SE5 Machine Guns

15 February 2001, 03:43 PM

Stephen, Stephen, you were having FUN!

Barrett · 15 February 2001, 04:41 PM

For those who are seriously impaired in the PC category these days, for .303 enjoyment have a go at a Bren Gun. To paraphrase the Beach Boys (or somebody) "we'll have fun-fun-fun til our daddy takes our Bren Gun away-ay..."

15 February 2001, 07:02 PM

Better, I like Gracie Fields' 1940 English ballad:
"Would you trouble for a Bren gun,
"Else the Home Guard might as well go home."
(They had to use WW-I aircraft Lewis guns equipped with 47 round magazines and a plumber's nightmare to attach it to whatever stump or doorpost was available.)
Now THAT would have been fun, had Jerry implemented Operation Sealion. (Oh, I get it. None of you guys remember Vic McLaglen stripping the Lewis off an SE-5 and going after those sneaky Ay-rab snipers while doing his gatling gun vs Thugee imitation in "The Lost Patrol".)

Ginger. · 15 February 2001, 10:19 PM

My Bren and Sten stand silent and de-activated.But in youth their souls were touched with fire.
For lovers of venomous recoil may I humbly suggest the Projecter Infantry Anti Tank.This wonderous contraption,is a joy both to load and to shoot.It will also stop most beasties,apart from a charging Tiger.

16 February 2001, 03:36 AM

It has been years since I handled a PIAT, but if memory serves, it launched a projectile not by the action of an explosive, but by one hellova strong spring. That would place the felt slam against the body parts in the category of "reaction" under Newton's Third Law of Motion, rather than "recoil", which is the result of the action of an explosive.
Nevertheless, your point is well taken. How about firing a WW=I era .55 caliber Boyes anti-tank rifle? Now, THAT was true recoil!
It snowed last night, Ginger. I guess that postpones our trip to the range.

Ginger. · 16 February 2001, 05:01 AM

I know a bloke who has a WW1 Mauser anti tank rifle,it has a bore like a field gun and a bolt like a telegraph pole.Last time I saw him he was babbling on about reworking a fifty cal and letting fly.There have been no obituaries on the club notice board,so I presume he's not yet ready for blast off.Watch this space!!!

16 February 2001, 11:58 AM

He's probably still moving backward from recoil.
I shot seventeen round from a Boyes that had been converted to .50 Browning (we can't have .55 rifles in this country) and I'm not so sure I'd let on what it did to my shoulder. And, that rifle has a muzzle brake. A 750 grain bullet creates a bit of recoil.

16 February 2001, 01:52 PM

John-Sorry for my mistake on the amount of rounds held by the so called double stacked Lewis magazine. I was just going on the fact that the one in my collection holds exactly 97 rounds! I just reloaded it AGAIN and sure enough it does hold 97 rounds.

Also, William M. Easterly in his 500 page book on just the Lewis, THE BELGIUM RATTLESNAKE, lists all the mags by types and marks and shows them as 97 rounders.

Regards,
Steve

16 February 2001, 02:45 PM

How could it? Each stall holds two rounds, one above the other, and there are 47 stalls.
What's going on here? Why would one stall hold only one round?
I didn't buy THAT book. Way too much money for the limited content. Maybe I gotta buy it.
Every reference I have supports the 47 and 94 round variations. Can you post a picture of your magazine in the loaded condition?

16 February 2001, 02:51 PM

Just today recieved my new digital camera. I have no idea how to work it but will make this my first project. Please be warned that I am computer semi-illiterate and it may take a while.

Regards,
Steve