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Does anyone make legal replicas of the innards of the aircraft-pattern .50 cal?

Basically those parts that were removed from the guns in USAAF aircraft between missions, namely the barrel, barrel extension, accelerator/buffer and bolt.
You usually see parts in bomber crew photos.

All the best,
Paul

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There's a guy on Milweb makes M2HB replicas his name escapes me - hopefully this is a start

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Cheers for that,

I've had a look at many of the replicas online, but they all seem to specifically omit the innards.

Here's a couple of photo's for reference:





All the best,
Paul

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Paul Bellamy
Summer of 44

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Paul - that looks as if it could be turned on a Lathe.

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Lo, There Do I See My Father
Lo, There Do I See My Mother, My Sisters And My Brothers
Lo, There Do I See My People, Back To The Beginning
Lo, There Do They Call To Me, And Beg Me To Take My Place
In The Halls Of Valhalla, Where the Brave Shall Live Forever

In the chaos of battle, when the ground beneath your feet is a slurry of blood, puke, p**s and the entrails of friends and enemies alike, it's easy to turn to the gods for salvation. But it's soldiers who do the fighting, and soldiers who do the dying, and the gods never get their feet wet.

One enemy is never enough, two is far too many
"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid."
Jo Hukam

The barrel certainly could be, it's the rest that need making up accurately.

Would solid metalised resin castings of the bolt/barrel carrier/buffer assemblies be legal these post-VCR days?
Of course, that requires someone with an Aircraft Pattern M2 on an FAC5 to provide the masters for moulding...... oh dear.

TTFN,
Paul

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Paul Bellamy
Summer of 44

http://www.geocities.com/ramc181
http://www.summerof44.org.uk
http://www.geocities.com/paulbellamy194 ... _Page.html

Try taking the measurement from a de-act and make a master out of wood to copy in resin etc.

Good idea - KarlUK was casting grenades wasn't he? AFAIR they were bloody good copies too.

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Lo, There Do I See My Father
Lo, There Do I See My Mother, My Sisters And My Brothers
Lo, There Do I See My People, Back To The Beginning
Lo, There Do They Call To Me, And Beg Me To Take My Place
In The Halls Of Valhalla, Where the Brave Shall Live Forever

In the chaos of battle, when the ground beneath your feet is a slurry of blood, puke, p**s and the entrails of friends and enemies alike, it's easy to turn to the gods for salvation. But it's soldiers who do the fighting, and soldiers who do the dying, and the gods never get their feet wet.

One enemy is never enough, two is far too many
"Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid."
Jo Hukam