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worthless? pictures? WOW I GUESS WE NEVER BOUGHT OR SOLD ANY NFA B-4 NUMBNUTS INVENTED THE INTERNET ! I got it , I must have been dreaming!
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SQUIBS in my past are one of the main reasons I like the UZI so much. hell just stack em up and don't look back. I have had following squibs back in the cast bullet days . my barrel looked like one of those new amusement park rides. same thing with my first couple AM 180 .22's once I got several projo's stuck in a full length brl and had to pull them out with a sheet metal screw welded to a rod. if its RARE or you really like it as it is , PAY CLOSE ATT TO EVERY ROUND WHEN I WAS PLAYING AROUND WITH PISTOL CALIBER CONVERSIONS FOR THE BROWNING BELT FEDS I STUCK SEVERAL ROUNDS UNTIL I STARTED FREE BORING THE LAST FEW INCHES.
if you spend ANY time reading the posts here on sturm you will see an offer for new trips and springs . a gent has offered them for the past few months and all the reports have been GOOD so cruise the PARTS THREAD and reach out to him.
KRISTOPHER, I think we all agreed it was a hit or miss situation and I am glad you managed a HIT. it will certainly be a low cost toy for you to enjoy. I would suggest you get any spares that may be available for the future. maybe a sear and even a bolt wouldn't be bad to have around. one can make a sear pretty easy but the bolt and extractor would be tough to remedy if they fail. HOORAY FOR YOUR SIDE! mike
BEST THING ABOUT THIS POST IS WE HAVE ESTABLISHED THAT THERE IS ONLY ON "BUDDY". (good info!) YES there are still bare tubes out there in fact at least one will be in one of the major auctions this fall. personally I would buy one already done the way you want that you can prove runs and not look back. when it comes to "remanufacturing" you would be subject to the license holder's interpretation of the regulations and any problems or violations would be his sole responsibility unless of course you choose to "conspire" to violate the rules with the builder which I would avoid at all cost. the way I see it if the original tube or markings are not disturbed and parts are just "added" to make it a stenling or what ever you choose to call it, you are good to go. I have seen several sterlings offered and a few sold in the $7500.$8000 range this year. most sterling "tube" guns I handled back when anyone could build one had a tube made of thicker material that the typical sten tubes on the market which can only be a good thing. in my book ANDREWSKI would need to be in the mix at least somewhere and I have never seen anything bad from MR NORRELL so that may be another option. so it sounds like everyone is on the same page or at least close speed reader. GOOD LUCK and HAVE FUN! mike
YOUSE GUY'S wanna really cry here is one much worse! about 2006-2007 someone bent the top cover on a semi auto 1919 using TURK 8mm they bought from the J&G RIFLE RANCH in PRESCOTT , AZ. so they stopped selling it. one of my stores was in that town and I had to send at least ONE truckload a week up there to keep its stock up. often I would drive the truck myself just to check the store etc and I would stop in J&G and pick up a few crates of ammo and save shipping. THEY would walk me thru the warehouse to see what was available and I bought all the 8mm AS IS for less than .02 rnd. 500k rounds or so. at that time they were selling me a 720 rnd case of ROMAINIAN 8mm for $29.95. after the 2nd truck load I asked about 880 rnd 54r case price. and they said EITHER ONE $29.95. after the 6th truck I ran out of room. when you think about that, it makes one wonder just how cheap was it at the port? someone took it to the ship , offloaded in SAN PEDRO or the like, shipped it to the distributor, THEN shipped it too J&G ! so that was a min of 4 handles B-4 I got it at $29.95! GADS ?
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YUP, I got the idea back when 54r was less than .03 a rnd. at a BIG MARANA SHOOT, I asked several big wigs about the idea and they said the BROWNING would NEVER cope with the required round spacing in belts or links. somehow they forgot about the CHINESE ? when you load 54r in cloth belts the belt will start to form a circle back on its self and give the impression it wont work. in frustration at first I used SWEDISH NATO CLOTH BELTS they curved but I just loaded them up and hung em from the rafters and they straightened right out. at first I whittled and added too the feed lever but found it was best left alone . it even works with nato links but I suggest mainly cloth to save trunnion wear. on many off my BROWNINGS I set them up with a dedicated brl extension then faced the barrels and chambered them in a fixed headspace. sure saves time when you must tear down due to corrosive ammo. SHORTLY after I started selling converted MG-34 brls for the BRNG , someone ran new 8x57 brls and sold them. BAD DEAL as they short chambered them and people suffered blown cases. THAT WAS THE MAIN REASON TURK 8mm GOT A BAD RAP! I shoot it by the thousands and have NEVER had an issue except loose primers. HOWEVER I have since found there IS SOME bad YEARS and thank fully its all sold off by now.
