I acquired a fully functional MG81Z several years ago from a fella in Utah. Beautiful gun and I thought I'd post/share a walk around Youtube video here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EfvYo3yIiY&t=57s I plan to get it out to the next Big Sandy MG shoot in March 2022!
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I remember seeing that MG81 advertised for sale years ago. A very fine piece of hardware.
Do you have a copy of the original (in German) MG81 manual? I have it if you'd like it. It isn't a common enough gun to make it worth the trouble to translate it, but it still has usable information in it.
Do you have a copy of the original (in German) MG81 manual? I have it if you'd like it. It isn't a common enough gun to make it worth the trouble to translate it, but it still has usable information in it.
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Nice walk around of your MG-81Z!
I like how it was adapted onto that MG3 tripod.
The original aircraft mount and sights are a rare find!
That should run about 3KRPM combined.
With the cost of replacement barrels I would keep the bursts short as you don't have the wind rushing past to cool as you would on a plane in flight.
I have a friend who shoots his MG-81Z and stakes the tripod to the ground with chains to keep it from rising during recoil.
His video's are on YouTube.
My MG-81 is in the ground configuration.
Richard
I like how it was adapted onto that MG3 tripod.
The original aircraft mount and sights are a rare find!
That should run about 3KRPM combined.
With the cost of replacement barrels I would keep the bursts short as you don't have the wind rushing past to cool as you would on a plane in flight.
I have a friend who shoots his MG-81Z and stakes the tripod to the ground with chains to keep it from rising during recoil.
His video's are on YouTube.
My MG-81 is in the ground configuration.
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Re: MG81Z
John,JBaum wrote: ↑Thu Dec 02, 2021 11:07 am I remember seeing that MG81 advertised for sale years ago. A very fine piece of hardware.
Do you have a copy of the original (in German) MG81 manual? I have it if you'd like it. It isn't a common enough gun to make it worth the trouble to translate it, but it still has usable information in it.
I already have a copy of the MG81 manual -- but thank you for the offer!
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It sounds like your friend is PJ Heck.APEXgunparts wrote: ↑Wed Dec 08, 2021 7:54 pm Nice walk around of your MG-81Z!
I like how it was adapted onto that MG3 tripod.
The original aircraft mount and sights are a rare find!
That should run about 3KRPM combined.
With the cost of replacement barrels I would keep the bursts short as you don't have the wind rushing past to cool as you would on a plane in flight.
I have a friend who shoots his MG-81Z and stakes the tripod to the ground with chains to keep it from rising during recoil.
His video's are on YouTube.
My MG-81 is in the ground configuration.
MG81-Left-Side-RCH.jpg
Richard
If so... I know him. He let me shot his machineguns at the Fort Harmar MG shoot in Ohio.
He's definitely an all-around good guy with an awesome collection!
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Re: MG81Z
Robert,
And thank you for the tip about the barrels. There's no cool high elevation slip stream available on terra firma.
Luckily, I have 7 spare barrels!
I picked up 2 MG 81 firing pins with springs from Charlie Logan at the SAR in Phoenix recently.
Spare parts are out there but very hard to find.
And thank you for the tip about the barrels. There's no cool high elevation slip stream available on terra firma.
Luckily, I have 7 spare barrels!
I picked up 2 MG 81 firing pins with springs from Charlie Logan at the SAR in Phoenix recently.
Spare parts are out there but very hard to find.