E-tek clamping feedneck on direct feed automag?

[Barsse]

Seems like E-tek 1 feednecks have clamping mechanism both for the feed and hopper. Does anyone know if I can get that feedneck and stick it onto a direct vertical feed of automag body, will it fit?

[TwilightG]

Seems like E-tek 1 feednecks have clamping mechanism both for the feed and hopper. Does anyone know if I can get that feedneck and stick it onto a direct vertical feed of automag body, will it fit?

Yes... kinda'...

I have one mounted on my centerfeed MiniMag. The o.d. of the body feedneck is a little too small for the i.d. of the ego feedneck. what i did was cut a ring (about 1/2") from a 3/4" copper pipe. I then cut that ring in half to make a spacer/shim.
Fit the spacer against the side of the body feedneck, place ego feed over that and clamp it down.
To keep the feed from turning or wobbling, I had to clamp it down all the way so that both edges of the feedneck pressed together.
It's very secure now

I'll try to post pics at some point... but you can find a pic of my MiniMag in the March MOTM-entry thread (sadly, it didn't make the cut for voting)

*edit: it just occurred to me that you may have been referring to the AGD low-rise vert feed twist-lock body. I do not know if the same rules apply.. I only have experience w/ the centerfeed MiniMag body

[Spider-TW]

I just put an 05/06 ego feedneck on a Luke's vert feed mod. I used 0.023 brass sheet to shim the fit. It's a very nice fit, but it has not seen paint yet. My local ACE hardware has the hobby brass display (K&S, K&N...? K&N is air filters, eh) which has a variety of thicknesses and sizes. Of course, you need something to cut with.

[Barsse]

No, TwilightG, you're right, I was referring to classic feeds, like centerfeed, powerfeed, and direct. I am thinking of getting the vert feed mod for the classic right-feed body, then adding the Ego clamp and running with winchester hopper.
Glad to hear it's doable, thanks for answers!

[Magnus]

I used 3 orings on mine to tighten it up. I forget which sizes they are, but it works very well.

[211]

the metal strap from an automotive hose clamp works perfect as a shim/spacer to get the feedneck to clamp tight
havent had mine even wiggle since I did it

[TeamBob]

just put a shim in there and it fits just fine. Mine works well.