>>108786
Ahhh I see, that does make more sense, I'm still learning the intricacies of the MG34,thank you for clearing that up.

Would there be ways of adjusting the feed pawl travel to help it position the belt better? Of course it would have to be done carefully to prevent issues once the belt is almost empty and isn't resisting the pawl movement as much...
Maybe it's just a matter of pulling the starter tab for a bit or supporting the loaded belt at the beginning as seen here with the lad next to the gunner.

Outing planned later today. I've hardened the S7 sear and "sear ring" to the best of my very limited abilities, dry tests are promising. I'm also trying out this Microlon Ultrablue on the bolt carrier and sliding surfaces of the top cover components. There's also a thin layer on the bolt/bolt carrier camming surfaces. Having dry tested before and after, there was a noticeable improvement regardless of my dislike for unicorn dust snake oil. This blue stuff might actually be worth it. It's a very very light grease and so far it seems to be good stuff.

I'll bring my Doppler radar and my buddy is bringing his historically unimportant K98, we'll test that Russian ammo. I have ~400 rounds so I'll grab three from every other box and try it until I'm satisfied that it won't hurt mein fräulein.

Welp I fucked up but it wasn't a complete loss.

>drive 3 hours to nice spot
>get there
>remember that radar battery is on charger
>at home

I did remember to bring plenty of the usual PPU and I discovered a very weird thing. I had a .413" booster in, and the gun wasn't running too well. Stovepiping every ~3 rounds. I thought that it might be cycling a little slow, so I put in a tighter booster. The gun ran a bit better, 1 stoppage every ~7 rounds or so, so again I thought maybe it needs a bit tighter booster. Then I noticed I'd mixed up and put in a LESS restrictive booster, the .430" one. So it ran better on a booster with a bigger port. So I went up a step, to my most open booster, a .450" one. Again, the gun ran more reliably, but still not perfectly. So I removed the booster entirely and was getting it to 1 malfunction per belt on average.

No booster at all was the most reliable, the malfunctions were also always stovepipes, and those were happening MORE as the gun ran harder. This seems to indicate that the action is still running a bit too fast with NO booster.

I don't think it's the ammo, PPU is 3-ply soft load ammo. My firing pin spring is pretty stiff, and really detonates the primers properly, so I don't want to mess with that. The harder the firing pin spring, the slower the action should drive as it cocks on opening. Maybe the Ultrablue is TOO good and I should use a thicker grease to slow the gun down? Could my barrel return spring be way too light? Even then that particular spring probably doesn't do that much to slow the action down. I am confus pls halp.

In all I ran 200 rounds of PPU and the kitchen heat-treat S7 of the sear and sear ring show no signs of wear at all. All I did was heat them to bright orange, almost yellow, keeping them at that temp for 30 to 45 seconds. I then plunged them into cold water, shaking them in a figure 8. I found that you must have the water very close to the parts so the parts spend virtually no time out of the heat, the parts hardened successfully when the flame was 2" above the water and the movement to shove them in the water was as quick as possible.

I know this type of thing is not proper heat treat, but so far it has worked. I think the awesome chemistry of S7 steel is making up for my horrible shortcomings in heat treat method and equipment.

>>108793
Sucks about the battery, but at least you got some interesting data about the recoil boosters.

> All I did was heat them to bright orange, almost yellow, keeping them at that temp for 30 to 45 seconds. I then plunged them into cold water, shaking them in a figure 8.

M1903 approved.

i also want to do a good guy vs good guy map, like LRRP dudes in helicopters vs rogue SOG dudes who also use the vc traps. this would be a lot easier to do with the sdk than my original post but it would still be fun with the right map, or just recycling one of the more favored existing maps.

i think i would also add the folding stock ak to most roles and the scoped mas49 to sniper/dm because theyre already in the game

Make sure to include the Swedish Carl Gustav m/45 9x19mm kulsprutepistol (bullet-spraying pistol, aka Swedish-K) or the Smith & Wesson M76 clone. In the early days of the US involvement in the Vietnam War, US special forces and CIA spooks used the Swedish-K as it was a good, reliable SMG and it was not US-made so captured weapons could not directly implicate US involvement (but who do they think they were fooling?).

