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I sure did love my Thompson though...

Excellent, excellent, excellent! Finally to the far end of where we started. Top rate test and thanks for the vid on same.

Probably easier to find a spike.

Have you test fitted the bayonet? It looks good so far...

Where? From whom? That's what's been holding me up here...

I take it that round stock in the pic is the "Hammer" and just the inertia drives it against the firing pic...?

Interesting, Interesting, Interesting...can't wait to watch this develop. Also I'd like to see how it's all arranged parts wise in the end, if you please...for the engineer in all of us...

Again with the SMG C1, I had a factory IVI round on the range with no powder. It fired and there was the classic failure to operate and resulting "cock and look". Casing ejected, go on...next round...

Agreed, it only happened the one time. I never saw it happen with a Thompson for instance. But, I fired vastly more rounds with SMG C1...

I had it happen Peter. A sub machine gun C1 9mm that was getting dirty after a few thousand rounds simply had one go off early with that very result. I was standing right there as safety. The gun...

Both correct. A gritty chamber WILL cause a round to stop and fire out of battery. The resulting minor catastrophic detonation causes shrapnel and smoke to exit the receiver at various angles...and...

Advance primer ignition doesn't really fire outside the chamber. In theory maybe, but the cartridge is actually fully seated and the bolt is the only thing still moving forward. That way it takes...

Examine frost plugs for an engine block. Almost correct and just need shape and hole...you can choose the outside diameter so they just fit...