Know the red plate SHOULD be removed for live fire right? Supposed to be on for blank firing.
No I was not aware of that requirement. I guess I spent a lot of time risking jail (or worse?) by shooting it that way.Know the red plate SHOULD be removed for live fire right? Supposed to be on for blank firing.
Loved those tripods, owned 2 for my mg34 and 42. Both went with the guns when sold. Now that they seem alot harder to find and price seemed to double regret selling them. Just cumbersome to get to range.
Our late friend Dan Bartha got on me for this same thing, when I posted this pic some years back. I took it off. However, I have found that certain dynamics don't work well, depending on the gun. I have been thinking about putting it back and experimenting a bit. Never was aware of any issues when shooting with the piece in place.No I was not aware of that requirement. I guess I spent a lot of time risking jail (or worse?) by shooting it that way.There used to be some discussion about what that was for, but I never did hear a reasonable answer.
Matt that why the Germans used these they removed the butt stocks for use with the tripods just incase you get anotherProb means nothing with a 1919 and won't damage anything. The mg34 and 42 the buttstock would "kiss" the rear bar that the t&e is attached to abf leave small marks. Once removed was enough travel to not hit ect.
Rollin I recognize that adapter!Our late friend Dan Bartha got on me for this same thing, when I posted this pic some years back. I took it off. However, I have found that certain dynamics don't work well, depending on the gun. I have been thinking about putting it back and experimenting a bit. Never was aware of any issues when shooting with the piece in place.
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Note the first class adapter I have, courtesy of some guy in Wisconsin... :tongue:
Stupid Question: How does one remove the "red plate"? Also, does anyone know where to get any parts for the MG3 tripod, in particular the trigger connecting components?My understanding is the red plate was was used to increase recoil when blank firing. They wanted the blank firing to mimic live fire as closely as possible when training, thus the plate deflector was adding in front of the springs on the lafette to increase the spring rate/recoil for the weaker inpulse of training ammo.
It won't hurt anything leaving it on, but it will run smoother using live rounds with it off. This is why they made it bright red because it's a training device meant to be removed if used in combat. The German lafette manual says to remove it for live ammo use.
If you take it off the springs will have more travel and less resistance.