FUNNY THING YOU MENTION TROY AT BARREL EXCHANGE. THEY DONT COME ANY BETTER THAN THAT MAN AND WE HAVE A LONG STANDING GOOD HISTORY! this fits this thread perfectly, I was THE first to offer BROWNING caliber conversions in 8mm, 7.62 x 54 etc in the U.S. and doing 25-30 a month with a 1 man operation many years. when my illness first struck, it effected signals to my hands and they did what they wanted when moving the table on my mill, so I had to quit with several paid orders pending! TROY EDLUND was one of those people, when I offered the refund he offered to BUY my conversion business and fill all the orders. we agreed he would take over at no cost, and as he filled orders he STILL offered me a cut. he still offers cal conversions and made his own links for Russian short out of plastic while I had bent existing links. MONEY was never my goal with the conversions. it was giving the industry a low cost option to SHOOT MORE and maybe increase our numbers. I did this long b-4 the net was born and many so called experts said I would NEVER get Russian long to run well in a BROWNING but time proved them wrong. I was able to get RELIABLE function with 38/357 , 5.45 x39 and even .410 shot gun which was a real challenge let me tell ya! you mentioned HK's my first G-3 conversion has a hole worn in the top of the receiver from the tip of the carrier rising as it hits the buffer its been fired so much and a smooth bore.in the early 2000's J&G sales in Prescott AZ sold me crates of 8mm or Russian long for less than $30 a crate by the truck and I bought SEVERAL ! and there is still plenty left. so I have a good place to shoot and plenty of parts to keep em going. wish that were true for ALL you out there. stay focused , get ALL you can, enjoy WHILE you can. it looks awful dark ahead. mike
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I HAVE SEVERAL NEW IN THE PACKAGE ACTION ARMS MINI UZI SEMI BOLTS AND WANT TO TRADE FOR A USED MINI FULL AUTO BOLT AND RECOIL ASSEMBLY. A GOOD OPTION FOR YOU SEMI BUILDERS TO CONSIDER. MIKE
houston8, you are a true gent and I totally support your right to disagree with me , just don't understand it. if we all liked the same stuff I couldn't have all the joy I have endured these past 60 years with the huge variety. imagine buying a NEW UNFIRED MG-42 for $500. the handing it to a friend and he has a bolt bounce and hands it back to you with a hole in the receiver , no extractor and 3 months later STILL NO EXTRACTOR at ANY PRICE and I KNEW THE PEOPLE! OR finally talking someone out of one of those new plastic MG's proposed to the AIRFORCE and all the ammo you can find is 31 rounds in the entire COUNTRY. the only .50 brng ammo you find is in pics? in 2019i went too the Y/O ranch MG shoot. my Vickers? 43k+ Russian long. M-60 and 240? 60k+ 7.62 that's only 3 of the 14 guns that went . yes there were 3 shooters but that's only 1 1/2 days and I shoot EVERY WEEK at least once and often more. the ONLY holdup is my illness these days. my sub guns go out with 2 -50 cans BULK ammo unless just testing a combo . I have a soft spot for .22 because I rented a 1917 A1 out in .22 long rifle 3 weekends and they paid for the gun mount and STAMP! YES I know about the issue with .22 and the UZI, but 99% is because of the kit NOT the gun! must admit I hand carried my factory 40 rnd mags from ISRAEL and never seen any for sale here, but I also have 20's and that's what I load for others to use at shoots. THE KIDS LOVE IT! OVER THE YEARS I LEARNED ABOUT MAGAZINES, AMMO AND SPARE PARTS AVAILABLILITY AND MANY TIMES THE HARD WAY! when the MAB-PA-15 pistol landed, the dealer kept the 2nd mag and refused to sell them. almost 30 years ago and I still only have ONE! $200+ ?, hard to pay more for a mag than the gun cost new! I have a set standard for any system I buy. sometimes I buy the extras first then the gun, but this is my minimum level,= semi handgun, 3-mags min , 6 better, I extractor and 1 firing pin and spring more if easy and not too high. 1 thousand rounds ammo that is not for use. SUBGUN= 1 barrel, 8 mags for use, 8+put away, 3 extractors, 1 bolt, 3-SEARS and springs others if used. squad autos and beltfeds, 4 extractors 2 bolts and at least 4 of EVERY MOVING PART or MORE. ALL NFA WEAPONS HAVE, 5- thousand rounds of first class ammo that is not touched. EVER TRY TO SELL SOMETHING AND AMMO IS NOT IN COUNTRY ? WHEN M-62 VALMETS FIRST LANDED, FOR THE NEXT YEAR, I BOUGHT THEM FOR A THIRD OF COST BECAUSE NOBADY HAD ANY RUSSIAN SHORT AND IF SO IT WAS MORE THAN $1.50 RND. NOW THE BAD PART, ONE DAY THESE ASS WIPES ARE GOING TO DISCOVER THAT THE WAY TO CONTROL THE GUNS IS WITH WHAT MAKES THEM OPERATE! THE 2ND AMMENDMENT SAY'S NOTHING ABOUT EXTRACTORS OR AMMUNITION. LOOK TO THE WEST COAST, ALL MY LIFE THE FEDERAL LAWS HAVE FOLLOWED THE EXAMPLE SET THERE WITHIN 10 YEARS. AMMO IS TOTALLY CONTROLLED IN L.A. AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY. I can add reasons ALL night why and I may be an extreme example, but wear and breakage should be enough for ANYBODY!
