For a mauser. I have a factory thin extended release.

I've seen big headed releases, I assume they stay connected to the FP.

Yes.
I see these as just a misplaced grasp causing a mag full of ammo to drop to the ground.
I use only factory Mauser releases. If you want a quick release, get an Argentine 09 type.

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Originally posted by dpcd:
Yes.
I see these as just a misplaced grasp causing a mag full of ammo to drop to the ground.
I use only factory Mauser releases. If you want a quick release, get an Argentine 09 type.

Done right they work just fine.

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Originally posted by dpcd:
Yes.
I see these as just a misplaced grasp causing a mag full of ammo to drop to the ground.
I use only factory Mauser releases. If you want a quick release, get an Argentine 09 type.

Tom Burgess did these and they didn't dump your ammo. You had to be deliberate but it still "easy".

Yes, I think they are pinned, and some have a thin coil compression spring outside the plunger to keep it tensioned. I have also seen a design that uses two standard Mauser release plungers. One has the big end ground back the thickness of its spring flange and trued flat. The other has its spring guide cut off and squared/trued to the flange. The two are then brazed together. With some careful fitting of the floor plate lug and hole it will operate as an extended release. Same principle as the commercial type. It stays under firm spring tension and would be hard to accidentally release.

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Originally posted by richj:
For a mauser. I have a factory thin extended release.

I've seen big headed releases, I assume they stay connected to the FP.

I don't remember sdaving this. It's from the military firearms restoration corner? maybe by Don Markey?

https://sporterizing.com/ which is no more

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military firearms restoration corner