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Awesome!

I have it one my list to do this weekend. Istill have to sand blast and repaint my vickers pod and work on my son's 1/2 scale 1919. I got caught up in working on a welding table this afternoon so Im behind on the projects list - lol, it never ends.

hey the other the I neglected to mention was in relation to grinding welds - when I took my test to become certified in plate welding (taking the pipe test in December) a few weeks ago. Ther test consists of welding 2 pieces of 1/2 plate end to end, grinding the weld flush, cutting out a 2 inch sect...

yeah I hear ya. I HATE the PITA the corrosive stuff ends up being. I know guys that seem to have no troubles with it and while I get away with it, Ive also been burned a few times. Even though 8mm is cheaper, I find I shoot 3-4 times as much belt fed 308 as 8mm simply for the convience. That and I h...

Sounds like you really went to a lot of trouble - certainly your receiver is probabaly better that mine. I ground off all the slag. Then I made a copy of Pirates jig with a few mods. I set my length using the top cover, bipod, and barrel/booster, then checked to make sure my OAL was close. Next I ma...

For $110 more you get the 8mm parts. 308 parts - top cover, barrel and feed tray will cost you about $200 more fron Dan, RTG, and IO. If you go 308 and then buy 8mm parts you'll spend about $300 ( of course subtract the 110 you saved over the 8mm kit.) The downside is you'll have more trouble findin...

Patience my son - Im planning on trying to take some pics of bolt mods and others that are required. Once I get a chance to measure things I plan to beam them to 7.62X51 and ask him to cad us up a set of drawings.

Hopefully this weekend

I still need to fit the stock saftey. I mixed up my own custom color of KG gun coat going for a dark blue black color. It matches a blued WWII 8mm NOS topcover perfect with the exception that the receiver isnt as bright since the metal was rougher to start with and I didnt feel like polishing it smo...

Thanks guys.

Ab - not to make you feel bad, but ALL of my Weaponeer GB belts were as NEW GREASY as hell, WWII belts!

Great deal!

Hopefully they'll run another one....

Well, I made it threw the 8mm trials and got the beast functioning with 8mm and 308. Only probs I had were belt related - I got a smokin deal at the gunshow on 308 postwar belts and the gun hates them. After I went back to wwII belts she ran great. I have noticed my FP is peened a bit on both ends. ...

I bought mine used here - after a long nervous dicked around period, I ended up having to replace the sear (under $30) due to a previous owners home 'smithing'. I runs great, the trigger sucks but can be improved to about 8 pounds with proper and careful stoning/polishing. NONE of my numbers match (...

welcome back and glad youre safe!

As much as I hate to say it....I have heard a few stories of guys getting burned by the alphabet soup guys and serious hassles from local LEO's. Most of us want a firearm that looks similar to the largely unobtainable FA cousins. Heck, even if I had 40 K laying around I really couldnt see spending i...

I have a rod (3/16) that I welded in to limit the triggers travel up wards at the rear - if you dont - youre right, the hammer WILL FOLLOW! - and you'll have an out of battery explosion which is BAD. THe same thing will happen if you use a hammer with the rear ground off - ask me how I know - DOOOH!

the sear acts as a disconnector.

I stuck some pics up in the general mg42 section - I have a few and can get more (theyre already in the states) but I have no idea what feed tray fits them - none of mine do. Incidentially, I can get about 15 more for about 30-40 each, possibly less.

Bringing only 300 rounds to the range with you! Thankfully I had a buddy close by with a loader and 150 more rounds. Thats right. WE our most sucessful range session - a 450 round rapid fire test. I had a few light strikes but they only happened when the barrel door popped open - I replaced the repl...

Now I need to try the 8mm when I have time to clean it after and then generally clean up some rough grinding and general ugliness. Then redo the bolt extension and Ill post pics so other foolish mortals came get into the sickness. I woke up at midnight and spent 2 hours taking everything apart and c...

Pirate - you da man! When I went thru my FCG, I noticed I was using a trigger that I had previously ground down the rear of from the first grip stick. Too many parts and crap on the bench led me putting it in the new one I guess. In any case, It had enough vertical play the allow the hammer to miss ...

J.B.,

I Modified mine similarly - I ran a bead around the opening (extended it toward the ejector collar about 1/8 inches) and drilled a 1/4 inch hole in the screw about 3/16 deep. I havent bevelled mine as much as yours but that could happen.

Thanks for the pic

Make sure the hammer is moving freely and that you firing pin(s) slide easily. I had trouble with the flat ejector bars slowing the firing pin so I went with one of the yugo old style/round ones and it made a world of difference. You can also bend the legs of the AR hammer spring to get more tension...