2nd Bat
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Post by 2nd Bat on Sept 4, 2007 19:45:15 GMT -5
Looks great. Thanks for sharing. Hmmmm. Must have been an early war expression. So you intend to use it for Nam softing? It would probably look quite right for an early war VC. I love the vintage wood finish and little details.
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Post by click on Sept 5, 2007 2:25:31 GMT -5
As 2nd Bat said, Thanks for sharing!
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Post by valtteri on Sept 5, 2007 2:51:49 GMT -5
I would really appreciate a close-up shot of the bolt and how well the real steel safety sits at the end of it. I've thought all bolt-mods impossible before I saw you guys do them. All in all I am amazed at the productivity of all you custom-smiths at this board!
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Post by CharleyNovember on Sept 5, 2007 6:32:08 GMT -5
ERsatz~I didn't want to cut the real steel magwell unless I had to. This way leaves it intact. I could cut just the very end off it and it would still look good. The rotating clip up front is more than enough to hold the USR-11 mag inplace. You will notice it is the same solution you use Ersatz, Just from the opposite direction. This holds the most important part of the mag, the front snug up in the magwell and also easily rotates out of the way when you need to change mags. Handshake or hug you know what I mean. Yes one day we can shot Ami's together on an airsoft field  valtteri ~ The safety, which by the way I never have used on the real rifle as a safety because well it is a horrible design for a safety. Is simply cut off the back of a real bolt. The hole you are left with is almost perfect size for the bolt that goes to the USR-11 bolt in the rear that holds the cocking handle on. You just need to purchase a little longer bolt to compensate for the extra length you just added and try and get a stailess steel round head bolt instead of the socket cap kind. run bolt all the way through and tighten down. Works like a champ and is simple but adds a little extra somethign to the overall effect I think. I had forgotten all about this, but the M38 was more widley used and very very similar to the M44 in design just with no attache bayonet. Were there any other differences I am not noticing? IF not then I think what I will do with future orders and baconand eggs will get one in the mail shortly is include the bayonet attached barrel for the M44 and also another barrel without the bayonet attachement that would be better for skirmishing on modern airsoft fields. Kinda like 2 replicas for the price of one with a simple barrel swap. www.sff.net/people/sanders/mosin.html |
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Post by baconandeggs on Sept 5, 2007 7:23:33 GMT -5
For me, this rifle replaces an AK-47 in my Vietcong and Soviet Rifles impressions, and would also work well for Korea. Although not perfect, it is a definite step in the right direction, and I love the character and finish of Dan's piece.
I have a pretty complete Soviet Strelkovaya impression (circa 1942), and for a time, I dabbled around with the 150th Rifles out of Florida, but do not travel much anymore. Thanks for the invite, but Wisconsin would be a bit of a drive for this old southern boy.
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2nd Bat
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Post by 2nd Bat on Sept 5, 2007 13:18:10 GMT -5
At our events (In the Pacific Northwest) the ability to notice details is a big part of a teams success so it's always nice to have some accurate, widely varied guns being used by participants especially the OPFOR guys.
Very cool additon to available airsoft offerings.
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