WOW this is a nice can of worms !YOU MIGHT OWN THEM BUT, "DONT BOTHER BUYING SPARE PARTS?" NOW WE KNOW HOW MUCH YOU SHOOT YOURS! SEARS/EXTRACTORS DO WEAR! GOOD LUCK WITH THAT ABOUT 2025 OR SO! I SUGGEST YOU DO LIKE LIKE EDDIE MURPHY AND DAN AKROYD "BUY EM" 'BUYEM" "BUY EM". HELL I HAVE 3 BARRELS THAT ARE SMOOTH BORE ! DONT GUESS YOU NEED ONE OF THOSE EITHER? for myself I have always wanted every option when it comes to caliber choices for my weapons. one never knows what is going to be on hand or available cheep in the 70's you could buy 8x56r or less than .02 a rnd because there were no guns. I fired more than 200k in my bren and brownings and still do at times. my factory IMI .22 UZI NFA kit NEVER skips a beat and I have several 40 round factory mags and they load as easy as possible. YES the 18rnd 45 mags can be bothersome to a few folks, but I bought SEVERAL when I should have . when I go shooting and take a MAC, THOMPSON, GREASE, why grab a can of 9mm for the UZI? I just take the .45 kit. I use the same can for all 3 calibers. one gun needs a slotted bolt but all of the 9mm bolts for it are slotted original SMG BOLTS I did myself the other I ONLY USE ORIG MG BOLTS IN THE OPEN BOLT MODE FOR 9MM. the closed bolts are all converted IMI commercial's . BEING A HARD NOSE DEDICATED TO THIS, I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO GET ANYTHING I WANTED AND DID WHEN THEY COULDNT GIVE IT AWAY. MAGS FOR.25 CENTS? BOLTS $4.00? THERE IS TOO MUCH AFTERMARKET JUNK OUT THERE AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN. STAY AWAY FROM IT UNLESS YOU WANT TO "TINKER" BUT I SUGGEST SAVE AND BUY THE RIGHT STUFF THE FIRST TIME! GADS THIS WAS ALMOST ASNINE! GOD HELP THE GENE POOL!
NOPE, the term "PERSONAL SAMPLES" is 100 % correct! and they are controlled by an entirely separate registry NONE! while I don't use or suggest that class and play the game forced on us by the NFA. PERSONAL SAMPLES have always been with us and always will. I suspect the numbers have grown recently and the category may become dominate following the 2020 debacle
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THUMPY, WITH VECTORS UZI'S IN MY EXPERIANCE IT WAS HIT OR MISS AND MAINLY MISS. they bought most everything left over at GROUP including all the out of spec shells (rejects) laying in the corner. for the most part it seems they got them all corrected but I was not so lucky. I traded a NFA-FAL for 2 full size and one MINI UZI all full auto all nib. the 2 full sized guns would not run consistent and that's always hard to pin down but a GURU finally tweaked the ejector's and got them going. the mini has NEVER missed a beat and gets pounded. the full sized UZI is a gas in all 3 cals and its a simple plug and playWITH THE BOLT , BARREL AND MAG. no need to change the grip. the only 22 parts I have ever used are ORIGINAL IMACTION ARMS. I heard mixed results with all the others but suspect most negatives are caused by poor ammo selection. I find a load that works and LOAD up on that only! surprisingly the BLAZER was my winner. I am a hard core 45 guy and always have been . I like the downrange impact and love suppressors and the standard 230 ball round is already sub sonic . NOTHING IN THE GUN IS A QUIET AS A CLOSED BOLT 45 FULL AUTO CONVERSION AND I USE THE AWC Mk-9 DEDICATED UZI CAN. in the sub gun world , NOTHING beats the ease to maintain/ parts ease and cost and joy of use that an UZI can provide and at the price NOTHING comes even close.
