Sure.T Talon Magazine, Horizontal Print, No Supports, Printed Spring

Recently I got into XShot Pro blasters. These take Talon style mags, which are not the cheapest. While looking for a good design, I found the Sure.T mag. Looks great, not a fan of printing it vertically though, especially on a bed slinger. Further, not really a fan of the constant pressure roll springs. They're hard for me to source. 

Looking at 3D printed spring options, I stumbled onto the horizontal print version, and a 3D printed spring with press in base. Printed one, which went together okay, though was a struggle. Problem, it doesn't fit the XShot blasters. The angled feed lips to allow it to be printed horizontally interfere with the mag wells in XShot blasters. No problem, saw off that portion of the lips, and they fit. They feed, and they work, but I can't just print one, and drop it in. 

I decide to take the Sure.T CAD, and run with it, and here we are. I wasn't going to publish this model, but I made enough changes to it that I feel it deserves it's own release. Changes:

• Removed the parts for the constant pressure spring.
• Removed the side stencils. Mainly because I didn't like the look of them when printed.
• Increased the font size of the dart count, and moved it up some.
• Refactored the base design for horizontal printing. This is totally inspired by thunkar.
• Designed supports on the feed lips that are part of the stl.
• Adjusted the feed lips a little.
• Designed for a 3D printed spring. Use this one by Nick_Furry.
• Mag height adjusted for the printed spring to still have a 12 dart capacity.
• Adjusted and tweaked the mag catches. Made them deeper and moved them down a touch for a better fit in the XShot mag wells. Used the OG Worker Talon mag CAD to check measurements and adjusted.
• Designed a completely new base plate and locking plate so the mags can be assembled in seconds, or dismantled in seconds. No glue. No tools.
• Designed an optional bumper base plate to be printed in TPU.

If you're interested in making one, here is what you need to print:

The parts from me are already oriented to be printed as is, do not generate supports. The parts from the other sources will need to be oriented to print on your printer. I have included 2 screenshots of the parts plated on a 300x300 and a 175x175 sized printers. These should be printable on just about any printer out there. The spring from Nick_Furry will need to be laid flat and rotated on a 45 to fit most printers. I was able to plate and print it on a Prusa MK3S (a Voron Switchwire in fact, but same plate) without issue.

Assembly is very straight forward:

1. Remove the built in support from the mag body. It should come free pretty easily, but don't force it. Clean up any stringing.
2. Drop the pusher in from the bottom, and hold the mag body upside down. Ensure the pusher is oriented correctly.
3. Drop the spring in while holding the mag upside down. The flat end goes against the pusher.
4. Place the locking plate on the spring with the locking pin facing the bottom of the mag. Push it into the mag.
5. Slide the base plate onto the bottom of the mag, and let the locking plate pin snap into position. This locks the plate on.
6. Done.

Disassembly is just as easy, just press the locking pin in with a pen, and slide the plate off. Everything will just slide out afterwards.

That's it, enjoy.

Thanks again to Tim O'Brien for the original design and CAD. Thanks to thunkar for their work and inspiration. Thanks to Nick_Furry for his spring.

EDIT: Added a 8 round version of the mag body. Same spring is used, just cut 3 or 4 of the sections away once it's printed. I intend to add my own spring design here at some point with specific lengths for different mags.

Based on Tim O'Brien's CAD, modified the design for horizontal printing without any additional supports. Removed constant tension spring cutout and notches. Adjusted the mag catches for a more secure fit. Liked thunkar's changes for horizontal printing, but the result is not compatible with XShot Pro blasters; their design inspired this work. In addition added a proper magazine base plate with a locking plate that all slides together and requires no tools or adhesives to assemble. Can be easily disassembled as well.