Plus, this is one of my favorite Vietnam War-era guns.

During the Vietnam War, the US Navy SEALs used the m/45 extensively. One of the gun's qualities which appealed to the US Navy was that the m/45 can fire almost immediately out of the water (over the beach). It also saw use by CIA operatives and advisers. The US Navy was so impressed by the m/45 that when Sweden embargoed the export of weapons to the United States in 1966, Smith & Wesson was given the task of producing a copy. This was designated the Smith & Wesson M76. However, by the time the M76 was ready for combat deployment, the US Navy interest had largely evaporated. Many of the m/45s used by US forces and agencies were devoid of markings, implying clandestine use ("sanitized"). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustav_m/45

turns out the suppressed m39 could only go for 2 mags before the can internals had to be replaced, pic related wikipedia told me NSW sent new guts with every 26 rounds. So, probably going to put that one on the backburner. couldnt find a neato flamethrower either so thats out.

Uzi, Sten, MAC10 and swedish K, with suppressors for the first three. Remington 1148 for the 12ga, or the Ithaca 37 included in the game

The big toys will be the LAW and 40mm pump. The LAW will p be based on the RPG7 already in the game, so that might be tough to get correct we'll see

Stoner 63 and M60 shorty, maybe RPD shorty

starlight scope, M16 scopes, a combat knife, colored smokes

Oh and probably some incendiary grenades, and melee tools for the attacking vc's

SVT-40 captured and being used in the Battle of Stalingrad.

And imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Such as with this Italian Pavesi prototype SVT copy in 8x59 Breda...
http://www.operatorchan.org/k/res/98094.html#101594
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/pavesi-prototype-svt-copy-video/

The Walther Gewehr 43 was the Nazis’ answer to the superlative American M1 Garand. A gas-operated design actually pirated from the Soviet SVT40 self-loading rifle, the G43 was relatively lightweight and offered fast and reliable semiautomatic fire from a detachable ten-round box magazine. Though the magazine was tidy and removable, German Infantrymen were typically only issued two spares and fed the gun instead via standard five-round stripper clips from the top. These strippers were the same sort that fed the bolt-action Kar98k.
The G43 was later designated the K43, but the two weapons were otherwise identical. The G43 included a short length of cleaning rod underneath the barrel. Several soldiers would pool their cleaning rod segments to make a single usable tool.
The rear sight of the G43 was a sliding tangent, while the front sight was a fixed hooded barleycorn. The leather sling mounted on the left side. The safety was a rotating lever at the back of the receiver. A sheet steel re-ceiver cover helped keep the action clean from battlefield crud.
G43 rifles were intended to be issued at the rate of 19 rifles per Infantry company, along with ten separate ZF-4 sights and mounts. Allerberger fired all the new rifles his unit received and selected the most accurate for marksmen rifles. The scopes and mounts were then matched to their host rifles and marked by hand with the gun’s serial number.
https://www.swatmag.com/article/wehrmacht-sniper-lessons-eastern-front/

>>108750
Good to see you're still around as well. The collection has grown quite a bit, it is near 3100 cartridges at present. This was a photo I took back in January of the pile that had accumulated which I still needed to sort and catalog.

>>108752
While we did not have the opportunity to shoot this one and it would be of questionable wisdom to do so as the stock exhibited at least two cracks, SVT-38's handle and shoot much like the later SVT-40's. Most of the differences lie in the design of the stock and hand guards, the placement of the cleaning rod and the function of the magazine catch. I did find the SVT-38's mag catch seemed a bit more fiddly than those on the SVT-40 which may have had a hand in why it was redesigned. These two magazines were very snug fits but that can be the case with SVT-40's as well since the locking lug occasionally needs fitting to the individual rifle.

>>108688
>I doubt these politicians comprehend how much .455" I own.
Lucky!
I know people who collected British firearms and they were stymied by the difficulty in obtaining ammo for them. Not only the rarities like .476 Enfield, .455 Webly Auto, .577 Snyder, and so on, but plain-Jane .455 Webley.