YUP HATE TO SEE IT HAPPEN BECAUSE IT GIVES THE OTHER SIDE MORE AMMO TO BEAT THEIR CHEST OVER AND USE AGAINST US. but as a past businessman cant see how they lasted this long. with a NIB M-4 in the box slowly moving at under $700 no way can they survive. IN MY OPINION THE WORST MISTAKE THEY MADE WAS MAKING THE ANNOUNCEMENT! IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH BETTER FOR ALL CONCERNED JUST TO STOP PRODUCTION AND RUN SILENT. THE WAY THEY DID IT IS LIKE ADMITTING IT WAS WRONG TO OFFER THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE. DAMMIT THESE DAYS ARE 20 TIMES WORSE THAN EUROPE IN THE 30'S AND I FEEL LIKE SOME LONE ARMORER IN SHED AT FORT STEADMAN VIRGINIA APRIL 1865 TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SURVIVE WHEN THE SMOKE STARTS CLEARING. TEXAS PLAYED A MAJOR PART IN THE CIVIL WAR SUPPLYING MEN AND MATERIAL, EVEN THOUGH FEW OWNED SLAVES. THE PRIMARY OBJECTION THEN AS IT IS NOW, BEING FEDERAL MEDDLING WITH STATE AFFAIRS there were 5 major battles here and we were victorious in all firmly routing the blue coats and most historians agree the last battle of the civil war was fought here in TEXAS . LOOKING BACK , FEDERAL TROOPS WERE THE 62ND COLORED REGIMENT AND 200 TROOPS OF THE INDIANA VOLUNTEER'S. THEY WERE SOUNDLY ROUTED BY MASSIVE ARTILLERY AND SCREAMING CHARGES. LOT OF GOOD THAT DID ANY TEXAN, THEY STILL TOOK IT UP THE ASS FROM THE CARPET BAGGERS AND ITS STILL COMMING UNABATED.
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friends active in the subgun matches tell me that keystonearms.com is offering the after market 30 rnd "CHRISTIE'S" mags again . I see original 12's and 20's offered at just over $150 quite often and I prefer them over any after market. good luck on the search mike
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gonzo, thank GOD for the "quirks" and all the help from fellow QWIRKEE'S ( not sure of the proper plural word) but you can catch my drift . ANYHOW thanx for the shot, I will give him a call.
the above gun ended up being a M-11/9 and the buffer was absent caused the crack.
YES / YES /YES ! the so called experts over here said no but I went to GERMANY and bought several complete new factory 9mm carriers. back home, I opened one and they were present. so now every carrier I have has them and when I add them, I have the carrier engraved ANTI-BOUNCE so it shows in the ejection port when the action is closed. if you shoot much full auto 9mm you will want an extra extractor or 2. good luck finding those so start soon.
DONT GIVE AN INCH? HELL THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE 100's OF FEET ON OR ABOUT JAN / FEB 2020. question is ARE WE GOING TO TAKE IT BACK? when the furor started following the BOBBY KENNEDY PURGE. I dug out my complete collection of AMERICAN RIFLEMAN. all the BACK AND FORTH BANTER WAS EXACTLY THE SAME FROM DAY ONE . following WW I it started and has been steady since. HOW MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE THAT BY OEDER OF PRESIDENT WILSON, GENERAL BLACK JACK PERSHING DEPLOYED TROOPS AND USED 1917 BROWNINGS AGAINST THE VETERANS IN DC THAT WERE CAMPED OUT DEMANDING PAYMENT OF THE BENEFITS PROMISED TO THEM FOR SERVING IN THE WAR? the thought of an armed citizenry just scares the hell out of them and always will because once they get it done there is no way to resist. most of you know one of the first things HITLER did after winning his seat in the REICHSTAG was propose total gun seizure's simply because he was proven to be evil , but had he not started the war it would just be another buried piece of history. my illness forces me to sit for long periods so I watch way too many movies and I focus on action or disaster plots. when it starts going downhill the first question is "IS THERE A GUN IN THE HOUSE?" hell the last time I had a traffic stop and they asked about a weapon in the truck, we found 4 glocks a 642 S+W a seecamp 32 and the AUG and I'm sure we missed one or two. he just couldn't understand why I had one in a pocket on each door and had never seen or heard of the AUG and the form 4 might as well been in HEBREW. it took longer than an hour to confirm they were not stolen and 2 more units magically appeared. the drivers never approached just took up tactical positions. COULD YOU SAY I WAS READY? when asked why I had it all I gave my standard response." SO I CAN DECIDE WHEN AND IF I GET HANDCUFFED" NOW is that an inch or would it be less?
