m4matty Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 after seeing the amazing job that catman and maddog have done i'm going to give my own a go its not going to be gas blow back but electric any advice any one is willing to give would be nice and any thing on the dimensions would be fantastic all i managed to find out was that its 65 inches in total and that the barrel is 45 of that any one else out there got any tips ? this will be my first scrach build project so please be constructive if you can matty Link to post Share on other sites
MDK_Marshal Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 How about you ask Maddog and Catman about it, and google anything they can't tell you? Link to post Share on other sites
m4matty Posted July 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 havent realy got any where searching all i seem to find is the barrel length and overall length i'm sure i'm not usung the right words or something daft but yeah i supose a pm cant hurt cheers Link to post Share on other sites
Meathead316 Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 good luck with the project, may i suggets u pm killbucket as he has made one too, and he has been a huge help to me and is a top bloke. i am thinking of making an aeg based m2 aswell Link to post Share on other sites
m4matty Posted July 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 cool have done a bit more research and found that i can source a few real steel bits which would be awsome still though any one know where i can find the dimensions od the body etc.. i'm struggeling to find the specs Link to post Share on other sites
deepsix Posted July 24, 2008 Report Share Posted July 24, 2008 http://www.weaponryonline.com/Downloads-re...by-ratingA.html 9th link down, "Blueprints for "Sten MKII, MP-40, Yugo-56, and Browning M2 50BMG" edit: use the "details" link to get the correct PDF... but it looks like it's just the side plates. But hey, better than nothing! Link to post Share on other sites
m4matty Posted July 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 you absalute leg end mate thankyou verry much !!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
m4matty Posted July 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2008 could do with some details on the width of the thing but that has definatley helped i can get the side plated mocked up now Link to post Share on other sites
BlackHawkHarlequin Posted July 26, 2008 Report Share Posted July 26, 2008 Heres a site you might find useful... http://www.pt103.com/PT_Boat_Components_Br...2_Aircraft.html Give me the dimensions of the sideplate (I'm lazy I know not looking for them myself ) and I'll scale it for you. Link to post Share on other sites
m4matty Posted July 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 nice one ! keep em coming folks Link to post Share on other sites
m4matty Posted July 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 have got most of the dimensiond i need now coing to try and get some .50 cal inert rounds to hang off one side anyone nkow of a good value scource ? Link to post Share on other sites
Meathead316 Posted July 30, 2008 Report Share Posted July 30, 2008 ive been looking for 50cal rounds for ages with no luck but then of course i found this: http://saracenexports.co.uk/shop/shop.php?...full&id=403 Link to post Share on other sites
m4matty Posted August 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 well i have finally started production woho ! dont get to excited though as its only the first cutting of one of the side plates but its a start ! next job is to tidy it up and use it as a template for the other side so stay tuned folks ! Link to post Share on other sites
BlackHawkHarlequin Posted August 1, 2008 Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 £55 for 25 dummy rounds The real stuff probably costs less.. Looking forward to see how this turns out. Link to post Share on other sites
m4matty Posted August 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2008 me too ! but working 50+ hours a week means its a tad difficult do get any time in my tools are a bit limited too but hay i'm having fun so who cares Link to post Share on other sites
Meathead316 Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 any progress? Link to post Share on other sites
m4matty Posted August 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 sort of.................. the tools i have to cut my metal wernt realy up to the job. i have something more substancial now, so am going to try and get some more of the plates roughed out. tomorrow think. i may have also sussed out the internals too! they have yet to be purchased though. this is going to be a slow project sadly but i do intend to see it through ! Link to post Share on other sites
Pendra Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 How do you plan to do the internals? Link to post Share on other sites
Svack Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 I suggest using the internals from an M14 like Killbucket normally does! Link to post Share on other sites
p.briden Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 yes but on his new .50 cals he is using A&K m249 internals. Link to post Share on other sites
Killbucket Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 Worth a necro... The A&K guns did not meet quality by a long shot. If you have an Air-Sharp gun on order, it will be shipped with a NEW, fully upgraded M249 box, New Echo1 hopup, and a JB Unicorn 6.03mm tightbore, teflon coated. This applies to all "M2Nitro guns" only. They are the most powerful guns I've ever put together. All other units will be shipped with a NEW CYMA full metal bushing M14 base, not the flakey "other models" used in the past. I'm eating the extra cost on everything, to make amends to my many, appreciated customers who have been patient. A .50 is BIG. Go find a real one to look at, decide if you REALLY want to lug a 22lb gun around. An M2 isn't a "run and gun" item. Current AirSoft gameplay is all run and gun. (So many people want a self-contained M2HB gun, I'm working on a design, even though there's no real-steel equiv.) The best use for an airsoft M2 is in very structured scenario, and