using the tip it came with has worked out just fine for me.
I'm not sure how long it took me, but it seemed like the second mag took about half the time. I didn't stipple the base plate of the second mag, was wondering if I liked it better with out it, comments welcome on which base plate looks better. I started with the base plate on the first mag because I figured if it looked horrible I could file it off and it'd be on the bottom.
After stippling these mags in the relief area it got me thinking about the all the different designs of polymer mags and the cool things that could be done with them. Eventually I want to work up the courage to stipple my G17.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160214/44448aac0a9a19d87410bca471a66291.jpg
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160214/a494b115791c6ae978eba0da7db61bdc.jpg
The front of mag (faces barrel)
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160214/e59a4ea8d1ffa3e38dc67e0ea1b253e9.jpg
The rear of the mag (faces you)
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160214/cabf3e80b2e6a13a5e8661a9c531a083.jpg
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160214/95b708c129982213883d78e545411db9.jpg
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160214/1e006a0ebd62237f87e11106226387d8.jpg
I'm not sure how long it took me, but it seemed like the second mag took about half the time. I didn't stipple the base plate of the second mag, was wondering if I liked it better with out it, comments welcome on which base plate looks better. I started with the base plate on the first mag because I figured if it looked horrible I could file it off and it'd be on the bottom.
After stippling these mags in the relief area it got me thinking about the all the different designs of polymer mags and the cool things that could be done with them. Eventually I want to work up the courage to stipple my G17.
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160214/44448aac0a9a19d87410bca471a66291.jpg
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160214/a494b115791c6ae978eba0da7db61bdc.jpg
The front of mag (faces barrel)
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160214/e59a4ea8d1ffa3e38dc67e0ea1b253e9.jpg
The rear of the mag (faces you)
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160214/cabf3e80b2e6a13a5e8661a9c531a083.jpg
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160214/95b708c129982213883d78e545411db9.jpg
http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160214/1e006a0ebd62237f87e11106226387d8.jpg