flathead, that's what I thought! must it have the unshrouded firing pin or ? If I remember it right they were just using them in the middle 70's SP-1 that had the shroud. of course if that works the early one will also. funny thing the "paper clip" work for in ALL of them and never failed, so the links went away. I never paid much attention too them at the time we were getting factory select fire 614's for $260 landed so who cared? THANX MIKE
HERE I WAS GETTING READY TO BE REALLY UPSET ABOUT THE SITUATION and kept reading thank GOD cuz it looks like you found a solution. I DONT recall if you stated the size of the bldg.'s but one would think any offer to sell would have THAT is sue close to the front. most of the people that go to those systems are so anxious to show you how smart they were building it and how stupid YOU are for staying on the grid you cant shut them up , so again I would be surprised like you it was not mentioned. we have 4 ranches that were part of a huge homestead hoard started in the 1850's by the great grandfather. there is a brother that ran from Texas and went to an eastern college, he grew to "like" the life style and stayed until the feeding frenzy started when the estate was dispersed 12 yrs ago and is now considered one of those "DAMNED YANKEE's" . he chose the 2nd largest most remote undeveloped ranch as his own, and during the holiday's EVERYONE suffered while the vertues and benefits of solar power and equipment were endlessly spewed. with plenty of money, the internet and his endless knowledge, in 11 years he has managed to get 2 wells running, powered one 40' converted container as living quarters and that's it ? I believe the pumps in the wells have been changed more than 4 times and controllers countless times. someone neglected to mention how bad lightning effects low voltage equipment. in one storm , everything except maybe a couple wire runs was vaporized. he visits many times that we wouldn't know about except the big generator is gone. so I would say scrubbing the deal was a smart move. In my opinion that stuff is great for some little one room cabin in the back country for vacations, but nothing you want to try to live with everyday and have any kind of convenience most of us are used to. when things calm down if you can forward anything to show what you got, please share so we can be jealous. GRATS and cheers mike
I just got back approval on a US PROP M-16A1 I sent in this MAY! THATS LESS THAN $ MONTHS! ? wish the b*#tch would get of her ass and process my FN 240! waiting on the form 4 to my dealer! THEN I can do my end! that's the one I prey comes in b-4 I go. all the rest are "spares"
TOBROOKS, for my records, who was the original mfg'r? A TEXAS MAC ? they are the only mfg'r I have ever heard of that had bad welds from the get go and broke when new . of course I have seen and fixed most brands over the years but I'M talking about guns that were USED and beat to tar. I have welded the rear and added plates too the front on quite a few for friends in the past. my first IMI UZI has been welded at the rear twice also. lets face it with a lot of use, we are asking a LOT from those little packages and its inevitable over time. ANY GOOD HELIARC MAN can weld it in less than an hour, and its perfectly legal IF you are PRESENT during the ENTIRE procedure and don't drop it off. of course then you are faced with the refinish etc if you want it perfect when done. my POWDER SPRINGS 45, I don't bother with refinish anymore. last time it cracked I just hit it with a wire wheel and welded it up then hit it with an oil rag while still cooling and it almost matches. please let me know who made the gun in question. cheers mike
Miacovet, PLEASE don't be offended as I understand their place now, BUT "back in the day" when they first appeared on the scene and b-4 folks registered them like all auto sears, folks I knew just "tweaked" the trip by bending to get the timing right ? when I encountered the first example in use, I was perplexed why it was used rather than the typical "drop in" you could buy at any event. so I never looked at them again, or had any interest. NOW YOU have "tweaked" MY mind and I am curious with "need to know" please explain why when and what if you can. thank you MIKE TODD
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IF ANYONE OUT THERE HAS, OR KNOWS, WHERE THE U.S. 1915 30 CAL VICKERS MG FROM THE MGM STUDIO COLLECTION IS, I HAVE LOCATED SOME OF THE ORIGINAL STUDIO MARKED ACCESS AND PARTS! THESE NEED TO GET BACK WITH THE GUN FOR PROSPERITY ! LET ME KNOW CHEERS MIKE