Method of making a training firearm

A method of forming a firearm, or a replica of the firearm, the method comprising:

• creating a training magazine mold of a magazine, or of a replica of the magazine, of the firearm or of the replica of the firearm;
• pouring a training magazine material into the training magazine mold of the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, and letting the training magazine material harden;
• positioning the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, in an open cavity mold;
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• forming the firearm or the replica of the firearm in the open cavity mold with the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, in the open cavity mold;
• wherein the open cavity mold comprises a first permanent open cavity mold and a second permanent open cavity mold;
• wherein the step of positioning the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, in the open cavity mold further comprises positioning the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, of the firearm or of the replica of the firearm in one of the first and second permanent open cavity molds, the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, being pre-hardened or being coated to inhibit fusing of the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, with a material from which the firearm or the replica of the firearm is being molded;
• wherein the step of forming the firearm or the replica of the firearm in the open cavity mold further comprises pouring the material into each of the first and second permanent open cavity molds, to create right and left side poured replicas, respectively, of the right and left sides of the firearm or of the replica of the firearm;
• combining the right and left side poured replicas to fuse them together, the material being a distinctive color that identifies a fused replica, resulting from the fusing of the right and left side poured replicas, as being a training firearm;
• withdrawing the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, from the combined right and left side poured replicas, leaving a magazine well in a space where the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, had been located before being withdrawn.

A method of forming a firearm, or a replica of the firearm, the method comprising:

• creating a training magazine mold of a magazine, or of a replica of the magazine, of the firearm or of the replica of the firearm;
• pouring a training magazine material into the training magazine mold of the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, and letting the training magazine material harden to form a training magazine;
• positioning the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, in an open cavity mold;
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• forming the firearm or the replica of the firearm in the open cavity mold with the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, in the open cavity mold;
• wherein the open cavity mold comprises a first permanent open cavity mold and a second permanent open cavity mold;
• wherein the step of positioning the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, in the open cavity mold further comprises positioning the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, of the firearm or of the replica of the firearm in one of the first and second permanent open cavity molds, the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, being pre-hardened or being coated to inhibit fusing of the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, with a material from which the firearm or the replica of the firearm is being molded;
• wherein the step of forming the firearm or the replica of the firearm in the open cavity mold further comprises pouring the material into each of the first and second permanent open cavity molds, to create right and left side poured replicas, respectively, of the right and left sides of the firearm or of the replica of the firearm;
• combining the right and left side poured replicas to fuse them together;
• withdrawing the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, from the combined right and left side poured replicas, leaving a magazine well in a space where the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, had been located before being withdrawn;
• providing a magazine release button in a fused replica resulting from the fusing of the right and left side poured replicas, the magazine release button and the training magazine comprising respective mating features that engage to lock the training magazine in the magazine well unless the magazine release button is activated.

A method of forming a firearm, or a replica of the firearm, the method comprising:

• creating a training magazine mold of a magazine, or of a replica of the magazine, of the firearm or of the replica of the firearm;
• pouring a training magazine material into the training magazine mold of the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, and letting the training magazine material harden to form a training magazine;
• positioning the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, in an open cavity mold;
• and
• forming the firearm or the replica of the firearm in the open cavity mold with the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, in the open cavity mold;
• wherein the open cavity mold comprises a first permanent open cavity mold and a second permanent open cavity mold;
• wherein the step of positioning the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, in the open cavity mold further comprises positioning the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, of the firearm or of the replica of the firearm in one of the first and second permanent open cavity molds, the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, being pre-hardened or being coated to inhibit fusing of the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, with a material from which the firearm or the replica of the firearm is being molded;
• blocking out a path in the corresponding permanent open cavity mold, the path being dimensioned to create a magazine release button channel;
• wherein the step of forming the firearm or the replica of the firearm in the open cavity mold further comprises pouring the material into each of the first and second permanent open cavity molds, to create right and left side poured replicas, respectively, of the right and left sides of the firearm or of the replica of the firearm;
• combining the right and left side poured replicas to fuse them together;
• withdrawing the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, from the combined right and left side poured replicas, leaving a magazine well in a space where the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, had been located before being withdrawn.

A method of forming a firearm, or a replica of the firearm, the method comprising:

• creating a training magazine mold of a magazine, or of a replica of the magazine, of the firearm or of the replica of the firearm;
• pouring a training magazine material into the training magazine mold of the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, and letting the training magazine material harden to form a training magazine;
• positioning the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, in an open cavity mold;
• and
• forming the firearm or the replica of the firearm in the open cavity mold with the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, in the open cavity mold;
• wherein the open cavity mold comprises a first permanent open cavity mold and a second permanent open cavity mold;
• wherein the step of positioning the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, in the open cavity mold further comprises positioning the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, of the firearm or of the replica of the firearm in one of the first and second permanent open cavity molds, the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, being pre-hardened or being coated to inhibit fusing of the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, with a material from which the firearm or the replica of the firearm is being molded;
• blocking out a first path in the first permanent open cavity mold that is dimensioned to create a right side of a magazine release button channel;
• blocking out a second path in the second permanent open cavity mold that is dimensioned to create a left side of the magazine release button channel;
• wherein the step of forming the firearm or the replica of the firearm in the open cavity mold further comprises pouring the material into each of the first and second permanent open cavity molds, to create right and left side poured replicas, respectively, of the right and left sides of the firearm or of the replica of the firearm;
• combining the right and left side poured replicas to fuse them together;
• withdrawing the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, from the combined right and left side poured replicas, leaving a magazine well in a space where the magazine, or the replica of the magazine, had been located before being withdrawn.