[embalmer]

Picked this up for under 200 shipped.

Looks usgi to me.






Now got to look for a mount or tripod type pedestal to mount it to do can display my bar/1919 off the ground, and shoot standing. (Wife's gonna kill me, she knows combo to safe and knows how to use the thompson)

 

[frazer42]

Not too shabby. Looks to have the BAR spacer as well. Good score. J

 

[GWR1]

embalmer SEZ: "... she knows combo to safe and knows how to use the thompson,"

The Business Manager cannot know the combination, as it's a "violation of Federal Law!"

And now the ATF knows!


Carry On!
Gary
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[CLP]

You just need the socket now

 

[toolmanm203]

embalmer SEZ: "... she knows combo to safe and knows how to use the thompson,"

The Business Manager cannot know the combination, as it's a "violation of Federal Law!"

And now the ATF knows!


Carry On!
Gary
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Gary that only holds true for class 3 stuff which he does not have just an FYI. Nice score Matt those forks are not that common anymore so it is a good addition to the collection now you just need the jeep to put under it and you will have your most expensive mount yet or you could just but the weasel I am sure she would not mind. We can just send the girls antiquing for the day you know she will find something and then just break the news when she gets back

 

[embalmer]

I like that pedestal adapter on the mg42 AA tripod... wonder where to find one of those.. probablky cheaper than a few routes I looked at

 

[Starvingboy]

Gary that only holds true for class 3 stuff which he does not have just an FYI. Nice score Matt those forks are not that common anymore so it is a good addition to the collection now you just need the jeep to put under it and you will have your most expensive mount yet or you could just but the weasel I am sure she would not mind. We can just send the girls antiquing for the day you know she will find something and then just break the news when she gets back

Side note I know, but how DOES that work for married guys and class three stuff? Of COURSE the wife knows the combo to the safe, and spouses have a special legal status, right? (That said, once I figured out the "no lending toys" bit, I went with a Trust setup)

 

[rugman59]

You don't need no stinking socket!! Just hammer it down into one of the stake holes on the bed of the pick-up!!

I saw a post here in the last day or two. Someone here is selling those sockets right now, I think.
I just can't recall what it was about. maybe was a M2HB in there somewhere???????????

 

[toolmanm203]

Ordnance Research makes and sell them check with Amishbob Matt and if you want I can grab one at the fall creek for you. Russ

 

[embalmer]

anyone know if there are replacement 1919 bent handle style .30 pins are availible anywhere? fork arived today great shape,. bar pin perfect, but someone shortened the 1919 one down to point i wouldnt live fire the 1919 off it as is. curious if can snag a full length one somewhere

 

[toolmanm203]

Matt Rick at BMG parts would be your best bet but it looks right to me? Maybe it is just the earlier photos though.

 

[embalmer]

As can see fully inserted doesn't enter other side hole.

I'll call bmgparts. Been ordering alot from there he's on speed dial :rofl:

 

[toolmanm203]

Yup Rick is the go to guy for mount related pins and you are right but I wonder what the heck somebody was thinking to do that?

 

[Lucky#13]

Maybe some previous owner found himself personally lacking when confronted with the manly length of the original pin. Might have shortened it to assuage feelings of inadequacy...

 

[embalmer]

Well after a lengthy talk with rick. He is suspicious that the fork is indeed a repro. Being a tial length of outside to outside of hole mount being 4", and not 3 abs 5/8". He had a proper pin to fix it to work. Still 150 for it I'm not gonna lose to much sleep. Will work till I get the milsurp repro down the line.

 

[toolmanm203]

Matt the bright side of this is that you have the extra width on that fork to put some plastic washers in between the gun and mount on each side so you won't damage your Parkerizing. Mine is an original and being on the jeep it has worn the park off the pintle pads so it might be a good thing as long as the new pin will accommodate the length?

 

[Kirby]

anyone know if there are replacement 1919 bent handle style .30 pins are availible anywhere? fork arived today great shape,. bar pin perfect, but someone shortened the 1919 one down to point i wouldnt live fire the 1919 off it as is. curious if can snag a full length one somewhere

The pin and chain you show is for a Vickers.

 

[MG34_Dan]

The pin and chain you show is for a Vickers.

I don't see any evidence of a feather or the hole to hold it.

 

[Kirby]

I don't see any evidence of a feather or the hole to hold it.

A grinder was probably used to remove the feather which will leave no hole. The end of the pin shows evidence of a grinder being used on it at some point. The chain is without a doubt for a Vickers.

 

[Armorer]

Yours looks just like the ones SARCO was telling a while back. Their's were repos. I picked one up at Sportsman's Guide years a ago and I believe they got it from SARCO. It has drawing number D38579 on one side and X571 on the other. SARCO sold them for about $275 I believe. Yes the pin should have been longer and somebody did shorten it. Mine was on a sales table at Sportmans Guide and I couldn't pass it up for $25.00. Unfortunately they haven't had any deals like that in ten years or more.