which belt fed?

[GunWhore75]

It's a JNC semi M2HB.

Nice! Mine was built by TNW.

[GunWhore75]

I know these are popular in Kentucky. Didn't think you could get away with it here in The Golden State.

What all I remember about the M60 is that it is heavy and feels like a fire hose when you pull the trigger while shooting from the hip.

But whenever I get nostalgic, any ordinary M-14 is just fine and dandy.

Been there, done that.

Not an M60, but it's a lot of fun.

[CAL.BAR]

I have a few but just those that I have pre-ban belts for. The 1919 is the most versatile and moderately priced, but you MUST convert it to shoot 7.62x54R so you can actually shoot it. RPD is also moderately priced and shoots relatively cheap 7.62x39. As pointed out above, the whole point of belt fed, is volume of fire. If you don't already have the belts, the 10 round limit could be a big problem and may make it not worth doing.

[GunWhore75]

My latest project... Hope to have it completed and tested soon.

[Vertigofirearms]

I dunno if this is a viable/legal option in California; But what about an ARES MCR?

[hks95134]

I guess this all started with Maxim and Vickers, then went on to change history.

WW1 was the golden age of the belt fed machine gun, on airplanes and battlefields.

I recently finished reading "To End All Wars," by Adam Hochschild. Maxim and Vickers come up a lot in the lead-in to that great but worthless conflict.

The M2 Browning 50 cal was also born about that time as well and is with us still to this day.

Only the venerable 1911A1 has been around as long or longer.

It is rare that something is created at a point in history and survives as useful for over 100 years. The 1911A1 and the M2 Browning 50 cal both have.

[bohoki]

1919 is probably you best bet

[timdps]

As the owner of a few beltfeds (and lots of preban belts), my favorite is the RPD (Project Guns build). Its 15 pounds unloaded, which is 10 pounds less than than an MG42/M53. All it needs for CA is a grip fin compared to the MG42 which needs grip fin and the flash hider negated. Ammo is cheap and you can move it around easily.

At a recent shoot I hit a clay at 220 yards on the first shot, so accuracy is good...

T

I've owned at one point 6 different belt feds. To be honest you're handicapped by the fact u have no pre ban belts. Or do u? Do u happen to have some old belts sitting in the closet somewhere? If so I'd say your cheapest and eaisedt approach is a RPD by dsarms. They have good warranty in case of issues. Take into consideration it is easy to make featureless by adding a grip wrap. And ammo is dirt cheap. And its man portable or tripod mountable on an anti aircraft tripod.

[GunWhore75]

I dunno if this is a viable/legal option in California; But what about an ARES MCR?

It would be legal as long as you used a Fin-Grip, pinned the butt-stock and put a muzzle break on the barrel. There are two reasons for this. First reason is it would need to be featureless because a belt would be considered (even if limited to 10 rounds) a high capacity feeding device. After all it doesn't take a rocket scientist to link belts together. Plus, there is no real way of putting a belt lock (mag lock) on the top cover. The other reason is that the ARES Upper can also accept magazines as well as belts. Which if you are going to go through the work to run belts, you might as well make it legal for using the natural mag release.

[audiophil2]

You guys must have some sore fingers after a few belts.
My next belt fed will be a 1919 crankfire.

Here is my current stable of full auto.

[GunWhore75]

You guys must have some sore fingers after a few belts.

No... Not really. Man made linkers & de-linkers. Fingers are a ok here. LOL!

[audiophil2]

No... Not really. Man made linkers & de-linkers. Fingers are a ok here. LOL!

I'm referring to trigger pulls/pushes. I get tired after 2 mags on semi-auto.

556 is easy to link. .22lr sucks. Glad I have someone that links for me no charge.

[GunWhore75]

I'm referring to trigger pulls/pushes. I get tired after 2 mags on semi-auto.

556 is easy to link. .22lr sucks. Glad I have someone that links for me no charge.

Sorry for miss understanding you. And yes a lot of trigger pulling does suck. But it's better than no trigger pulling.

[Vertigofirearms]

It would be legal as long as you used a Fin-Grip, pinned the butt-stock and put a muzzle break on the barrel. There are two reasons for this. First reason is it would need to be featureless because a belt would be considered (even if limited to 10 rounds) a high capacity feeding device. After all it doesn't take a rocket scientist to link belts together. Plus, there is no real way of putting a belt lock (mag lock) on the top cover. The other reason is that the ARES Upper can also accept magazines as well as belts. Which if you are going to go through the work to run belts, you might as well make it legal for using the natural mag release.

This makes the ARES a winner in my book. The versatility is amazing.

[GunWhore75]

This makes the ARES a winner in my book. The versatility is amazing.

Look into the Shrike 5th Gen. They run about 4,500.00 - 5,000.00. The 4th Gen are great too, and a litte cheaper... 3,500.00 - 4,000.00. But they lack a few features that the 5th Gen have.