Mag tube - barrel clamp

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Mag tube - barrel clamp

Post by Wapiti » 20 Feb 2026, 6:49 pm

For those blokes with one of those 7-shot button/lever release shottys, I found a barrel clamp here in Aus.
For American shotguns, Magpul make examples that accept plug-in sling attachments or loops, but I couldn't find one in Aus advertised anywhere in the last few months. I have one on a Rem 870 but haven't been able to get another.

Why are these things useful, well to protect the wafer-thin magazine tubes from being kinked and/or folded should you take a tumble chasing pigs, or just drop the things. On the Turkistan shotties, these mags are paper thin, you can see it at the end where the edge is just roll-formed to stop the end cap flying out. American shotguns would be 3-4x this thickness and have enough meat to have threads cut to use an end cap.
This joint is in WA (funny that, where these shotguns are so dangerous the politician banned them from mortals), the address and phone number is on the senders details of the bag - see pic.
Google the name as they have some good accessory products. This one is made in Italy, so not Chinesium.

There's threaded holes on each side to accept accessories like sling loops or sling studs. None supplied.
On these Turk guns, this long unsupported wafer-thin mag tube would be easily folded and kinked in a fall or drop, and then you'd be rooted.
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Bit of a blocky thing, but then it is alloy and needs to be a bit thicker and clubby than the steel Magpul ones built for police etc. use.
Best fitted as far forward as possible. Easily clears the front sight.
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Doesn't really look out of place.
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Regards G,
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Re: Mag tube - barrel clamp

Post by Wapiti » 20 Feb 2026, 6:51 pm

Oh and that rubber-band looking thing is one of those wrist bands that people must wear to advertise stuff, it's a free bracelet. Yippee. I might be able to tidy up a straggly extension cord with it.
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Re: Mag tube - barrel clamp

Post by Tiger650 » 23 Feb 2026, 4:30 pm

Cheers Wapiti, good info.
I found one about a year back but it was bloody spendy, came via a US mate with a mag tube that did not suit, hence the $$$.
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