I'm talking about Savage 99 or Win 100 type magazines.

Is the steel - spring steel?
Is it hardened after it's formed?

Has anyone made a magazine for a centerfire rifle?

most magazines are roll formed, then heat treated then finished

1050, 1074-5, 1095 annealed will work?

First there's a misnomer as many steels are called "spring steels " .Some are hardened by HT and some are hardened by cold working.Both stainless steels and alloy steels can be used.
Annealed steel is a poor choice for springs.However 1095 has been used for a very long time for springs for clocks and watches.

What would you suggest. I was think of forming 410 SS then ht.

I can buy 410 in small qty.

What I want to know is what's the project?
Don

Finnwolf mag. may do it out of a block of alumimun instead.

First off, it all depends on the part.

Winchester first used 1010 steel for the M88 mag and casehardened the feed lips.
That only lasted about 3 years before they redesigned the magazine and changed the steel to 1020, 1/4 hard

Currently we are using 1026 steel 3/4 hard for the M 88 / M 100 magazines. The hardness is the key, as well as the thickness of .040"

But the base is still 1010 dead soft as it has to be drawn deeper to form the bottom recess.

The Savage 340 magazines were speced out from the factory as 1020 steel 1/2 hard

Currently we are using 1065 - 1075 DQ annealed steel for the 22 rimfire magazines, as that is what Remington had speced out for the 511 magazines, and Winchester for the 52 / 69 / 75 magazines.

In talking to Triple K magazines a while back, they buy lots of our magazines, they have a good source of annealed 4130 - 4140 material, and have been using that for a number of years now. That way they can heat treat just the feed lips if needed.

FYI, I make thousands of formed flat and vee springs each year from annealed 1050, 1065, 1075, and 1095 steel. It all depends on how you work with it. Plan ahead regarding stress risers, and corners, and if you coin any section of it, and most importantly the final heat treatment.

James Wisner

Jim

thanks. all that is way over my head.

rich

The mag box's in Remington 700's and Ruger 77's and Kimbers are butter soft