I'm a bit early offering these. The overwhelming number of the ones I've made are being used by 60+ old ex-soldiers, who play in the yard with them (My mother-in-law has one of the 1919's bolted to her picnic table, with a 12v power supply hooked to it. Squirrels don't mess with Granny's walnut trees anymore). I recommend building in PVC or wood for the average Joe the Gun Nut. ABS (what ALL my guns are CNC'd from now) is a bit tough to cut and shape unless you have some good equipment , and are familiar with ABS cutting. It likes to re-fuse, more than be parted. Aluminum is a world of difference apart. #1, it's heavy. Figure 60lbs for an all-metal 1919, way more for an M2 at twice the mass. #2, it's tough stuff. Unless you are experienced with working it, expect a high reject rate and damaged tooling. Milling aluminum is its own discipline. #3, fasteners or industrial adhesives are needed for assembly, = manpower and time. Google Aluminum 1919, you can find evidence of several announced metal 1919 airsoft variants, none of which made it past prototype stage. Dees is rumored to be working on an A6 (based on some of my very own early design work), but it again looks like a low-volume, high-cost item when/if. Pics I may have seen indicate that's it's probably gorgeous... When I designed my first 1919's they were a compromise in weight/strength. PVC allowed a low enough shipping cost to accommodate an overseas market. Sadly, these guns were easily broken, and the extremely low mass put off a lot of people. I pulled them, and have just recently started to offer them in 1/4-inch thick ABS. A project is no fun if it can't be completed. Start simple- there's a guy on YouTube who makes PAPER guns. A coping saw and a drill bit or two can turn out very nice results. I made 20 1919's this way before I bought the first power tools I have. PS:Somebody out there, PLEASE start making airsoft Brownings, because I'm swamped, and have been for over two years. Look up a guy called Candyman, to see some REALLY nice metalwork'd replicas.... Link to post Share on other sites
Alpha2 Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 A .50 is BIG. Go find a real one to look at, decide if you REALLY want to lug a 22lb gun around. An M2 isn't a "run and gun" item. Current AirSoft gameplay is all run and gun. Its down to the roll you want to play, if you want to run around be a rifleman then yeh its run and gun as you put it. Using a 50 cal is a pretty static position but that doesnt mean it aint fun! I went to GroundZero with Maddog and we took his 50cal, it weighs in at 35kilos altogether and took 4 men to move it from position to position but one thing was for sure, the noise it made alone kept attackers away! It was worth bringing just to hear the enemy war storey's in the dead zone about how they could hear the 50cal over 100 yards away and they didnt want to attack it, lol!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Killbucket Posted November 13, 2008 Report Share Posted November 13, 2008 GREAT setup! The personnel shields are spot-on. Having all the accessory G.I.Joes to work the thing has to be a plus, except at lunchtime. I bet I know who was buying. -An army travels on its stomach... I got to heft a real M2 tripod once. The guys who carried THOSE should be remembered.... Now you got me wondering. I have a Gas Mac11 just sitting here, and a huge pile of new teflon'd tightbores, 510mm's.... Hmm. I also have a nice 2-gallon size air compressor, some hose, two mac mags to experiment with. Adding one of my motorized drives for ammo, this could BE something.... The Mac is ~115.00USD. Cheap enough to kill with stupid-long firing strings, and pop out for a fresh one. Of course, I might have to slow it down a wee bit. Could you imagine real .50 rounds coming at you at the GasMac's ROF? Hmmmmmm..... Link to post Share on other sites
DesertFoxRomel Posted November 14, 2008 Report Share Posted November 14, 2008 A .50 is BIG. Go find a real one to look at, decide if you REALLY want to lug a 22lb gun around. An M2 isn't a "run and gun" item. Current AirSoft gameplay is all run and gun. (So many people want a self-contained M2HB gun, I'm working on a design, even though there's no real-steel equiv.) You might want to look into the Legendary Sniper Carlos Hathcock's rifles. IIRC, one of his longest range kills was made possible with a heavily modified M2H. I've personally tried to look for references on what he did to an M2H to make it into a sniper rifle, but failed to find any good references or pics. This is what I can guess from the best of my ability: 1. Has some sort of scope or optic on a special mount 2. Possibly modded to semi only 3. Possibly modded to be closed bolt for better accuracy 4. Either has a lightened tripod mount for the sniper rifle, or is modded to have a a pistol grip, stock, carrying handle, and bipod like the M1919 A6, or just a standard mount and tripod 5. Possibly modded to be one man portable 6. Possibly modded to use a rifle trigger rather than the spade triggers From Wiki In 1967 Hathcock set the record for the 20th century's longest combat kill with a Browning M2 .50 BMG machine gun mounting a telescopic sight. The distance was 2,286 meters or 1.42 miles. Hathcock was one of several individuals to utilize the Browning M2 machine gun in the sniping role. This success led to the adoption of the .50 BMG cartridge as a viable anti-personnel and anti-equipment sniper round. Sniper rifles have since been designed around and chambered in this caliber. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Hathcock Either way, that one be one bad a$$ and unique looking sniper rifle on the field. Cheers Romel Link to post Share on other sites
MadDog Posted November 15, 2008 Report Share Posted November 15, 2008 Sheet steel, an angle grinder, drill, and a welder, all you need to make the shell of an M2. Yes it will be heavy, but there will be no need to be carfull with it once it's built. But if you are thinking of moving it around then mabye PVC is better, I only use mine and Catmans when it's mounted on my old landrover now, can't be bothered moving it around myself. Link to post Share on other sites
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