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Jerold · February 13th, 2007, 20:21

Thank for the pin pusher link. I may get one and try it out on one of my dead batteries to see how it goes.

I just finished cutting my hole out of the inside edge of my redi-mag. Took about an hour, but I am pretty impressed at how well it works when I installed it onto my M15 and ran the battery thru.

If anyone wants to give it a try, I'll give you some dimensions so you don't have to guess at it like I did. I got lucky and the bottom edge of the hole I cut turned out to be even with the top edge of the empty mag case when inserted into the redi mag. The hole is pretty big, but when it is installed against the gun, you can't see anything because it get partially blocked by the front receiver pin and the wire that runs out from the opening. The wires for my battery are nice and stiff and they don't lay against the metal edges. I was most worried about the wires chaffing against the metal and damaging them.

Anyway, measuring form the bottom of the redi-mag strike a line 1-5/8". the height of the opening is 5/8" and the width of the opening on the front of the redi-mag is 3/8" (just about half the thickness of the redi-mag). the opening on the right side goes back 1". I did it that far, but you can get away with 3/4". doesn't matter though, since it is against the gun and you won't see it anyway.

I used the dremel cutting disks. use the slightly thicker one to do the heavy cutting work and the thin one at the very end when you need to get at the corners. I used the long, thin grinding stone to take away the bur on all the edges. Then the metal brushes and lastly the nylon brushes to smooth out the metal edges. What surprised me the most was how smooth these brushes can get the edges. I'll probably look for some thing to slide over the wires anyway, but the way it is now would hold up. just have to find the time to paint it flat black and I'm set.

I'd post a photo, but I can't figure out how to attach one.

February 13th, 2007, 20:21	#7
Jerold Trader rating Join Date: Feb 2007	Thank for the pin pusher link. I may get one and try it out on one of my dead batteries to see how it goes. I just finished cutting my hole out of the inside edge of my redi-mag. Took about an hour, but I am pretty impressed at how well it works when I installed it onto my M15 and ran the battery thru. If anyone wants to give it a try, I'll give you some dimensions so you don't have to guess at it like I did. I got lucky and the bottom edge of the hole I cut turned out to be even with the top edge of the empty mag case when inserted into the redi mag. The hole is pretty big, but when it is installed against the gun, you can't see anything because it get partially blocked by the front receiver pin and the wire that runs out from the opening. The wires for my battery are nice and stiff and they don't lay against the metal edges. I was most worried about the wires chaffing against the metal and damaging them. Anyway, measuring form the bottom of the redi-mag strike a line 1-5/8". the height of the opening is 5/8" and the width of the opening on the front of the redi-mag is 3/8" (just about half the thickness of the redi-mag). the opening on the right side goes back 1". I did it that far, but you can get away with 3/4". doesn't matter though, since it is against the gun and you won't see it anyway. I used the dremel cutting disks. use the slightly thicker one to do the heavy cutting work and the thin one at the very end when you need to get at the corners. I used the long, thin grinding stone to take away the bur on all the edges. Then the metal brushes and lastly the nylon brushes to smooth out the metal edges. What surprised me the most was how smooth these brushes can get the edges. I'll probably look for some thing to slide over the wires anyway, but the way it is now would hold up. just have to find the time to paint it flat black and I'm set. I'd post a photo, but I can't figure out how to attach one.