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Nice one on E-Bay today (with 6-days left)..........just under $80.

Regards, RichardS
US Army, RET

30Thdiv, Are you looking for a specific type of MG34 Feed-Tray........or just something to convert to fire the shorter 7.62x51mm Blanks (?). As an alternative(s).........try asking the bigger Class-III Dealers such as Bob-Landies at Ohio-Ordnance-Works.........or Bob Naess over at Black-River-Milita...

Great article Bergflak..........a lot of detailed information with clear photos as always.

This should also be posted up in the MG42 Section for the MG42 Bolt-Box information.

Regards, RichardS
US Army, RET
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Easymoney, The Military usually has their MG Barrel's Chambers reamed a little on the loose side to allow for dirt/powder-fowling during firing of many rounds under unknown conditions. This will usually show up as brass that shows expanded cases in the area just forward of the extractor-groove on th...

easymoney, Some things that you might want to look at are: 1: SAMMI-Specs. for 7.62x51mm NATO Chambers vs. Commercial .308 Winchester Chambers. I think you will find out that the Military chambers are slightly larger. 2: When "sizing" rifle-brass (especially after being fired in a Military sized cha...

Slashbike,
So what do you have left for-sale (?).

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US Army, RET

Once a builder gets to the point of cutting the Cam-Pcs. Holes in the Receiver..........or, is fitting new/used Cam-Pcs. into the receiver........or is at a point of requiring the replacement of the current Cam-Pcs. in their receiver..........what is the procedure to correctly fit a set (or replacem...

PM sent.

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US Army, RET
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Tmiller, The conversion is very simple.........and you may only have to use a 2-pcs. Blank-Barrel-Assembly and try different "restrictors" (dependent on the Blanks that you will be using and the outside temp.) to make an M53 fire 7.62x51mm/.308 Blanks reliably. Have you looked into the "Blank-Adapti...

amafrank, Thank you for the posted information. First.....remembering that MGs have a slightly looser chambering..... The issue that I was having with Clymers 7.62x54R gauge was that "their" gauge was not only about 1" long.....but the "rim" was cut as a standard size rim thickness. When it was drop...

........been a while on this subject (been moving State-so-State) so I thought I would check in to see if anyone has come up with additional photos and/or information on the Finish 7.62x54R conversion......or worked on their own project (?).

Regards, RichardS
US Army, Retired.

http://mg34mg42.forumactif.org/

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US Army, Retired

Good article about replacing the Lafette "pads" over on the French MG34MG42 Board......in their "restoration-section.

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US Army, Retired

........it's a "PITA".....but after sitting that long (knowing grease gets hard.....)......I would order a recouperator bolt/nut-set from RTG-Parts........remove/disassembly/grease the recouperator springs/pins and then reassemble with the new bolt/nut-set. Regards, RichardS US Army, Retired Blanksg...

Harry,
Contact "Bergflak" on his web-page.
He may have the information that you are looking.
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US Army, Retired
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.....sometimes...........it will depend on the barrel-extension.

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US Army, Retired

junge, Doing this by "memory".....so bear with me...... I recall that there are a few items to check.....but do not recall exactly which type "nut" is suppose to be at the bottom of the "cup" nor which nut is on the release-pin (inside). Also......something to do with the outside end of the release-...

When MG34 new Ejector-Pins (part of the Bolt-Assembly) are fitted to a Bolt-Head, they are sometimes required to be trimmed on the end of the pin that makes contact with the Ejector-Plate. This is done due to excess material dragging inside the receiver when a cartridge is mounted in the Bolt-Face.....

DaniCele,
Is this the gun that was recently posted over on the French MG34MG42-Board (?).

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US Army, Retired

....remember to torque down the barrel into the barrel-extension and "stake" it at the notch in the Barrel-Extension forward face. If the barrel-extension does not have a "notch", then grind a small notch to stake the barrel to. I don't remember if it was early MG42 barrel-assemblies were not staked...