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Post by TommyGunner on Aug 5, 2007 23:45:33 GMT -5
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Post by TommyGunner on Aug 5, 2007 22:31:20 GMT -5
I have some pics to post tonight that you guys will be quite interested in
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Post by TommyGunner on Jul 29, 2007 13:56:23 GMT -5
yeah but it doesnt fire, and I would be afriad to tear it apart to try and make it fire
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Post by TommyGunner on Jul 29, 2007 13:24:13 GMT -5
Heck the replica Bazookas out there cost more than $700 plus if it could fire, hmmmm If I could swing the cash I would have no problem with payin $700 for one.
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Post by TommyGunner on Aug 23, 2007 0:29:30 GMT -5
Very nice trio you have there, I say throw an M1 Garand in and a Springfield and you have yourself an exquisit looking collection.
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Post by TommyGunner on Jul 25, 2007 16:55:07 GMT -5
WOW I just found out some really great news, this version that I have is also known as the P-14 Eddystone Enfield it was the very first version of the Eddystone to be produced, and because mine is the P-14 version it takes the .303 british rifle ammunition which means that this version is even more valuable than the rebarreld version made for the US becuase it is in its truest sense and original unaltered WW1 produced Eddystone rifle. Thsi would also explain why I couldnt fit my 30.06 round in it. British Enfield .303 caliber P14 rifle, made in USA by Winchester. TommyGunner
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Post by TommyGunner on Jul 25, 2007 16:37:27 GMT -5
Glad this turned into a contest
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Post by TommyGunner on Jul 24, 2007 15:23:12 GMT -5
Actually I when I took it appart, I found that to do a conventional conversion with a VSR-10 would be impossible becuase of the huge, and heavy one piece sight, recvier assembly, everything is practically one pice, also there is quite enough room to attempt a schmitty Kar-98 style conversion. But seeing as this is a WW1 3003 caliber Eddystone I will never convert it and maybe not even use it for blank reenacting. Infact I dont even know ehere to get 3003 blanks at.
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Post by TommyGunner on Jul 24, 2007 0:32:12 GMT -5
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Post by TommyGunner on Jul 23, 2007 0:33:04 GMT -5
Hey I have a spare battery I will probably never use, you want it?
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Post by TommyGunner on Jul 26, 2007 21:45:18 GMT -5
OMG wow thats awsome, really great looking there.
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Post by TommyGunner on Jul 22, 2007 17:32:52 GMT -5
cant wait to see the pics, are they props or will they actually work.
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Post by TommyGunner on Jul 30, 2007 14:58:00 GMT -5
True true, and if you do decide to take the A6 off the projetc list keep the parts available so that people can buy a 30cal and then buy the A6 parts. Dont wryy people will buy it.
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Post by TommyGunner on Jul 19, 2007 16:11:26 GMT -5
So when you say the ammo box will be attached are you talking about the BB ammo box or the actuall 30cal ammo box being attached to the reciver?
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Post by TommyGunner on Jul 30, 2007 13:16:10 GMT -5
Yep I say a kit gun that includes a ready to plop in M-14 gear box and feed system would be great, compared to a finished gun how much woudl it cost to buy a ready to assemble gun.
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Post by TommyGunner on Jun 25, 2007 13:50:54 GMT -5
put a wire stock on it, cover the barrel with a wood handguard and you got yourself a decent Reising. Well kinda, but not really, there are quite a few differences between this gun and the M50/55 Reising. Infact I dont think you could convert it at all. Heres the Maxi enforcer Heres an M55 and heres and M50 TommyGunner
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Post by TommyGunner on Jun 25, 2007 13:41:28 GMT -5
Well I have had the oportunity to use the reall Carbine by Marushin in battle and the fact that its not semi maks no difference, trust me its nothin to fret about. Infact I have an M1928 with a drum mag, but in all the games I have been able to play at this summer I have yet to use my Thompson, instead I use my Springfield against super AEGs and have yet to be caught in a situation where my rate of fire compromised my survivability. Bolt action guns are fully capable to hold there own against AEG.
I say get the gun and stock and dont event worry about it not being semi, becuase ya know what, you will have a Carbine and others wont.
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Post by TommyGunner on Jun 25, 2007 12:47:59 GMT -5
What about buying the carbine wood furniture and putting those internals into the Carbine stock, intead of trying to convert the one that comes with the gun.
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Post by TommyGunner on Jun 22, 2007 10:56:11 GMT -5
Ok the allies have some serious problems, there will soon be an MG-42 and now and Mg-34, Damn we need some freakin 30cals, KILLBUCKET I NEED A BULK ORDER STAT! lol
Good luck to ya and keep us posted on the progress this will be awsome to see once its up and running.
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Post by TommyGunner on May 25, 2007 9:08:23 GMT -5
The face plate is the only thing I would have to get everything else can be fabricated very easliy with styreen. And $60 is a good price but for a pair at $120 Im gonna see if I can make them first.
I wonder if anyone has dimensions other wise Im gonna simply wing it an make an aproximation for the prototypes. Im also gonna see if I can find a rectangular box thats already made, and then make the detalis for it. I did also find an old walkie talkie set in my house that Im gonna use for the insides.
