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A lazy Father's Day at Castle Argghhh!!!

By The Armorer on June 15, 2008 | | Comments (7)

I got up, did some tweaks to the new workbench. Posted some. Mowed most of the lawn before the rain hit...

Saw Kung Fu Panda...

And then... a little M1919A1 crank-gun action. The inaugural firing of this piece, which has been in the Castle holdings for some time, but which I was unwilling to fire until I had a headspace and timing gage.

Before:

The Browning MG (Semi-auto crank gun) of Argghhh! before...

After:

The Browning MG (Semi-auto crank gun) of Argghhh! after...

I shot short belts. The stuff is expensive! And yes, I do have the T&E mechanism, but since I was firing downhill, I wasn't using it.

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By Pogue on June 15, 2008 6:10 PM
Sweet! Are you getting ammo from CMP? They have some pretty good deals on .30-06 when they have it in stock.
 
By John of Argghhh! on June 15, 2008 6:17 PM
Sadly, Pogue, this is in 7.62 NATO, being built on ex-Israeli parts. It will protect us from rabid muji's who might be tempted to assault the Castle. No self-respecting muj wants to get shot by something with an Israeli heritage - at least I infer that from the foofaraw over our use of Israeli-made ammunition, before we made sure it all came to the States for training consumption, vice combat comsumption. But mostly I got it because I've always wanted one of these and the full-autos weren't legal. But they will be on 1 July. Too bad I won't be able to afford one. Or, at least as accurately, be willing to spend the bucks for.
 
By Murray on June 15, 2008 9:10 PM
Last time I used one I was applying the economic 50 round burst method. Turns out you can't actually melt the barrel. Well not to liquid anyway.
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on June 16, 2008 3:34 AM
Not to liquid; just to smoothbore. Cheers
 
By John of Argghhh! on June 16, 2008 6:44 AM
I've got two spare barrels, not, with the cost of ammunition, that I think I'm going to run through them. Damn war. Drove the price of ammo up, because they're using it, and not selling it surplus, like they should. Heh. Interesting how to me, this rifle is a relic of a different time, and for both Murray and CAPT H, it's a weapon from their service inventory. Not that the M60, save for that quick-change barrel, and being a bit easier to hump around the countryside, was a better overall weapon. Sometimes things stay in service seemingly forever because they are good at what they do, and stay relevant to what they do. Like our good friend the M2 .50 cal machinegun and the M1911A1 .45 cal pistol.
 
By Murray on June 16, 2008 6:41 PM
Dude this is the New Zealand army, EVERYTHING was already smoothbore. It gets that way when its really old. Hell we were still using brens when I was in basic. You never know I might have used the same weapon as my grandfather. When we did get something new it was the Steyr POS.
 
By Justthisguy on June 16, 2008 8:02 PM
See, if everbody were a 7mm crank like me, Murray, then when you shot 'em out you could ream and rifle to 7.62, all of which ammo would be cheap surplus, 'cause evverbody had converted to 7mm! Makes perfect sense. Just gotta titrate the ol BAC just right.