r/canadaguns • u/milanskiv • May 12 '26

Feets / Collection / My build XCR magazine SKS chassis progress

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I made a few updates to my project. Forend connection interface is now much more discrete and will allow for many different handguard styles planed.

Material is now Polyphthalamide Carbon Fiber which can handle impact like a champ and up to $250 degrees Celsius temperature.

Magazine release is much more tactile with a better spring and the whole magazine release is now easy to replace in 20 seconds in an unlike scenario of failure.

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u/Embarrassed-Gur1769 May 12 '26

How many mag dumps would it take to reach 250 degrees?

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u/Q-Ball7 In the end, it's taxes all the way down May 12 '26

Just like every other plastic gun, unless you're intentionally trying to destroy it, you're not going to be melting this.

Plastic isn't that thermally conductive- even if it was touching hot metal, it would take a while for it to even start melting. It's a very good material for this application, which is why most guns today are made of it.