US GI full autos.

[Vincent]

Not quite, you find a repro drum and have the spine from a box mag spotted to the back. Then it just slides up in place. No need to refit uppers and lowers...

Great tip. I will give it a try when my M1 transfer comes through.

Thank you

[browningautorifle]

my M1 transfer

Another that we'll be watching for...maybe after the drum fitting you can make us a short vid of wringing it out.

[theholeinthedonut]

M2 HB.

[fjruple]

Hi--

Great guns!! I had never seen that scope for the M2 Browning .50 caliber before. Can you tell me a bit about the scope is it a US produced scope or one developed and fielded by a country other than the US.

Cheers

--fjruple

PS-- Both the T&E mechanisms for the M1919A4 and M2 Brownings are on backwards. The right hand is used for firing and the left hand for making elevation, windage and lateral adjustments with the T&E.

[browningautorifle]

Both the T&E mechanisms for the M1919A4 and M2 Brownings are on backwards.

And the slide lock lever is maintained locked by the left hand and thumb while firing with the right hand... Nice .50...

[Brit plumber]

My .50 must have come from the same place as yours as it has the same purple bluing finish.

[browningautorifle]

the same purple bluing finish.

Indicating a high nickel content, perhaps a stronger bluing salts bath would have given a better color. The alternative is using oxinate 84 stainless salts...and that'll give you a clean black finish. If there's a high nickel content...

[fjruple]

Jim--

Both guns use Armasteel in those components with the purple-ish color when blued. The correct finish would be either zinc phosphate (grayish) or manganese phosphate (blackish) color in their production, commonly called "parkerization".

Cheers

fjruple

[browningautorifle]

Armasteel

Yes...I've heard lots about this but never quite could point to it. As for park, when I refer to blue in military I do mean Parkerizing. I've done lots of both. And yes, we did both black and grey.

Still, the high nickel content will cause a red hue in guns as opposed to the black finish. Parkerizing never gave us that result. Hard to say what was done to this .50 between then and now. The side plates are black and the rest isn't. I've seen lots of these guns with all age of dates stamped and never seen one with red parts.

[fjruple]

Yes...I've heard lots about this but never quite could point to it. As for park, when I refer to blue in military I do mean Parkerizing. I've done lots of both. And yes, we did both black and grey.

Still, the high nickel content will cause a red hue in guns as opposed to the black finish. Parkerizing never gave us that result. Hard to say what was done to this .50 between then and now. The side plates are black and the rest isn't. I've seen lots of these guns with all age of dates stamped and never seen one with red parts.

Jim-- That's the nature of the Armasteel that was used in those components when standard bluing is used. It does give the gun an interesting Steam Punk look!! LOL!