Vietnam clone...”The Shillelagh“

[shadycon]

At least with the M1A1 stock you can shoulder it.

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[mmppres]

I would like to find one from nam a real honest one

[DaveHH]

I never paid much attention to it to be honest. It was just a toy to us. My full auto M14 was the one I took out on the road. I meant, you couldn't hit someone unless you were in a closet or phone booth with them. It was just a fire spitting plaything. This thing belonged to one of our chopper pilots and they were all Captains and Majors. They had money. I'd suspect that it was a commercial made gun and had changed hands a few times as people DEROSED out. Our outfit had been there since summer of 65 and this was summer of 66 or early 67.

[tenOC]

An M1A1 stock wouldn't be a pistol. It would be a shot barreled rifle. Unless you put a full auto kit on it and then it's just a machinegun.

I built my Fulton on an aftermarket paratrooper stock with folder removed. What these need is a strap at the forestock area to capture your forward hand and make it more controllable.

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I meant, you couldn't hit someone unless you were in a closet or phone booth with them..

What's a "phone booth"?

[AmEngRifles]

An M1A1 stock wouldn't be a pistol. It would be a shot barreled rifle. Unless you put a full auto kit on it and then it's just a machinegun.

I built my Fulton on an aftermarket paratrooper stock with folder removed. What these need is a strap at the forestock area to capture your forward hand and make it more controllable.

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What's a "phone booth"?

TenOC, you must be a "young'n"?

[tenOC]

Just kidding. But it's been so long that they've been gone that the Christopher Reeve version of Superman made a joke about it. Remember seeing that scene in the theater where he couldn't find one. That must've been 1979? Nope, 1978.

[DaveHH]

In the 70s, phone booths were on the way out. We used to buy them and put them in friend's houses with an old pay phone set up to work like a regular phone. I worked for the phone company and the old three slot phones were being removed for the 1A1 models. These were the cats meow. People wanted one of those and a Mills slot machine and most of all a nice vintage floor safe. The British style booths were the big find.

[frankderrico]

Hi Jim, I remember the same booth's & guy's lined up to make a call back at Fort Bragg in the late 60's. A lot of guys trying to connect back home.

Best Regards.....Frank

[jimb16]

Somehow the direction of this thread has wandered off just a little bit.....

[AmEngRifles]

Tried the gun out yesterday. Click, nothing.

Light primer strike on commercial ammo!!?? Need to break it down and clean out firing pin tunnel OR, order a new hammer spring with some spring to it.