Possible Project

[p40warhawk]

So I opened up a Crossman R70 today...
It was an M4 type gun that wasn't great. The stupid thing didn't have a rear sight! It was on the low end of the FPS spectrum and it didn't have a fantastic ROF.... but I opened her up.

It has a fairly small gearbox, plastic of course, but what made me think was the way it loads. The gun is gravity fed from a reservoir in a fake red dot scope... which is why there were no sights *groan* but I thought maybe a cheap project like some kind of Bren or the like would be interesting. Unfortunitly there is no Cushman Bren yet but it may be worth a try, or some other kind of gun with a top clip. Any thoughts? If this doesn't work out I will just pawn it off, with some metal parts added it may be workable for somebody else's cheap project.

[TommyGunner]

Is this what you got?



Im not too sure that can be used for much of anything really. I say maybe paint it up and use it for a prop.

TommyGunner

[gryphon]

You could try making it look like a Soviet DT, if you have nothing better to do. I have a weakness for tinkering with low-end guns as well, although most of them end up on Junk Mountain. Cheap guns are much less likely to survive conversion; odds are high that you will bust something important before the project is done.

[Obergefreiter Raimund]

Some of the Heavy Machine guns are gravity fed!!!

The system of gravity feeding does work. However, jams and misfires are likely. I would only use a gravity fed system in a gun that is air or gas fed and that also has recoil of some sort so that the BB's get moving around, thus, helping them feed better.

The Shoie MG-42 would be an awesome gravity fed gun! It would make reloading much easier!!! Just dump the ammo in!

Also, I thin some of the allied .30 cal machine guns are gravity fed as well. A Bren gun conversion would be excellent for some tinkering in my opinion!

[p40warhawk]

Is there anyplace with dimensions or blueprints of the DT? That may be an interesting project.

[2nd Bat]

Think for a minute before you get started. Do you really want invest time and expense in making something (hopefully) appealing visually that will never be functionally viable? If so knock yourself out.