Hi all. introduced myself about a month ago, after ordering my AA 1919. I finally got to take it to the desert this mornng and ran 700 rds through it wih NO problems, what-so-ever. I'm very happy, over 550 of those were with the Emory Crankfire. What fun! Here's my dilema. I'm firing the 1919 off of one of Richie's (Shoot 1919) Double-can mounts and adapter, along with his T&E, off a MG42 AA tripod.
I hung a 3 gallon bucket of dirt underneath the tripod and shot the gun with both of my feet on the rear two legs of the tripod. This seemed to settle down the tripod quite a bit, but I was getting about 4" of verticle dispersion at the muzzle resulting in about 8 - 15' dispersion at 100-150 yrds. There is a little movement between the mount and the gun, not a lot, and all the pins were tight going in, and coming out, 700rds later.
I did notice that the center post that holds the cradle on the MG42 tripod has a bit of play in it and could be the major cause of my problem. Is there any way to tighten the shaft up in the housing, or is it just wore out? I may drive out the pin and see if it's anything I can fix, or have the shaft welded up, and machined back to a tighter tolerance. Has anybody dealt with this problem before, or is this the nature of the beast? Do I have a bad/wore out MG42 tripod, or are they all like this?
Thanks in advance for any replies, I don't know if 8-15' verticle dispersion is normal or not, but I'm guessing that's a little excessive. Any help appreciated.
Thanks
Tom Kelly
Buckeye, AZ
I hung a 3 gallon bucket of dirt underneath the tripod and shot the gun with both of my feet on the rear two legs of the tripod. This seemed to settle down the tripod quite a bit, but I was getting about 4" of verticle dispersion at the muzzle resulting in about 8 - 15' dispersion at 100-150 yrds. There is a little movement between the mount and the gun, not a lot, and all the pins were tight going in, and coming out, 700rds later.
I did notice that the center post that holds the cradle on the MG42 tripod has a bit of play in it and could be the major cause of my problem. Is there any way to tighten the shaft up in the housing, or is it just wore out? I may drive out the pin and see if it's anything I can fix, or have the shaft welded up, and machined back to a tighter tolerance. Has anybody dealt with this problem before, or is this the nature of the beast? Do I have a bad/wore out MG42 tripod, or are they all like this?
Thanks in advance for any replies, I don't know if 8-15' verticle dispersion is normal or not, but I'm guessing that's a little excessive. Any help appreciated.
Thanks
Tom Kelly
Buckeye, AZ