|
Post by DDK_6459 on Feb 8, 2013 11:47:04 GMT -5
Does anyone know what gun I could use as a base, or would I have to completely build this gun from scratch?
|
|
|
Post by volkssturm on Feb 8, 2013 12:40:23 GMT -5
Kind of depends on which model you're building, the full stock M50 or folding stock M55. For the M50 with the traditional style stock it seems like the only option would be to use an M14. The magazine would be problematical, since you'd have to use, probably, a Thompson mag. On the plus side, the Reising has that housing around the upper part of the mag, so you might be able to fabricate a piece to go in the M14 magwell.
For the M55, you might be able to take an MP40 and build a wooden stock to drop the MP40 in, and a fake barrel and other cosmetics. Kind of like the MP41s some people have made, but with a full length stock. The mags wouldn't be realistic, though.
Just thinking out loud here. Any way you go, it's going to take some work.
|
|
|
Post by aj czarkowski on Feb 8, 2013 15:43:51 GMT -5
When I *tried* to build mine I used a m1928 thompson. I ran into too many problems, the main one being the internals were going to be a really tight fit. From my experience, it was hard enough just trying to find a stock.
I would use an M1928 thompson barrel, then PVC pipe for the reciever. Using the thompson internals, the gearbox will make the magazine right near the trigger so that's very different from the real one. The battery probably won't fit in the stock ( I tried to build an M55) so I was going to add a peice to the side of the stock to slip the battery in (just a bag or sock or something).
Very hard build, I never finished mine. On the bright side, it will be the very first airsoft Reising sub-machine gun
|
|
|
Post by volkssturm on Feb 8, 2013 19:00:30 GMT -5
I'm looking at my pile of extraneous parts from previous ill considered projects. I have an idea, but I'm not going to reveal it until I get a better idea if it'll work. ;D
|
|
|
Post by aj czarkowski on Feb 8, 2013 20:14:30 GMT -5
I'm looking at my pile of extraneous parts from previous ill considered projects. I have an idea, but I'm not going to reveal it until I get a better idea if it'll work. ;D Good luck, looking forward to see what you have in mind. My attempt at building a Reising was a complete failure What do you think about the under the stock charging handle? I think if I ever try to continue mine, I'm just going to leave it out.
|
|
savoy6
Private 1st Class
Posts: 428
|
Post by savoy6 on Feb 9, 2013 20:39:28 GMT -5
what about a mech box from the ICS M3?plus the mag placement would be more realistic with that one as well..
|
|
ScottCollins
Private 1st Class
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Posts: 548
|
Post by ScottCollins on Feb 9, 2013 20:45:04 GMT -5
Would you actually be willing to devote the funds(probably around $600) to an gun that will not even be recognized as WWII? I'm just pitching in my 2c.
|
|
|
Post by aj czarkowski on Feb 10, 2013 0:16:19 GMT -5
what about a mech box from the ICS M3?plus the mag placement would be more realistic with that one as well.. Good idea, the reciever could be modified also to look a little more like it Would you actually be willing to devote the funds(probably around $600) to an gun that will not even be recognized as WWII? I'm just pitching in my 2c. It's one of the cheapest and most common smg's in our country now, wierd. The build wouldn't cost as much as $600, it really shouldn't be more than $300. It would fit in at most Pacific war battles, just no European ones. (But I guess there aren't any Pacific ones anyway ;D)
|
|
savoy6
Private 1st Class
Posts: 428
|
Post by savoy6 on Feb 10, 2013 1:10:48 GMT -5
actually....reisings made their way into some OSS use in the MTO/ETO....
|
|
|
Post by volkssturm on Feb 10, 2013 19:52:09 GMT -5
Reisings also remained in ships armories throughout the war. So a naval landing party carrying Reisings would be accurate, not that anynody here would ever do one.
|
|
|
Post by aj czarkowski on Feb 10, 2013 21:18:46 GMT -5
If you guys know anywhere to buy the stocks, I found a place that sells the deactivated recievers, sights, and barrels. If I can find a stock then I'll start the project this spring once school and swim seasons over
|
|
|
Post by volkssturm on Feb 11, 2013 12:22:23 GMT -5
I checked Numrich (aka Gun Parts Corp). They list two Reising stocks, but they're both out of stock. And they're $104 and $108 dollars. If Numrich doesn't have them, they might be pretty hard to find.
|
|
ScottCollins
Private 1st Class
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Posts: 548
|
Post by ScottCollins on Feb 11, 2013 19:42:51 GMT -5
Yeah, I can vouch for that. I was trying to find other companies that sell 1903 Springfield parts and I couldn't. (Didn't look that hard...)
|
|
|
Post by volkssturm on Feb 14, 2013 21:44:08 GMT -5
OK, so here's the pieces for my junkyard Reising M50: Stock from a springer M14, built up with wood and epoxy Mechbox from a junkyard MP40 Barrel and hopup from a SIG 552 Short Thompson mag. First thing to figure out is how to make a magazine guide that will also hold the hopup and mechbox together. Second problem is what to do about the trigger. the way it is now the magazine will be too far forward. I might have to hang a trigger under the motor. Barrel and receiver will be a PVC shell. I'm not betting this be finished anytime soon.
|
|
2nd Bat
Master sergeant
Posts: 11,813
|
Post by 2nd Bat on Feb 14, 2013 21:54:29 GMT -5
It all seems so easy until REALITY sets in!
|
|
|
Post by volkssturm on Feb 14, 2013 22:25:50 GMT -5
Been there, done that, probably going there again. But what the heck, it keeps the hardware store in business. ;D
|
|
|
Post by aj czarkowski on Feb 15, 2013 22:20:29 GMT -5
Nice! You got alot further than I did, so I think I'm going to get back to work on mine now that there's more competition ;D
|
|
savoy6
Private 1st Class
Posts: 428
|
Post by savoy6 on Feb 15, 2013 23:55:32 GMT -5
yeah..you should try making a thompson into a MAT49....lol
|
|
|
Post by volkssturm on Aug 11, 2013 15:52:48 GMT -5
Moving at my usual glacial speed on this project. I think my original plan is not going to work. Switched to an AK hop up. With the MP40 mechbox in place it all stands too high. My plan was to make a PVC pipe shell receiver and barrel, but it's not gong to look right. So I'm thinking of trying to put an M14 mechbox in there, so it might have been simpler to just start with an M14. Also, the MP40 puts the mag way too far forward.
|
|
|
Post by aj czarkowski on Aug 12, 2013 11:20:39 GMT -5
Nice job! I've hardly made any progress since February either. So far, I've got the Thompson's mechbox in a stock that I built myself. The part of the gearbox that extends into the Thompson's grip is in the stock, and the magazine is still right in front of the trigger... so I'll probably end up using another gearbox in the end. I used a PVC pipe for the receiver, I just need to cut it up. I used a trigger guard from an old springer I had, and the barrel is from a 1928 Thompson
|
|