For UK .577 Boxer, people use rare 24 gauge brass cut down and sized to a .62 case. Some home-loaders also cut down 24 gauge brass to 2" for homemade .577 Snyder, an interesting cartridge conversion of the Enfield muzzle-loading .577 rifled musket.

And good luck to those looking for Mars ammo.
Here's a display of British fodder for you:
http://www.operatorchan.org/k/res/107749.html#107754

  Some people really get into their gun and kit collecting...
The Mk III Snider-Enfield: Introduction https://youtu.be/DJ-f11hM4Sk

>>108369

U.S. MACHINE GUN T52E1 .30 (T65) SN# 6
Maker/Manufacturer: BRIDGE TOOL & DIE WORKS
Date of Manufacture: 1949-1952

U.S. MACHINE GUN T52E1 .30 (T93E1) SN# 8
Maker/Manufacturer: BRIDGE TOOL & DIE WORKS
Date of Manufacture: 1949-1952

And the experimental T-44 machine gun developed from the German FG 42 and MG 42 machine guns.
U.S. MACHINE GUN T44 7.92MM
Manufactured by Bridge Tool & Die Works, Philadelphia, Pa. in 1946 - The gun is a conversion of the FG42 German, Light, Magazine Feed Machine Gun, with the belt feeding mechanism of the MG42 German, Belt Feed Machine Gun. The mechanical solution for the conversion was provided by the Bridge Tool & Die Works. The weapon is gas-operated blowback type combination; air-cooled; bipod supported; with forward handgrip and rear shoulder stock.
The receiver body in which the essential parts of the gun operate is a sheet metal fabrication. The barrel is permanently mounted into the forward end, and the receiver swaged circumferentially into a recess around the rear end of the barrel and secured by a locking ring, likewise swaged. The hinge member about which the feed mechanism rotates is welded to that portion of the receiver body directly rearward from the swaged area, thereby making the receiver body, barrel and hinge member an integral unit. Holding the receiver body in a normal firing position, there is an opening on the left-hand side running longitudinally from the welded hinge member for the length of the housing. This opening is bridged in one instance at a point located approximately 4" rearward from the hinge member by the ejector assembly. The resultant opening between the hinge member and the ejector assembly permit the receiver plate to position the shell cartridge for insertion into the barrel. Directly opposite this opening there is a similar small opening through which the cartridge cases are ejected. http://ww2.rediscov.com/spring/VFPCGI.exe?IDCFile=/spring/DETAILS.IDC,SPECIFIC=9554,DATABASE=objects

Well this is at least quality information. Thanks OP.

  Well shit.

>>107440
https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/03/18/hudson-manufacturing-files-for-bankruptcy/

BREAKING NEWS: Hudson Manufacturing Files For Bankruptcy

Posted 1 min ago in Breaking News, Companies by Benjamin F with No Comments
Tags: bankruptcy, H9, hudson, lawsuit

Hudson Manufacturing, makers of the much-vaunted Hudson H9, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy on March 14th. This is, presumably, in direct response to their previously cataloged troubles. Cambridge Valley Machining has sued Hudson over unpaid debts after being contracted to machine parts for them.
Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

There are several different types, or chapters, of bankruptcies that individuals and companies can file for. Hudson has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, meaning that they have chosen to liquidate all their assets to absolve their debts.

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>>108352
KE Arms has more info since they were a supplier:

https://www.facebook.com/KEArmsOfficial/posts/1531293650334416

Hudson, as a company, is super dead, but their suppliers look to be in a good position to build more if the obvious IP issues can be resolved.

>>108365
I, for one, welcome our new Sinistral overlords.

Also, it would be great if I could get my gun back.

>>108366
https://archive.is/DQnuT
>Hudson’s said it had 86 pistols in for warranty at the time the company ceased operation.
>So, somewhere above and beyond the millions of dollars of debt that Hudson’s creditors will try to reclaim, there’s almost $100k worth of bought and paid-for H9 components that may never find their way back to their owners. The boxes of disassembled H9s are left in a limbo state. Hudson is no more, as is its ability to pay for assembly, and or return shipping.

Looks like you're out of luck. All pistols that have been shipped to them for repairs are paperweights now. They won't ship them back to you for "liability reasons".

