9mm Segmented Belt Links

-These are 3D printable 9mm links I designed for a belt fed firearm. It is my goal to design and build my own belt fed rifle that can shoot them. I chose 9mm because it is the cheapest centerfire ammunition. I encourage anyone who is interested to attempt their own design, I’d love to collaborate.

-Make the belt segments as long as you like, connect the break away links at both ends. This is a hybrid between American machine gun disintegrating links which are difficult to load and reuse, and European machine gun 50/100 round belts which hang too far out of the rifle when empty to run and move with.

-I like the size of 10 round segments because they’re easy to pick up and load but they won’t hang out of the gun more than 6″ before dropping off.

-To assemble your belts, print your links and pin them together using 1.75mm filament of your choice. I use PETG because of its strength, durability, flexibility, and printability. pins may be fixed in place by melting the ends to the link with a soldering iron. when assembling the 2 piece female break away link, please ensure that the piece with the ridge in the cavity is at the back so it can clip into the rim of the round to hold it in place.

-When loading belts the rounds may be snapped into place from the opening of the link instead of being slid in from the back, this is another advantage of my design over existing American and European belts and links. Belts can be linked together to connect as many rounds as you want. Try printing break away links in a different color to easily count how many rounds are in your belts.

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