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Post by TommyGunner on Apr 18, 2007 8:46:25 GMT -5
The bolts are one of the items that are the hardest to make and most of the time its a good idea to simply lave them alone, I persnally dont find the wrong style bolt or handle that distracting because everone who looks at it and after you explan the conversion process will understand that you didnt want to mess with the operation of the rifle, just the cosmetics.
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Post by TommyGunner on Apr 17, 2007 11:36:28 GMT -5
Buy the gun and buy the USR-11 and just go for it, it is completely possible for you to do a conversion and it could take as little time as a weekend to a week to do. Once you have a basic understanding of how you will mount everything its a breeze.
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Post by TommyGunner on Apr 16, 2007 11:45:58 GMT -5
I think his Garands are selling for $500 but there are different prices for different manufactures M-14s that are used for the base gun. 2ndbat can tell you more than I can.
Maybe you should look into trying to make a streamlined commercailly availabe Garand to go with the 30cal.
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Post by TommyGunner on Apr 16, 2007 11:23:13 GMT -5
well there isnt a big company that produces the M1 Garand but our very own 2ndBat does custom made Garands from the M-14 that are just outstanding, if anyone was to produce the Garand we all know how high the bar has been set by 2ndbat for a Garand.
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Post by TommyGunner on Apr 15, 2007 20:27:08 GMT -5
So are you going to be making AEG Garands from the M-14?
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Post by TommyGunner on Jun 3, 2007 23:33:02 GMT -5
Wow that is really great looking, phenominal so far, maybe after I get your M1917 Ill buy the parts needed for making a stinger to go with my USMC impressions. I feel good that at least once that I or (all WW2 USMC airsofters) have the one up on the ETO guys becuase we have the impressions necesary to go with such a theater and in some cases battle specific weapon. What a lollipops !
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Post by TommyGunner on Apr 17, 2007 11:34:34 GMT -5
I was looking into this but why hasn't anyone looked into taking the guts from the 30rnd mags and putting them into real steel M1 mags and then use them with the M2 Carbine. I cant say for certain that its viable to do but I think worth exploring.
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Post by TommyGunner on Mar 29, 2007 14:12:53 GMT -5
As we all know WW2AA is taking off very quickly what with all these new WW2 weapons being made by manufactures to add to our growing collections, but it is aslo growing becuase of the garage tinkerers and all the custom jobs that are being done, many of them that turn out to be much more simple than originally anticipated.
I wanted to post up a thread dedicated to getting ideas flowing as to how we can improve the WW2AA experiance via building or modding our weapons, this thread will be used to post up and talk about various projects that everyone can benifit from. Also to help clear the boards of these what if threads and I have a good idea to build.... threads that simply clutter the boards becuase they are too small.
Topics can range from small experiance enhancments (like reall cap Thompson mags, or any reall cap mag mods) all the way to the big but not outlandish projects (like the AEG Garand and the upcomming 30cals)
I do ask that large outlandish not well thoguht out things that not everyone has the resources to attempt stay out of this thread. I hoe that this thread will help people think there ideas out until they are ready to begin them and post on there own about there projects.
A few starter topics that I think are worth exploring are:
Shortened Springer Rifle mags (to fit in cartritde belts) 15rnd M1 Carbine mags to work with the new M2 Carbine Easy to reuse homemade Grenades (nothing that invloves it actually exploding please)
So lets get these ideas flowing whats something you have wanted but is not availble comerciall yet yo dont know how to go about it.
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Post by TommyGunner on Mar 28, 2007 22:20:05 GMT -5
Nice scope on that, is that a WW2 German made scope or a scope that looks WW2ish cause either way it looks awsome.
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Post by TommyGunner on Mar 22, 2007 17:10:25 GMT -5
Ohhhh, man the ROF on that thing is horrible! lol JK
Thats awsome
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Post by TommyGunner on Mar 21, 2007 9:06:59 GMT -5
Hey Im glad to see everything worked out good for you, and it looks stunning, fantastic job there. Cant wait to see it on the field, I just might come up against you with my Springfield and we can fight it out.
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Post by TommyGunner on Mar 23, 2007 12:23:22 GMT -5
Is it just me or do there seem to be alot of problems with this gun, dont get me wrong obviously its worth having but it seems like it needs alot of preventative maintenence before its up to its full potential.
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Post by TommyGunner on Mar 15, 2007 11:48:35 GMT -5
what about the possibility of simply putting TM Thomspon Internals into an Mp-40, would that work? I know it would most likley require some internal modding but would it be worth the effort?
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Post by TommyGunner on Mar 11, 2007 16:08:52 GMT -5
I say leave it stratched it gives the gun a worn used field abused look.
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Post by TommyGunner on Mar 7, 2007 0:14:08 GMT -5
I did bring that up when the review was posted on the M2, I cant say for shure how diffucilt it would be but if you can get the gas internals from the 30rnd mag inside a reall steel 15rnd mag then we would have a winner. After that if woul dbe simply adding the feeder for the bbs.
But again I dont have the gun and have never seen the mags so this is all an educated guess. It shure sounds like a job for Schmitty to tackle!