>>108185
And a clip of ammunition for my little Armalite.

>>108431
Dope. Now you just need a dramatically overpriced folding stock mechanism for your AR-15 lower that won't be used at all.

>>108441
and here I went a put a fixed stock my -18.

>>108442
I can't knock it. Most AKs on the planet have fixed stocks too, I assume. To each his own.

>>108441
I needed one more AR upper before buying a house.

Well...here are two pics....love my ARs and my AK.
But would probably take the suppressed BCM when SHTF

Best greatings from germany.

>>108141

converted it back to the normal handguard + ultimak and an foldable 74m stock instead of the triangle.

Made a few changes. Went to a URX 3.1 13.5" rail and added Scalar Works PEAK front and rear fixed sights, as well as swapping the Aimpoint mount for a Scalar Works LEAP.

Also, new Grock

>>108142
Why? I always looking for cheap triangle stock and this pouch that can contain not only ak tool kit.

Also just bought smooth forend with heat shield. %%Stock forend have two rails now.%%

  For BAR fun, there's the 2019 Netflix movie The Highwaymen that follows Frank Hamer and Maney Gault (Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson), two old Texas Rangers (bounty hunter contractors) who attempt to track down and apprehend notorious criminals Bonnie and Clyde in 1934. The real stars are the guns, of course. Costner walks in to a hardware store and buys an M1921AC Thompson submachine gun, an M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR), a Colt R80 Monitor (a Colt-manufactured variant of the BAR with a Cutts compensator), a Browning A5 semi-auto riot gun, a Remington Model 8 Autoloading Rifle, among other guns and a big crate of ammo. The highwaymen felt the need for serious firepower because the criminals they were chasing used the same kind of weapons against bank tellers, gas station attendants and cops they encountered. Clyde Barrow's preferred weapon was a custom cut-down model of a Browning Automatic Rifle and Bonnie used a Tommy gun.

The Governor of Texas might not like Hamer's expense report with this gun buying spree, but those guns certainly proved their effectiveness when Hamer's posse ambushed Bonnie and Clyde and turned them and their car into a bullet-riddled mess.

Hamer also just barely made his purchases before the passage of The National Firearms Act Of 1934 that regulates fully automatic weapons, suppressors, short-barreled rifles and shotguns, and destructive devices such as bombs or grenades. The NFA was subsequently modified in 1968 by the Gun Control Act and in 1986 by the Firearm Owners Protection Act. The NFA imposes a tax of $200 for people who want to legally purchase the prohibited items. That $200 might not sound like much, but adjusted for inflation, it's approximately $3,500. Good thing this tax was not pinned to inflation!

The Highwaymen 2019- Buying All Guns!- Scene https://youtu.be/h2f_jW06Rtw
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1860242/
http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Highwaymen,_The - movie firearms database
https://www.npr.org/2016/06/30/484215890/prohibition-era-gang-violence-spurred-congress-to-pass-first-gun-law

  The Highwaymen 2019 final shootout scene HD 1080p https://youtu.be/iJWOLjdKdGk
This scene was filmed at the exact same place in Louisiana that this actual event occurred. The film makers had to spread dirt over the now-paved road and plant more trees to make it more like it was in 1934.

  Timewatch - The Real Bonnie and Clyde https://youtu.be/cRYp6Xos79k

  Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4x7u91
Starring Warren Beatty & Faye Dunaway
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061418/

>>108388

The best BAR film is still "The Sand Pebbles". Steve McQueen kew his way around a M1918.

>>caryophyllene oxide
I don’t know where you live.
The dog handlers I know all use the real deal.
When a criminal case is over, the dope is destroyed once it is no longer needed.
Dog handlers will take some of that to be destroyed dope and use it for training their dogs,

I know one dog trained for firearms and explosives The conservation officers have it. Poachers often toss their guns in an attempt to avoid arrest

And a local agency has a dog trained to sniff electronics. They use it on the CP search warrants. Think of all the images you can put on a 1TB micro SD card. And all the places you could hide that card.

Would there be a lube that would mask whatever the dog is trained to smell,like fruit scented astroglide?