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Post by rullow on Feb 13, 2019 3:30:55 GMT -5
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Post by volkssturm on Feb 13, 2019 23:29:45 GMT -5
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Post by CPL. Mills 2nd Rangers on Mar 8, 2019 15:10:12 GMT -5
You are correct, I am not that familiar with that gun, looks pretty sweet. Great job!
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Post by rullow on Apr 4, 2019 3:04:59 GMT -5
Thanks for the comments, well I am sure that its not the most popular gun on the western hemisphere, but still I like it somehow... I am now working on an uncle of AA2 - FM24/29 I miss only the receiver, part of the grip, flashider, front sights and tubes.... the rest I was able to grab somehowsomewhere now I wait for some parts to arrive to match them to the drawing. Most likely I ll go for BAR gearbox with ZB26 hopup chamber, and m16 short midcaps now its up to finish a setup for airsoft internals... perhaps I ll make two options - a) fully 3D printed PETG body b) layered steel body made out of welded laser cutouts of 1,5mm - 8mm steel sheets I ll see what can be done....
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Post by volkssturm on Apr 4, 2019 14:23:03 GMT -5
As I understand it, the FM24/29 mechanism was based on the BAR, but flipped upside down so the mag fed from the top. Well regarded as a solid, reliable weapon. It shows what US ordnance might have been able to do in the 20's-30's if they hadn't been hampered by lack of funding and, I guess, lack of imagination.
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Post by rullow on Apr 4, 2019 15:52:16 GMT -5
well it was somehow inspired but not based....or you could say that BREN system is based on BAR as well.... in any case - very reliable gun and FFL preffered it for a desert over AA52 (if they had the possibility to choose)
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Post by rullow on May 27, 2019 3:15:22 GMT -5
Hi, so second part of the receiver is finally home.... nof I ve completed the main body, and I have to sand it and finish the surfaces... Also I have to attach metal parts... most diffiult operation that will follow is to make the trigger box functional = install the switch, + make the feeding mechanism and ammo box.....
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Post by rullow on Jun 3, 2019 1:31:24 GMT -5
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Post by 2nd Bat on Jun 3, 2019 13:21:57 GMT -5
Great work as always. Thanks for sharing and keep us posted.
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Post by adrg on Jun 4, 2019 1:17:21 GMT -5
It looks really awesome! Is that a hand grip from a real steel part? Anyway - great looking one.
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Post by rullow on Jun 4, 2019 2:43:26 GMT -5
Hi and thanks most parts are actually the real steel.... I ve been collecting available parts for almost 10years... so at the moment I needed only to make the lower receiever and buttstock housing... The pistol grip is modified to allow gearbox being place on top of it....all the insides are removed and microswitch fith a MOSFET will placed inside....
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Post by rullow on Aug 20, 2019 17:36:43 GMT -5
oh yeah! there we go! first shots today and 120m/s with almost standard ST PPSH gearbox (I changed gears, piston and piston head - spring remains the same) I ve hided the mosfet in the grip and let the charcher to manualy winded - maybe i ll change that later.. few things to be solved - remove a little bit of material at te back end of the gearbox to allow the top cover close properly and finish the fixation echanism of the stock. And also to decide where to put the battery to...
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Post by 2nd Bat on Aug 20, 2019 17:52:24 GMT -5
Thumbs way up!
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Post by savoy6 on Oct 15, 2019 20:23:56 GMT -5
looks great man..
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Post by rullow on Nov 11, 2019 4:33:17 GMT -5
Okay, so after further progress when I ve changed the ammo box to electric winding and also the air interlnals - newASG piston EPES piston head, cylinder head and nozzle and with standard ST spring it shoots 130m/s... given the fact that ST promotes the velocity to be about 110ms those additional 20 are just thanks to better sealing....
lookin forward to use it in the field now!
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Post by 2nd Bat on Nov 11, 2019 15:47:08 GMT -5
Thanks as always for the updates. These projects usually fizzle out with altered trigger switches or feed systems. You've managed to conquer both😃 Great job.
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Post by rullow on Nov 12, 2019 6:19:18 GMT -5
thanks.... I plan to make a french guns video to show the function and the whole family of french guns I run at the moment.... What I achieved now was unamaginable 15 years ago . (not speaking about 3d print - cause only difference would have been that I d have to use much more steel, and take more time to finish - to weld everything together and polish) Mosfet solved the issues with switches and Lipo batteries do have solution for a gun of any size.... Also slim engines and widely available upgrade parts play its role...
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Post by rullow on May 17, 2020 17:56:33 GMT -5
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