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Tons of people have built MG42s and M53s into semi guns, but to do it for someone else requires a manufacturer's license. That leave most people out. It's not a small job to reweld and make it work, so it's past the ability level of most people.

If you're not going to bulld it for yourself, you'll need to find someone with a manufacturer's license to do it for you.

www.Lewmanarms.com would be my suggestion. They won't be cheap (nobody is cheap anymore), but they've done some very nice work.

Three are lots of visitors here, but so many find everything they need in the existing message bases, that there aren't many new posts.

We're a friendly crowd. If you have questions, we'll be glad to help.

Welcome.

See the Carbine Blueprints book review at: http://www.thegunmag.com/epic-compilation-of-m1-carbine-data-great-resource/ Larry Ruth (War Baby, War Baby comes home, and other Carbine books) provided all the blueprints and extras contained in this huge volume, and collaborated with me to produce this b...

Just making sure you saw this. If I wanted one and didn't have the time/skills/patience to do it, I'd buy from these guys:

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=14082

The booster is not meant to be used as a gas pressure regulator. Using a nozzle with a larger opening is the standard thing to do. Nozzles come with a variety of sizes of holes, and are selected based on need.

I lightly grease the rails (from front to back) on my 42 with a few pumps from a grease gun, well spread around, and a thin layer on the bolt surfaces that contact the rails. Extreme care not to miss a spot isn't necessary, since the bolt itself spreads it around. I put a squirt or two of oil in the...

Been busy working on other stuff. I'll have to get back to the pictures and extract what I can from the backups. I don't know how I got ANYTHING done when I had a full time job.

I'm not a lawyer, and what I think about something is worth exactly what you pay for it (zero). Nowhere in ATFE regulations does it say anything about 80%. That percentage is not listed or defined by ATFE, therefore, there's no exact way to decide what 80% complete actually means. It's a term that i...

WaA509 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 27, 2021 11:38 pm Would you be willing to make another?

He's not allowed to do that without having a manufacturer's license.

A variety of rebuild parts are here, but many are out of stock. You're getting into the game pretty late. Some people on here bought extra parts. Post a want to buy ad.

https://www.robertrtg.com/store/pc/Rece ... iewAll=yes

Uh,huh. Mine is original. I even have a matching number barrael.

There are a few on gunbroker.com

The front of the receiver - at the muzzle? The cam that holds the flash hider holding lever and barrel bushing in place? Those are pins with hollow ends. You'll need some help. Put a center punch straight up in a vise, hold the pin in the muzzle on top of the center punch, use another center punch f...

Not sure what's going on. None of the pictures are showing up. I'm working on it.

UPDATE Nov. 26, 3:25 AM: There was a corrupt file in the system software which has been replaced. Pictures are working again now.

Are you talking about the cam piece that the top cover hinges on?

Pictures didn't appear... how big are they?

You had the opportunity to edit your message for the first hour or so after posting.

Just post another message and put the pictures in it. I'll delete the first message later.

Pictures have been restored on page 1 of this thread.

The pictures that were available are restored here now.