deerslayer Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 We tried to put a kit together today. It requires a lot of custom fitting of parts. We have the parts for up to 30 complete kits. And we have some spare parts for critical components. Please email roger.herbst@att.net to be put on the official list for a kit or spare parts. We havent determined the price yet due to hand fitting. Be patient. (Sorry to say that). Roger is selling the first batch of kits. Contact him only at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pstidan Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 Thanks for the info. I just sent an email to Roger for some pieces-n-parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgvince Posted June 29, 2023 Report Share Posted June 29, 2023 In. Email sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbc230 Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 I have a kit, but I need to have it gone through so I might need some spare parts for it in order to get it to work in my 1928 Westie. I will message Roger. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brveagle Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 Awesome! Email sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsider Posted June 30, 2023 Report Share Posted June 30, 2023 I sent an email for a kit as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMGguy Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 I always suspected there was a market for these kits, just not a very big one. Bought a .22 conversion kit from Vector at the same time I bought a new Group/Vector FA Uzi. This has been enough to satisfy the occasional FA .22 urge. The kit works very well. To install it, you just field strip the gun and replace the barrel, bolt, and mainspring. It's an operation that takes about a minute. The only downside is that mags hold just 25 rounds. It's empty in about two instants! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bug Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 Yes, 22LR FA is a lot of fun. Black Dog Mags makes a 50 rnd 22LR drum for the M16 and I'm sure they offer one for other platforms. They run very well and are not too bad to load. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pstidan Posted July 1, 2023 Report Share Posted July 1, 2023 The Vector UZI .22lr kits work great. I shoot mine all the time. I got an M60Joe magazine loader and about 15 magazines. There are some Qualified/Vector 35 round magazines for these UZI conversions out there. Kids love to shoot my UZI with a .22 kit installed. It's great to teach trigger control and it has no recoil to intimidate inexperienced shooters. The Thompson Mad Dog Machine/Merle kits are not a simple drop in. Before Merle started to sell them, I got a kit from Mad Dog Machine. PK installed and tuned it. It shoots perfectly. The ROF is very slow, maybe 600 rpm at most. Not only that, but it shoots very cleanly. I can go 1200 rounds, or more, before cleaning is needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Quaid Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 I had the Vector 22 kit for my UZI and nothing on this planet would get it to run without jamming. I tried every trick anyone could come up with on uzitalk and nothing helped. I know they do work, but not in my UZI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Quaid Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 what is the biggest magazine that the thompson kits shoot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMG28 Posted July 3, 2023 Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 (edited) The biggest I have seen used are the 50-round drums. There are two versions of that: the Black Dog plastic PPS-50 drum with added mount adapter (bolt-on, made by Merle in metal and Dan in delron) and slight modification to the feed tower; and, the metal Pietta PPS-50 drum with added mount (welded on, Dan does this work). Edited July 3, 2023 by TSMG28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deerslayer Posted July 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2023 Merle made one custom magazine that used the american 180 drum. I have it. If feeds upside down. I think merle said it worked but i havent tried it. Idk if i can copy it without trying. Roger has the black dog drums to adapt. I have metal pps50 drums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merry Ploughboy Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 (edited) 3 hours ago, deerslayer said: Merle made one custom magazine that used the american 180 drum. I have it. If feeds upside down. I think merle said it worked but i havent tried it. Idk if i can copy it without trying. ... About a dozen years ago Bazooka Bros. sold "upside down feed" AM-180 drum magwell tower apparatuses/adapters for M16, H&H, and one or two other machine guns. Few ever worked well, and the products were discontinued. The abandoned patent application is USPubApp20100083818 (For some reason I'm not able to hot link directly to the site). Edited July 4, 2023 by Merry Ploughboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan K Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 I have a 180. I would be curious if the winder will stay on the drum running upside or if it would vibrate loose? There is are two retaining springs that hold it, would not take much for it to fall out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DINK Posted July 4, 2023 Report Share Posted July 4, 2023 I had one of the Bazooka Bros. adapters for the HK 91. Once the thing was fitted to the magazine well on the rifle I was using it with, it worked quite well. The huge and heavy .308 rifle wouldn't even budge as it digested little .22 rimfire rounds. Off a bipod it was a hoot. No indication that even the 275-round drums were in danger of falling off or the winder was coming loose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrktbeat Posted July 5, 2023 Report Share Posted July 5, 2023 Email sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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