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Darin: Congratulations! http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif Don't forget to ask the seller to send a copy of all prior paperwork he might have, especially anything that connects your Thompson to Stembridge. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/cool.gif
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Cool beans!!!!! If I didn't have committments on so much junk, I would have jumped. Saw it apparently about 10 minutes after it went up and put it out here for the snatching.

 

I would find out it's history with Stembridge before having it reworked.

 

Now, you guys find me a Savage M1A1 for the same money!!

 

Ken

 

 

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Darin,

 

Nice job!

 

I think you can get another lower for around $200 in decent shape! Save the orig one, and shoot it with the new one!

 

Enjoy!

 

By the way - we want pictures..... http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/smile.gif

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I looked at that piece long and hard. Since I would have wanted to restore it, I was a little afraid by the amount of work it would take. I wonder what kinds of challenges are involved in repairing those slots. I know that maintaining the integrity of the receiver is critical whenever you have to do a lot of welding.

 

At any rate, I know that Darin will have lots of fun with it, so many congrats on snatching it up.

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Sgt. writes: ".....I wonder what kinds of challenges are involved in repairing those slots. I know that maintaining the integrity of the receiver is critical whenever you have to do a lot of welding."

 

Hence the usefulness of JB Weld, a Dremel tool, and a black permanent marker. Good as new.

 

Actually, the first 50 or so M1's were cut for drums. It must be true. I read it somewhere on the Internet http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/wink.gif http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/tongue.gif http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif (snicker)

 

If it works with a drum, great for the buyer. If it don't work, I'm sure it can be restored by some of the better smiths out there.

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Hence the usefulness of JB Weld, a Dremel tool, and a black permanent marker. Good as new.

 

The thought of those items near a Thompson SMG makes my A$$ PUCKER! http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/blink.gif

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Good grab there Darin!

 

BTW I just picked up my toy from Dave this week. Haven't shot it yet, but it fit right up in my Bushmaster. Oh, I'm also moving down to MO, so maybe I'll have to stop by sometime, I'm interested in some of your toys, e.g. AR47, etc.

 

Take care,

Ray

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In all seriousness, I have heard that some early M1's were cut for drums to take advantage of those out in the field. Greg, can you shed any light on this? See any out of PD's that looked originally done like this? Then again, if it came from a movie rental house, who knows what sort of nasty things were done to the poor gun.

 

I pulled M1 out of the air. I could not access the ad, but figured it was an M1 variant with what people where saying about the slot for the drum. Funny how it ended up being an M1 and not an M1A1.

 

Norm wrote (with my mention of JB Weld, Dremel tool, etc): "The thought of those items near a Thompson SMG makes my A$$ PUCKER!"

 

(In a Foghorn Leghorn voice) It was a joke, I say, it was a joke, son.

 

Black electrical tape is a good field expedient should those other items not be available or (in a Tim the Enchanter voice) "if one does doubt their courage and ability with the JB Weld and the Dremel tool"

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v188,

 

Do you mean Dave Hineline in South Sioux City, NE? Did I sell you a NIW SWD registered lightning link? I sold one to my old neighbor in South Dakota (when I used to live in God's country) and he has run SEVERAL thousand rounds through it with the SWD RLL. It hasn't missed a beat

 

I redid the AR-47 tonight with a DPMS Lo-Pro upper receiver. Milling the magwell opening for the AK-47 mag was much easier with the thicker upper receiver walls. The AR-47 lower required considerable gunsmithing to make work. I bought a stripped lower from Michael's Machines and built it up from there. The upper is a Model 1 sales 7.62 x 39 11.5". I had to send the barrel back as the chamber was undercut and it wouldn't function.

 

I am going to the Wyandotte, OK shoot tomorrow. Tom Hoel is stopping by on his way to it from Golden, CO. We will caravan from here. I have Dave Hineline's space along with Chad McCumbers from Lincoln, NE. Dave has to go to Munich, Germany for training so we will use his space. I will be bringing the AR-47. Hopefully it will work, I didn't have a chance to test fire it tonight. Now that I live in town, I can't shoot guns (little lone machineguns) off the porch anymore!

 

I will take a pic of the AR-47 and post it here as soon as I can upload the pic to hunt101.

 

Thanks,

Darin

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Here is the pic:

 

http://www.hunt101.com/img/180447.jpg

 

 

Do you like the green furniture? It came from Rock River Arms. When I took it out the box, I didn't like it, but after I assembled it, I like it. Plus, there is not mistaking it for any of my other M16's.

 

Darin

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