Anyone modify their Taipan OEM magazines?

[igolfat8]

Just curious if anyone has modified their OEM Taipan Veteran magazines to blank off one of the holes? I’ve seen some guys are 3D printing mags with a blanked out hole. I’m thinking about making a wood plug and pressing it into one of the holes. This would indicate the mag is empty.

I went hunting the other day and got really frustrated wasting air and shots when there wasn’t any lead in the pipe. I’d rather be down a pellet than to waste a blank shot.

 

[Franklink]

My way around that is to single-feed my Veterans. Nice easy access to drop a pellet in the factory supplied single-shot tray. I've shot many thousands of pellets out of them (by empty tin counting, I'm close to being able to say ten's of thousands), and probably 95% has been using that single shot tray.

May not work for your application, but it's an option that avoids trying to hit your target with nothing but air.

 

[igolfat8]

I do use the SST when bench shooting but I use the mags in the field while hunting. It’s just not that easy to single load while hunting in the cold with gloves on.

 

[elh0102]

I don't find that counting shots is all that difficult. If I think I've shot 7,8, or 9 times, just dump the mag and drop in another. I have 4 in the mag holder, and if I need more than 40 shots on a squirrel outing, something is either very wrong, or very good!

 

[Motorhead]

I've converted a .177 Vet mag to .20 cal successfully

 

[madeintheuk]

When I had my mk2 wildcat I had a similar issue. My fix was to make a small indentation on the side of the mag and add a dab of nail polish to really make it stand out. I kept an eye on the dot, and it would indicate if I had shots left. This also helped me keep all my spots, and not lose a magazine slot.

 

[Joedirt199]

Yeah you can look at the left side of the mag to see if there are skirts still showing. As cheap as he is making the no-dry fire mags, it wouldn't hurt to grab a couple and see how they do.

 

[igolfat8]

Well the things is, we hunt pigeons in this large industrialized dairy farm and at times we are shooting so rapidly there isn’t time or thought to pay attention to the magazine count or pellet skirts or look for a dot like when you are just setting waiting for the occasional squirrel to wander within range. For example a few days ago we shot 306 pigeons in a 3 hour window and there were times we were shooting as fast as we could cock the gun. It was so frustrating having a big old fat bird in my crosshairs only to hear a puff of air, aaaaarrrrrggggghhhhh!

 

[oldsparky]

I shoot a 22 standard. I use 18.3 JSB pellets. I can feel the difference when chambering a pellet vs a empty magazine. Is my chamber tighter than some??

 

[Joedirt199]

No I feel it too. No pellet, it is super smooth. Pellet loading kind of feel the pellet riding over the magazine edges. But if you are cocking fast and hard you may not feel it.

 

[igolfat8]

But if you are cocking fast and hard you may not feel it.

^Exactly! I can feel it on the bench but when the adrenaline is pumping in the field … not so much.

 

[Thach2264]

I know that guy that make the no-dry fire mags personally. But I though he called Anti-empty loading mags? Anyway, I have uses his mags and it works as intended.

Look something like this right?

 

[igolfat8]

^How long will the plastic teeth hold up on the 3D printed mags?

 

[Thach2264]

^How long will the plastic teeth hold up on the 3D printed mags?

To be honest, only put in 300-400 rounds so far. And so far show no sign of wear yet.

 

[Vetmx]

Just mark em.

 

[igolfat8]

Well Vet, ya talked some sense into me, once again. I’m going to give it a try.

 

[Vetmx]

If your paint doesn’t stick, use a dremel tool wheel to make a groove. Then paint that groove because the paint will stick better and it will be recessed and protected from flaking off. Mine have had that stripe for years.

 

[igolfat8]

I’ll keep that in mind. Thx for the tip.

 

[Joedirt199]

Plus now you don't lose a round.

 

[oldsparky]

I like to read the forum to see what others find important or convenient for them. When I am done shooting for the day. I put my rifles up on a empty discharged chamber. So I shoot even when I know the magazine is empty. My AAA rifle magazine has a stop that prevents the probe to be closed. So I remove the magazine and shoot on the empty cylinder before coming in the house.
Here is a funny note my kur dog hears the report of the louder shot without the pellet. She turns and goes to the door. She knows it time to go inside.