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Mods if this needs moved to NFA section, feel free to move. I really wasnt sure if I wanted to put this in gunsmithing or NFA. I guess it is both.
Let me start this thread off by saying that unless you have the proper licensing 07/02 ffl/sot, that this is as illegal as it gets and will land you in federal prison. So please do not attempt anything like this unless you have the proper licensing and fill out the proper paperwork. I do have the proper paperwork and this firearm (machine gun) was manufactured by me (Rafferty Custom Guns, LLC) and has had the proper markings and proper form 2 filed.
So I took a few pics throughout some of this process (not enough) and thought I would put a small build thread together. This thing is a ton of fun to shoot and having a beltfed has always been something I thought I would never be able to afford until I pursued getting my 07/02.
On a browning M1919, the ATF considers the right side plate the firearm. So most of the work on this is de-milling the parts kit to accept the side plate and machining the right side plate. The build was based on an Israeli M1919A4 in .308 that I did some horse trading to acquire. The kit I had was in fairly good shape but obviously has seen extensive use. There is a ton of information on this already out on the interwebz, so this is really nothing new, just my version.
Just because I can never wait for the ending, here is a video of the final result. I will continue to add some pics and insight as I update this thread.
[video=facebook_share;10212662310685120]https://www.facebook.com/pat.rafferty.927/videos/10212662310685120/[/video]
Mods if this needs moved to NFA section, feel free to move. I really wasnt sure if I wanted to put this in gunsmithing or NFA. I guess it is both.
Let me start this thread off by saying that unless you have the proper licensing 07/02 ffl/sot, that this is as illegal as it gets and will land you in federal prison. So please do not attempt anything like this unless you have the proper licensing and fill out the proper paperwork. I do have the proper paperwork and this firearm (machine gun) was manufactured by me (Rafferty Custom Guns, LLC) and has had the proper markings and proper form 2 filed.
So I took a few pics throughout some of this process (not enough) and thought I would put a small build thread together. This thing is a ton of fun to shoot and having a beltfed has always been something I thought I would never be able to afford until I pursued getting my 07/02.
On a browning M1919, the ATF considers the right side plate the firearm. So most of the work on this is de-milling the parts kit to accept the side plate and machining the right side plate. The build was based on an Israeli M1919A4 in .308 that I did some horse trading to acquire. The kit I had was in fairly good shape but obviously has seen extensive use. There is a ton of information on this already out on the interwebz, so this is really nothing new, just my version.
Just because I can never wait for the ending, here is a video of the final result. I will continue to add some pics and insight as I update this thread.
[video=facebook_share;10212662310685120]https://www.facebook.com/pat.rafferty.927/videos/10212662310685120/[/video]
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