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this shot shows the area on the inside of the rec scrap that must be filled BEFORE rejoining any of the pieces to prevent an unmodified FA bolt from being inserted into the rec.

here are a couple of shots of how the nose of the trip lever rotates reaward when the bolt opens to act as the disconnector

this shot shows the relationship of the trip lever and bolt when all assembled in the rifle

more shots of the bolt

this shot shows the cut that must be made in the bolt body to allow the sear assembly to fit in place http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/semi34/34bolt3.jpg this shot shows the relation ship of the sear and its holder to the other parts of the bolt http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/semi34/34bolt4.jpg

Thought I would share some misc pics of my 34 semi build, these are in no paticular order. Many thanks to Orin for getting me up to speed on exactly how/why the transferbar/disconnector works. Richard these bolt pics are a mostly of the old style sear, somewhere mid way thru machining the old style ...

Glad i found this thread, both my parts sets from mg34.com have 9.5 mm boosters.

I do remeber the .308 bbls from Ohio, was the 34 produced in .308? Century has the israeli bipods for $30 on their FAC site, I bought one a couple of months ago and its really neat

I have the dies for stamping these and am waiting on a batch of blanks to come from the waterjet guy, will post when they are ready to ship

the IMA mg34 dummy gun I have held was an original reciver with a solid steel bar welded in the bolt rails, it looked to me like the demill was assembled on the bar and then the whole mess solidly welded together. No moving charge handle, the welds looked like a monkey ground them and the rec was pa...

Is the 34 receiver actualy malleable iron? I didnt realize these were cast

I used an aluminum bar that fills the bolt chanel and a brass rod to fill the deep spring hole on my reweld for semi build , I just used the filler bar to keep tons of filler material from filling the inside of the receiver and not as the rigid part that keeps everything straight. for precise alignm...

yep very neat indeed

looks really good Tony , as always i am available for beta testing if you need somebody to write a build review/pictorial and really ring one of these semi 42s out . Richard

one mint bbl left, all recoups sold, one feed tray , 4 top covers

I would use electrolysis , http://www.instructables.com/id/E17UQMY28PEQ6T2A5Z/

http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/rust/ ... c_derustin g.htm

Here are some better pics of the stuff for sale. BBL shrouds for $35 http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/sale/42/bblshrouds.jpg Yugo Buttstocks$30 http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/sale/42/buttstocks.jpg Gripsticks, some with black plastic Grips some with red bakelite $25 http://www.thompsonmachine....

damn that was fast, Im gonna have to start staying up later. If the fn30 falls thru Ill take it

I have a bunch of 42 bbls and other parts for sale , bbls from $80 to $200 depending on condition lots of stuff to move to pay off recent med bills Thanks http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/sale/42/42bbls.jpg http://www.thompsonmachine.net/img/sale/42/42parts.jpg all parts are yugo 1 barrel with mir...

spf to the two members above. Thanks

100 bucks apeice? Does everyone here agree that it is a fair price? Also Weaponeer says that a minimum buy of 50 is required?! What of individual peices? Is anyone here on the forum still trying to make their own at a lower price? Yes I could make one cheaper. I have the tools to do so. It would co...