Broadwell feed

Rocker, you need to get your priorities straight. The gatling gun is first with work and family second and everything else isn\'t that important.
bruski

bruski
I\'ve noted that you have worked on a few other things also. Will I still have to work for a few years before I retire. Also have a few other gun projects to fill my time with. The 1919a4 runs just fine and I\'m working on getting the mg42 up and running just fine again. Also have a few other of those types of projects that I\'ve done.
As far as the Gatling Project goes. I met with the point man (tool and die guy) Tuesday night and reviewed changes and such that we are going to do the plans and what effects that it\'s going to have on the list of materials. I hope on Sat Dec. 21st that we are going on a 2 1/2 hour drive to a scrap yard that seems to have all of the materials, at least most of them. Our first full real meeting of the group will be in Jan 2014. Then it\'s building time.

As far as this Broadwell feed device thread goes which I\'ve drifted from goes. Well I\'m going to offer it to the group and see if anyone else is interested in our group.

bruski -- What are your thoughts do you agree with the last statement in which I tried to review how it might work??

Then is anyone out there going to be making one?? It would be an interesting project for sure.

Lets see who can be the first to make one. Anyone?? If we go for it the project would not happen till late 2014.

Later 42rocker

Rocker,
 Try speedy metals if the scrap yard doesn\'t have what you are looking for. They cut to length and have most of the brass also. The prices are high everywhere on brass so don\'t freak out when you see the prices. Better yet, RG-G has material kits that are reasonable and contain everything that is needed for the project.

 Is it difficult to obtain a right side plate for a 1919 in these times? How long was the waiting time for approval from the BATF? I have a friend in town that has several 30 cal 1919\'s, a 50 cal. and several tommy guns. Every 4th of July he takes a couple of them out to the desert with belts of nothing but tracers. Fun to watch.

 I think you explained the broadwell drum correctly enough to get the picture. That o-ring is actually an extension spring looped together at the ends. You have to really zoom in on it to make it out.

 I will probably make a broadwell drum after the .357 testing is done later on.
bruski

Off the thread track -- but to answer bruski\'s questions. If your thinking about a semi-auto build there are two plates out there right now. A \"70%\" done semi auto plate and a 100% done semi-auto plate. It takes less than two hours to finish a 70% plate and install it. The 100% semi-auto is ready to rivet right on. The 100% has to be shipped to your local FFL and you must do a normal transfer with it. I think that the sellers have both in stock at this time. PM me if you want dealer names etc.
Now if your talking Full Auto right side plate it\'s different. I know someone that has them for sale ready to be shipped to your local state class three dealer. Paperwork time with the batf varies. If filed on line I\'ve heard of record turn around times of less than a month. If filed the normal paper work method then I\'ve heard up to 6 or 7 months. That was before the big break that congress and the Federal Gov took. Still I think that the times are close to being correct.
Remember if you are building a semi-auto 1919a4 it\'s just like building a Gatling Gun same rules. If you want a great building guide drop me a pm and I\'ll work on getting it to you. Also if you need any 1919 parts pm me also, I have a few for sale.
Also Tommy Guns are fun to shoot. I\'ve only had the pleasure of shooting semi-auto\'s so far. Want to build one. Those parts I have.

Back on topic -- Looking forward to seeing a build on that drum. I was just reviewing what it might take to build one and thinking that I might want that over the normal RG-G stick and drum\'s that I\'ve seen, 200 hundred rds vs 50 rds. I\'m going to be working on redoing my mill into a 4-axis cnc-ed mill. So milling that would be interesting. As far as getting the sizes of a few things there is a ruler in one of the pictures.We also know the size of a 22lr round. Wow this is getting more and more interesting. Wait need to build the Gatling Gun first.

Later 42rocker

Thanks for the information on the 1919. I don\'t plan on building one, just curious on how easy or hard it would be to legally own one. I understand that the FBI has the right to bust down your door at any time once you own something like that. With that said I or any other member of my family don\'t want a heart attack in the middle of the night for something that would spend about 98% of it\'s time locked away in a gun safe. I can probably get my fix shooting my friends next 4th of July and be satisfied for another year.

I think that you were talking the Full Auto one then not the semi-auto. The semi-auto 1919 is in the same category as a Gatling Gun. The Full Auto can bring a knock at the door but it will not get you a kicked in door unless you live in the wrong state for it. I\'ll send you a pm with some interesting details.

Later 42rocker