Well got her out to Reading Rifle earlier. Fudds were out, but paid no attention to their opinions.
Nice sunny morning, Perfect day for a test. Fired 1 round loaded at a time at first to ensure no runaway ect, just to text fire, cocking and extraction.
then moved to links and cloth belts, and am happy to say, other than some tweaking needed to the trigger return spring, she ran like a champ.
Saginaw 1919's are by far most common, as they made most. Mostly cause of their automotive background, they perfected casting parts, which sped up production, while keeping costs down. Saginaw marked most of their non cast parts with flaming bombs, but not always. cant identify Saginaw parts by flaming bombs, being a cast part, as were only ones who did it, and by marked S.G.
Mine, when I got my kit, came with rear section of the original side plate with the serial number 217124 which put it around april 1942. I made my plate as an exact replica, in terms of markings, inspector marks, and serial number, though added a "1" at end to set apart from original as no original is 7 digits long.
here are pics of it out in light. some things youll notice unlike most builds out there today, is I use a USGI rear cartridge stop, compared to the small izzy ones. the safety bar was eliminated by the army in 1943 (my original plate showed was attached), and when we gave guns to isreal, they drilled the left plated to be able to attach the bars to the guns, as they liked them.
note faint but there flaming bomb on shroud
first cloth belt test. not the break in rounds. safety incase of a runaway.
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