Steaming
I have only had the time to try out my 1919 Water Cooled one time since I completed the build. Rasputin, a friend of Rasputins, and myself went to their personal range where I fired the gun. SInce it was a first time out I was careful and watched the action of the gun and it performed perfectly. My problem was that I ran out of ammo just before it started to steam. Maybe on the next home trip I can give a go at it again.
Most of you remember the barrel "packing" info we discussed a couple of months ago, so if you follow the GI manual, the info DOES work. What I thought was a very minor leak was actually where the water had run around the jacket after I overfilled it and I had let some out. Once I found this was not a leak, there were no actual leaks at all from the packing.