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Post by TommyGunner on May 22, 2007 11:34:51 GMT -5
I think the length is fine now that you have said the M-14 barrel is that long, what you should do though is get a larger diameter peice of PVC tubing for the water jacket, see how oversized looking this is on the reall M1917. Do you think you will also be offering this tripod for the M1917 pictured here also. Oh and I love the fact that you designed it to be field stripped without tools, when I buy this from you I will alo buy the spade grip and 30cal 1919 version barrel to swap out. TommyGunner
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Post by TommyGunner on May 21, 2007 14:23:55 GMT -5
Lets see a full side profile shot of your water cooled version, I cant say for shure if the water jacket is too small, it looks a bit long though.
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Post by TommyGunner on May 18, 2007 14:13:19 GMT -5
How big did you make the cooling jacket on your soon to be M1917, it looks a bit small, maybee its just the angles you took the pictures at. How about a side profile pic of it.
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Post by TommyGunner on May 15, 2007 14:24:30 GMT -5
I was curious to see a picture of a reall steel M1919 water cooled varient to compare to the really fantastic one Killbucket has made available, but all that came up was the water cooled M1917 30cal.
Can anyone provide pictures of a reall steel water cooled M1919.
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Post by TommyGunner on May 15, 2007 11:23:26 GMT -5
Wow so your also selling watercooled versions all built and ready to fire also!
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Post by TommyGunner on May 13, 2007 18:53:21 GMT -5
If the sights really are like the Springfield ones than they will be quite simple to make indeed. And true while the actuall sights would be the best to use they are very expensive ($200) for a rear sight set and apparently not the easiet item to find.
If there are enough people interested I may persue building sights for the 30cal (and BAR for you 2ndbat) I can start after June 3rd (thats when Im finally done with Highschool) Im not too shure how much they would cost seeing as the one I built is still crude by my standards and has tons of stuff that can be added to it to make it even better.
As soon as I can locate some dimensions for the 30cal sight I can make one and factor in the time involved making it to the total cost.
They would come unpainted or primed with grey paint so that the person who has bough it may paint it to match the rest of the harware on there gun.
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Post by TommyGunner on May 13, 2007 15:48:45 GMT -5
Post some pictures up of the ladder sights form the 30cal and Ill see if I can make some untilitarian versions that look good and will be able to take feidl abuse.
Possibly if they turn out good I may be able to make them for sale in a few weeks.
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Post by TommyGunner on May 11, 2007 23:28:17 GMT -5
The Stinger was only used by the USMC and even then in very very small numbers, I remeber reading somewhere that only 6 were ever made in the field (that were recorded being made chnaces are more were converted into Stingers) chances are too that all those guns were slightly different from one another, no one being the exact same seeing as each soldier that made it might have wanted to set it up differently than the next guy.
I say stick with the standard A6 seeing as the Stinger was very theater specific and in some cases restricted to certain battles on certain islands.
It would be cool to make one though just to have but not actually being used for airsoft. TommyGunner
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Post by TommyGunner on May 8, 2007 11:20:32 GMT -5
Hmm a water cooled version would come in handy for a USMC unit to use, I may just stick with the standard version though.
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Post by TommyGunner on Mar 29, 2007 13:53:10 GMT -5
So killbucket your going to sell these, while Im going to be attempting my own I would be quite interested in purchasing a 30cal from you.
Or possibly trading something and adding cash as needed?
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Post by TommyGunner on Mar 29, 2007 9:06:27 GMT -5
Looks like everythig here is really progressing, glad to see this is all happening, I plan on starting my 30cal in the next month or so.
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Post by TommyGunner on Mar 23, 2007 10:07:29 GMT -5
Nice where can I get these instructions?
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Post by TommyGunner on Mar 21, 2007 17:55:47 GMT -5
Man does that look good, the hell with making one, Ill just go the extra mile and buy the kit and make it operational, then use the parts from the reall 30cal as patterns to make another 30cal from wood.
Looks like Ill make this a project for myself over the summer (dotn have the $ as of now), along with my planned Japanese Arisaka type98 infantry Rifle.
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Post by TommyGunner on Mar 19, 2007 11:40:19 GMT -5
Hmm, an AGM Mp-40, well that sounds good, but there is still one probelm that is perplexing me how can mags be fit inside, or more importantly how is the gun going to be loaded, I was thinking an M-14 frankin mag cut apart so that it is perminatly mounted inside the gun with the winder sticking out the bottom and a reservour that feeds into it being loaded from the top of the gun.
Any ideas on this issue.
Also I have been forced to put a hold on my 30cal project, things shave started to pop up and I siply do not have the time in my schedual to deveote to making the 30 along with my other rifle that needs to be finished by the event. I may not be able to start it up again until April.
M-14 try your best to have yours ready for the event seeing as your our only chance of having an MG.
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Post by TommyGunner on Mar 17, 2007 14:06:35 GMT -5
Alright heres what I plan on doing, I am going to continue with the 30cal project by making the entire gun, but since that will cost little or nothing to me I also am going to look into ordering that kit, Ill have to start saving up for it but from what I have heard here its worht getting.
Now Gordak you said its missing its sideplates?
Could you post some pictures of the kit for us to look at. And also where di you buy the kit from?
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