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Post by TommyGunner on May 24, 2007 17:59:32 GMT -5
Aright the problem with field communications in airsoft has been bothering me alot ww2 field phones are expensive and sometimes hard to find, they are also a pain to set up and if the position they are in is lost so is that phone seeing as it is almost imposible to bring it back under fire. Communication between positions/ groups or units, is one of the main things that is lacking in WW2 airsoft (especially here in the midwest, yes Im talking about the US guys!) We really need to work on this. So I was thinking why dont we have other ways communicate besides using the field phones brought by the 2nd Rangers, I statred to think about other field communication devices availale to the US GI and I came up with this. Nothin new to us but what is new is the fact that I want to make these availabe to be used without dropping a ton of cash on originals (if you can even find them) so I have devised a way to make them for about $10 each and if something doesnt come up saturday the prohibitsme from going to menards to get the material I hope to have one made possibly in a day but definalty in two weeks. It will consist of a cheap walkie talkie pulled appart and put inside a box with PVC tubing for mouth pieces, and painted up and detailed up to look just like that photo. The botton mouth peace and ear peace will be mounted in the respective spots, if all goes well I will create an instructions on how to make one, each unit playing should be equiped with one of these so they may talk to headquarters during a battle, this will also be used in conjunction with the field phones. I will also be looking into how viable a radio operatiors pack would be to make using cheap walkie talkies. TommyGunner
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Post by TommyGunner on May 16, 2007 11:25:19 GMT -5
Problem is you would havbe to put the battery in a Drum mag and then you could only use the drum mag, or use a sling mounted battery which wouldnt work seeing as the sing has no where to attach to once the stock has been removed.
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Post by TommyGunner on May 12, 2007 19:11:59 GMT -5
Wow, you know I have never thought of all the different types of standards that could be set, it seems that there are so many ways we can reglate our weapons, I guess its only a matter of time now before thigns start becomeing more uniformed.
Oh and speaking of shoot till the other guy says uncle, I have a story, alright my friend has an Mp-5 and I have my M1A1 we decided that we would play shorts and t-shirts with no minimum engagment range (and you bet we wore full paintball masks for this one) basically the game ended up with both us us, our guns with hicaps loaded running around my suberban trying to get pop shots at eachother. We both quit becuase of the pain, and horrible bloody welts, from STOCK GUNS! That was the experiance that made me very in favor of strict engament rules and stock AEGs in games.
But I digress, back to the subject of the thread.
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Post by TommyGunner on May 2, 2007 14:14:12 GMT -5
Hmmm So thats how you make a stock huh? simply make a very simple pattern and spend the next several hours sanding. Sounds very doable. Maybe Ill try my hand at that for a Springfield, doesnt look too hard simply time consuming.
Oh and he has done an amazing job on that rifle, simply outstanding.
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Post by TommyGunner on Apr 19, 2007 11:46:20 GMT -5
Building a ribbed barrel is very easy and simply involves styrene strips and super glue, you would however have to cut off the front end of your barrel and add a real steel one from ima-usa.com. also in case you felt like it I would be interested to see of you could take a Springer M1921 and attach the upper reciver you your Marui lower reciver and make an M1928 that way. I say try it.
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Post by TommyGunner on Apr 20, 2007 11:37:07 GMT -5
Well I painted the sight yesterday with textured blak rustoleum paint and it looks great, I painted all the harware to match this and it looks really good. Ill be going back today to do some drybrushing to bring some depth to the parts that were painted.
Ill have pics of my finished USMC riflemens impression up hopefully today featuring the Springfield. Ill also be posting on my finished/revised M1928 Thompson gunners impression too.
Also for kicks Im gonna see what I can do about making the M1928 sight this weekend, and if it comes out good Ill sell it simply becuase I would have no need for it.
Also the sight on the springfield is not perminent 2nbat is getting me dimensions and more detailed pics so I can build as accurate of a replica as possible to replace the one I already built.
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Post by TommyGunner on Apr 19, 2007 17:11:57 GMT -5
Actually now that I think about it I could also make rear Springfield peep sights too, almost any sight infact can be made this way.
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Post by TommyGunner on Apr 19, 2007 17:07:38 GMT -5
Hey Killbucket I have my M1928 conversion kit to base that off of and building that would be a piece of cake, It would probably take about a weekend to build but it is very possible, the only thing different from that compared to the Springfield ladder sight is the assembly it sits in.
2ndbat- I built the sight in about an hour, very easy to build (but thats only because I'v been a model aircraft builder for 6 years, so it was easy for me)
red0leader- These are fairly easy to make and if your interested I could make one for your Browning (Id need pics and dimensions though, and it would have to wiat till summer) and if people are interested over the summer I could make these for there 30cals or rifles.
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Post by TommyGunner on Apr 19, 2007 11:27:35 GMT -5
Nope no computers or fancy stuff just good old Styrene strips, glue, hobbyknife, imagination and an understanding of how to use gismology effectively.
Also Ersatzjak believe it or not I have already purposed airsoft gun kits and they didn't think it was too far fetched. Also at the next game Ill show you how well I can aim when I don't have to spend time mowing down the entire German team. lol
I should have the sight finished this weekend, I still need to smooth things out file down the edges and add all the little wheels and screws that would make the sight adjustable on the real thing. I have them built but I just didn't have time to glue them on before the pic, also the paperclip part will be hidden by a hood being placed over that area to look like the part that on the real sight would attach the ladder part to the base.
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Post by TommyGunner on Apr 18, 2007 17:50:07 GMT -5
Alright so after lost the rear peep sight for my Springfield at the event and I couldnt find it, so I decided that I would instead attach a ladder sight but it turns out there alot of $ ($60ish) so I said the hell with that, and being a model builder I set out to make a sight, now this is a rough aproximation but I did base it off a good photo I had and I think is relitively accurate.I may end up building another as this one was simply a prototype to see if if could be done and made functional, (a proof of concept build if you will). I dont have all the details added to it but here it is before I paint it. It really works the ladder sight is foldable and the peep hole can be moved up or down the ladder to focus of far away targets, which surprisingly does work for airsoft. Its also very durable but I dont intend to use it in any position but the folded position during a game to reduce the cance it might break. TommyGunner
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