heypete
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While not the full-auto version, I'm looking at buying a Browning 1919A4 semi-auto "machine rifle". Believe it or not, they're still legal in California, so long as one doesn't snap together more than ten links.
I've seen a few all-in-one packages of working .308 guns on GunBroker and so forth, but I can't afford the nearly $1,700 for the gun, links, tripod, etc. The tripod alone is nearly $600.
I'm looking at just buying a parts kit and the semi-auto sideplate at different times and putting them together, but I must admit that I'm not terribly familiar with how ones does that. Is it simply Slot A into Tab B, or does it require riveting or more serious work to affix the sideplate?
Does anyone here have any experience with them? How easy are they to disassemble and clean? They certainly appear to have more operating mechanisms than most "regular" rifles.
The trigger looks like one needs to pull it up, rather than back, to fire. This seems to be a rather unusual means of doing so. I'm curious what the proper method of gripping and firing the 1919 is...pictures I've found online haven't been terribly helpful.
Any information to help me make an informed decision and (hopefully) purchase would be much appreciated.
Cheers!
I've seen a few all-in-one packages of working .308 guns on GunBroker and so forth, but I can't afford the nearly $1,700 for the gun, links, tripod, etc. The tripod alone is nearly $600.
I'm looking at just buying a parts kit and the semi-auto sideplate at different times and putting them together, but I must admit that I'm not terribly familiar with how ones does that. Is it simply Slot A into Tab B, or does it require riveting or more serious work to affix the sideplate?
Does anyone here have any experience with them? How easy are they to disassemble and clean? They certainly appear to have more operating mechanisms than most "regular" rifles.
The trigger looks like one needs to pull it up, rather than back, to fire. This seems to be a rather unusual means of doing so. I'm curious what the proper method of gripping and firing the 1919 is...pictures I've found online haven't been terribly helpful.
Any information to help me make an informed decision and (hopefully) purchase would be much appreciated.
Cheers!