Browning .30 ammunition belt loader

dinkydow · 07-20-2019, 12:43 PM

Holy shit! I have a fellow just offered me $900.00 for one of my browning MG belt loading machines in 30-06. I once purchased twenty of them in the original 1940's cosmoline, for @ $25.00...

They must have dried up since all the semi auto 1919's came out. Hell I still have a couple of 1919 BMG kits...

Maybe its time to sell some shit??

I was asking around and guys tell me just the 1919 BMG kits are now well North of $1000.00.

SHIT!

Bluntforce · 07-20-2019, 01:25 PM

Unless they are part of your apocalypse kit, why not?

baboon · 07-20-2019, 01:26 PM

Izzy kits or USGI?

Travish · 07-20-2019, 02:00 PM

Yea the Izzy kits I bought were $300 from sarco. All the decent kits are $1800 now.

hangfire · 07-20-2019, 04:53 PM

Can’t take it with you Dink ..........

dinkydow · 07-20-2019, 05:27 PM

I just sold a beltoader and a 7.62x51mm 1919 kit to a steady customer...he will send the kit out for building . I have no real good idea on how to build a 1919 semi auto. The mg is pretty easy.

dinkydow · 07-20-2019, 05:29 PM

I am NOT letting go of any tripods or T&E's

remus · 07-21-2019, 02:32 PM

I've got a Bren gun tripod that was modified without changing anything on the tripod. A cradle was attached to it and I bed a single shot McMillan 50 BMG rifle in the cradle. A spring device was added to the cradle which meets a l/4 in threaded rod in the front of the rifle stock to dampen recoil. You can shoot the rifle and see the tracers going out through the scope. Neat setup.

baboon · 07-21-2019, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by remus

I've got a Bren gun tripod that was modified without changing anything on the tripod. A cradle was attached to it and I bed a single shot McMillan 50 BMG rifle in the cradle. A spring device was added to the cradle which meets a l/4 in threaded rod in the front of the rifle stock to dampen recoil. You can shoot the rifle and see the tracers going out through the scope. Neat setup.

Which McMillian rifle do you have? I have their benchrest .50.

remus · 07-22-2019, 07:01 AM

Mine is one of the first single shots. Has a KP barrel with a round break and McMillan stock black in color and a 16X Leupold scope. Mark 1 M3 I think. Shoots ok but I don't drag it out much anymore. Weighs 32 lbs. and is considered a light sporter by the 50BMG org. Hahahaha.

RetVet · 07-22-2019, 07:25 AM

I've built two semiauto 1919's back when Tapco and FAC had them for $299. Not that hard. It's just a matter of farming out the machining of the internals. The rest is a little riveting and finish work.

Wish I had a belt loader, but they've been pricey for the last 10+ years.

What I'd like is a proper A6 contured barrel for the 1919A6 Browning I built.

It would have been nice to pick up a German belt loader for my MG34 and 42, but those belts are easy to load by hand.

baboon · 07-22-2019, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by remus

Mine is one of the first single shots. Has a KP barrel with a round break and McMillan stock black in color and a 16X Leupold scope. Mark 1 M3 I think. Shoots ok but I don't drag it out much anymore. Weighs 32 lbs. and is considered a light sporter by the 50BMG org. Hahahaha.

You talking a shell holder single shot? My gun club banned them as to destructive to the berm before I ever got mine sighted in. Mine is 32# w/ stock with another slide on forend to take it into heavy weight class. Right bolt left ejection single shot. K&P Barrel, round break fluted barrel.

I really should sell mine so someone can shoot it.

REDOAK · 07-22-2019, 08:32 AM

If you have cloth belts to sell, let me know.

Stoned_Oli · 07-22-2019, 09:40 AM

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Originally Posted by dinkydow

I just sold a beltoader and a 7.62x51mm 1919 kit to a steady customer...he will send the kit out for building . I have no real good idea on how to build a 1919 semi auto. The mg is pretty easy.

I believe The Greek did it a couple of times.

Found one...

dinkydow · 07-22-2019, 02:04 PM

I have a good stash of original cloth browning belts that I am hanging onto. I also have 0ver 5,000 1919 browning, steel links. I also have LOTS of US GI M1 Garand clips. I have a belt loader for a Maxim Machine Gun.

I should begin selling the M1 Clips, the BMG links and the Maxim Belt Loader.

07-20-2019, 12:43 PM	#1
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,482	Browning .30 ammunition belt loader Holy shit! I have a fellow just offered me $900.00 for one of my browning MG belt loading machines in 30-06. I once purchased twenty of them in the original 1940's cosmoline, for @ $25.00... They must have dried up since all the semi auto 1919's came out. Hell I still have a couple of 1919 BMG kits... Maybe its time to sell some shit?? I was asking around and guys tell me just the 1919 BMG kits are now well North of $1000.00. SHIT! __________________ Our forefathers would have already been shooting...by now. "Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt." "Violence of action means the unrestricted use of speed,strength, surprise and aggression to achieve total dominance against your enemy...any fighting technique is useless unless you totally commit to violence of action." Burning huts in commy vills worldwide since 1968

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07-22-2019, 07:25 AM	#11
RetVet Statistical Error Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Homeless Posts: 43,671	I've built two semiauto 1919's back when Tapco and FAC had them for $299. Not that hard. It's just a matter of farming out the machining of the internals. The rest is a little riveting and finish work. Wish I had a belt loader, but they've been pricey for the last 10+ years. What I'd like is a proper A6 contured barrel for the 1919A6 Browning I built. It would have been nice to pick up a German belt loader for my MG34 and 42, but those belts are easy to load by hand. __________________ ^^^ For entertainment purposes. Use only as directed. ^^^ III

07-20-2019, 01:26 PM	#3
baboon slug Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Out by the lake in central Texas Posts: 18,318	Izzy kits or USGI?

07-20-2019, 02:00 PM	#4
Travish Member Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Greensboro NC Posts: 533	Yea the Izzy kits I bought were $300 from sarco. All the decent kits are $1800 now.

07-20-2019, 05:27 PM	#6
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,482	I just sold a beltoader and a 7.62x51mm 1919 kit to a steady customer...he will send the kit out for building . I have no real good idea on how to build a 1919 semi auto. The mg is pretty easy.

07-20-2019, 05:29 PM	#7
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,482	I am NOT letting go of any tripods or T&E's

07-21-2019, 02:32 PM	#8
remus Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: az Posts: 3,490	I've got a Bren gun tripod that was modified without changing anything on the tripod. A cradle was attached to it and I bed a single shot McMillan 50 BMG rifle in the cradle. A spring device was added to the cradle which meets a l/4 in threaded rod in the front of the rifle stock to dampen recoil. You can shoot the rifle and see the tracers going out through the scope. Neat setup.

07-22-2019, 07:01 AM	#10
remus Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: az Posts: 3,490	Mine is one of the first single shots. Has a KP barrel with a round break and McMillan stock black in color and a 16X Leupold scope. Mark 1 M3 I think. Shoots ok but I don't drag it out much anymore. Weighs 32 lbs. and is considered a light sporter by the 50BMG org. Hahahaha.

07-22-2019, 08:32 AM	#13
REDOAK Intelligent Posterior Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,713	If you have cloth belts to sell, let me know.

07-22-2019, 02:04 PM	#15
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,482	I have a good stash of original cloth browning belts that I am hanging onto. I also have 0ver 5,000 1919 browning, steel links. I also have LOTS of US GI M1 Garand clips. I have a belt loader for a Maxim Machine Gun. I should begin selling the M1 Clips, the BMG links and the Maxim Belt Loader.