From: Jon Shoop (shoop19@brick.net)
Date: Sun Jun 29 2003 - 20:20:38 PDT
Attention.....an out of battery experience with a Ma Duce can be
fatal........headspace is critical.........to the EXTREME!
I Own the full auto cousins....and they will KILL you.
Please be careful.
My Quad 50 should be up and running in a couple weeks......will post
pics........
Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gene Pantano" <truks@cs.quik.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 8:24 PM
Subject: [MV] MV's and Gun Mounts
> On a lot of MV's today..quite a few guys want the guns up there..fine.
They
> look great...whether it is a dummy or a semi or a full live weapon..just
use
> common sense when driving in public. I want one on my GPW..and now do.!
> If you have a dummy built..the parts kits are outrageous today.. It is
> better to have a semi built..like I did... an M2 Browning
.50....But...stay
> away from Bill "M" in Idaho. He built mine..charged me about $1300..and
when
> I got it back and finally got to haul it out to shoot...It was the biggest
> piece of crapola on the planet. ( I believe he lied to me about test
firing
> it..it showed no signs of having been fired) He milled out too much where
> the barrel lock is supposed to seat..and stay locked when the barrel is
> in..Well--I could screw the barrel out with the gun in battery and a round
> in the chamber..neat. Then his trigger is really great..first shot and it
> fell apart.. The piece never did get to fire 2 rounds in a row. After the
> shoot - I pulled the thing apart and totally re-did everything he did... I
> re-designed the trigger ..welded in the slot for the barrel lock
> spring..added the piece on the rear of the right side plate that was left
> off...re-drilled the hole for the bolt /action return spring and rod.. It
> was too far forward and the end did not go into the back plate like it is
> supposed to. I had to re-do the slot for the charging handle and pin for
> the bolt..it was too low..and the fool cut a groove in the pin to clear
the
> side plate.?/ dork.. Anyway...NEVER send anything to this goober...he does
> the hand work of a 3 toed sloth...
> One round actually exploded because the weapon fired out of
battery.....Not
> a nice feeling.. Gene
>
>
>
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