hpiguy
Rock Crawler
Six day approval, nice and quiet even echoing off the garage. Rugged Obsidian 45
Had to do a flower bed pop of course
Had to do a flower bed pop of course
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Gun and knife picture thread!
- Thread starter chip cross
- Start date
Super jelly of the 6 day approval! My shortest F4 was 5 months which oddly was for the machine gun. My first can was 13 months.
The little guy in the background behind the reweld I was working on.
Reweld in the photo is a Czech UK-59.
No pics of current work but working on a Yugo M53 which is a Yugo copy of the German MG42. Very very excited to get that running. The FCG is usable but not pretty. Got a 7.62x51 barrel headspaced on Saturday and hopefully cut the charging handle grooves into the receiver tonight. The holes for the bolt and carrier rails are in the wrong spot so I have to weld those up and drill new ones. That's gonna suck.
The to do list on the 42:
Cut charging handle grooves
Cut on bolt carrier and weld charging catch
Modify charging handle
Weld existing rail rivet holes and drill new holes
Align and weld receiver back together
Align and weld barrel bushing into receiver
Rivet rails
Rivet trunnion
Rivet barrel door
Rivet stock catchs
Rivet rear tripod mount
Rivet front tripod/AA mount catch
Rivet rear sight
Test fire and hope no major timing required
Make it look pretty.
Gonna be a little bit of work but so worth it
The little guy in the background behind the reweld I was working on.
Reweld in the photo is a Czech UK-59.
No pics of current work but working on a Yugo M53 which is a Yugo copy of the German MG42. Very very excited to get that running. The FCG is usable but not pretty. Got a 7.62x51 barrel headspaced on Saturday and hopefully cut the charging handle grooves into the receiver tonight. The holes for the bolt and carrier rails are in the wrong spot so I have to weld those up and drill new ones. That's gonna suck.
The to do list on the 42:
Cut charging handle grooves
Cut on bolt carrier and weld charging catch
Modify charging handle
Weld existing rail rivet holes and drill new holes
Align and weld receiver back together
Align and weld barrel bushing into receiver
Rivet rails
Rivet trunnion
Rivet barrel door
Rivet stock catchs
Rivet rear tripod mount
Rivet front tripod/AA mount catch
Rivet rear sight
Test fire and hope no major timing required
Make it look pretty.
Gonna be a little bit of work but so worth it
Cutting the guide grooves for the charging handle on the MG42. Got the wide groove done. Need to make a smaller one on the opposite face.
Sorry for the crappy cellphone pics.
Coming along slowly. Very very slowly. Did pick up a case of 308 for it. Don't have much 8mm Mauser for it though.
Sorry for the crappy cellphone pics.
Coming along slowly. Very very slowly. Did pick up a case of 308 for it. Don't have much 8mm Mauser for it though.
Cutting the guide grooves for the charging handle on the MG42. Got the wide groove done. Need to make a smaller one on the opposite face.
Sorry for the crappy cellphone pics.
Coming along slowly. Very very slowly. Did pick up a case of 308 for it. Don't have much 8mm Mauser for it though.
Hey, cool hardware ! Are you a gunsmith by trade?
Not a gunsmith by trade. Its more of a hobby. Mechanical and Electrical engineer and machinist by trade. Im a poor excuse for an EE though. mostly forced into fumbling my way into working PCBs.
Im slowly putting together a machine shop in the garage while looking for a place with a shop.
My little Hardinge HLV Super Precision. Very early machine with a SN of 0027. Likely 1947 build date. It really is an amazing little machine.
1980 Bridgeport Series 1 Heavy Duty Tracer Mill. It is a monster. Only have a single head at the moment and still need to learn the tracer but its the smoothest and most powerful X and Y power feeds youll find. They are powered by a 3HP hydraulic motor.
Some other little projects;
7.62x54r coin style headspace gauges
Semi auto FCG for a DPM I designed and machined from D2. Its even got adjustable takeup!
Original DMP bolt with new semi auto guts I designed and machined
VZ58 rear receiver support for pressing in barrels
The VZ58 after building and my first attempt at battleworn paint
Tabs I make and send around the country to convert crappy Sten mags to work in a Suomi application. Squish a Sten mag 0.020 front to back and silver solder one of these to the back. Popular in the Mac SMG world with the Lage Max31 uppers. The Max31 is single feed and uses Suomi drums and coffins but a good single feed stick mag is no longer made.
Threaded pins for the UK59 to replace a cross bolt due to where the SA striker op-rod needs to go
A few of my most recent projects.
Im slowly putting together a machine shop in the garage while looking for a place with a shop.
My little Hardinge HLV Super Precision. Very early machine with a SN of 0027. Likely 1947 build date. It really is an amazing little machine.
1980 Bridgeport Series 1 Heavy Duty Tracer Mill. It is a monster. Only have a single head at the moment and still need to learn the tracer but its the smoothest and most powerful X and Y power feeds youll find. They are powered by a 3HP hydraulic motor.
Some other little projects;
7.62x54r coin style headspace gauges
Semi auto FCG for a DPM I designed and machined from D2. Its even got adjustable takeup!
Original DMP bolt with new semi auto guts I designed and machined
VZ58 rear receiver support for pressing in barrels
The VZ58 after building and my first attempt at battleworn paint
Tabs I make and send around the country to convert crappy Sten mags to work in a Suomi application. Squish a Sten mag 0.020 front to back and silver solder one of these to the back. Popular in the Mac SMG world with the Lage Max31 uppers. The Max31 is single feed and uses Suomi drums and coffins but a good single feed stick mag is no longer made.
Threaded pins for the UK59 to replace a cross bolt due to where the SA striker op-rod needs to go
A few of my most recent projects.
