Well It Is Welded, But the Beast Does Not Live.

big mark · Post by **big mark** » Sat Oct 15, 2005 11:27 pm

First I would like to thank everyone on this board for there advise and pictures so that I know what the hell I am doing or enough to get myself into trouble. I used the jig that is pictured here and I am here to tell you it worked like a dream. I went to a local welding shop and got it welded on Friday. The guys at the welding shop thought I was kidding when I said I had a converted MG to weld. The look on their faces when I pulled the jig out of the trunk of my car was classic. I think some of them will end up on this board. When the belt fed bug bites it bites hard. I am a refugee from the 1919 board and I know. Here are some pictures of the jig and the welded receiver on my MG3 tripod. The gun is upstairs on the MG3 tripod I got from Tapco. I have to say it is the (Try a different word.). Well so much for that.
What I would really like to know is this. Who is modifying trigger packs, bolts and installing rails? How do you get a hold of them and how much does it cost?

Thanks Again,
Big Mark

Post by **Pirate** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:29 am

Hi Big Mark, welcome to the board. Your gun looks excellent! you can do the rails yourself
make or get made the rivet backerss shown in my buils tutorial. you can melt the rivets
with a tig or make a forming tool and use that. as for the bolt and gripstick, I am finishing
up some improvements on the brp design and will have parts available soon. there is also
a member here huntsinmountain doing this . I will be posting the updated conversion details shortly

Blademaster · Post by **Blademaster** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 3:09 pm

Pirate,
I have BRP MG 42 and I have the say that the receiver is excellent work but there is no question that other places can stand some improvements. I have not yet had a 100% range trip without problems. I have had alot of phone calls to the people at BRP. I must say that they are very helpful. I find it hard to believe that they test these units like they say they do. I am sure that they are under alot of pressure to get these units out. However, I do understand that this is the price you pay for this kind of toy. If you can make a improved bolt that works and you don't have to take a loan from the bank to buy it you may be sitting on a gold mine. The only two external improvements that I can see is to make a dust cover that works with the new grip and install the AA spider sight bracket. BRP did not install the spider sight bracket because the lawyers got involved. But a working dust cover would be nice. All the internal problems I have had always come back to the bolt assembley. There has to be a design that does not break so many pins. I have got my bolt back from them to mod it to generation #3 but have not had a chance to go shoot yet. Thanks to the people on this site it has been a great help.
Blademaster

Post by **Pirate** » Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:17 pm

Blademaster,
after uncounted hours of farting around with a solid firing pin and ar fcg group I dropped
that approach and went with a fal fcg and 2 pc striker setup. so far all results have been
a 100% improvement over the first attempt. for all practical purposes I have a working gun.
there are some details that need to be refined, and some of the worn out parts that came
with my kit need to be replaced, but the main issues have been resolved.
my goal is to have a safe, reliable shooter that will work with all available ammo and not
need to be pampered. Personally if I spent that kind of money for a gun and it didn't work
I would be pissed no matter how nice they were. I was able to improve the design in about
a month and a half in my spare time with a drill press, welder and hand tools. A company
like BRP should have been able to do at least as good.