I received my semi 1919 in 8mm and .308 today from John McGuire. He sent it set up in 8mm at my request, since I already had a few cans of that oily, brass cased, Yugo stuff linked up already. It came into the country like that a few years back.
I took it out behind the gunshop and it fired every round I put through it flawlessly. Not a single failure to feed, fire, extract, or eject. I'm very pleased with John's work!
I attached the 6 lobe crankfire unit I got from Emory, and followed the directions exactly, but I never could get it to function like I thought it should. I followed his instructions to a "T".
Maybe I need to get a few hundred more rounds through the gun or something, I don't know.
Overall I'm quite pleased, and hooked!!! I have a kit I'm building myself right now, and another kit coming in about a week.
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I took it out behind the gunshop and it fired every round I put through it flawlessly. Not a single failure to feed, fire, extract, or eject. I'm very pleased with John's work!
I attached the 6 lobe crankfire unit I got from Emory, and followed the directions exactly, but I never could get it to function like I thought it should. I followed his instructions to a "T".
Maybe I need to get a few hundred more rounds through the gun or something, I don't know.
Overall I'm quite pleased, and hooked!!! I have a kit I'm building myself right now, and another kit coming in about a week.
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