Re: need some help with weapons load out

From: Darrell Ramsell (daram@comcast.net)
Date: Tue Mar 07 2006 - 09:50:55 PST

There was someone making them a while back but I don't know if anyone is
making them at the moment. I'll look into it and post it here later.

The Thompson by the way, are relatively easy to find and are very good
looking and wood upgrade kits are available.

Darrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "The Alamo" <thealamo@igb.cnr.it>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 5:13 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] need some help with weapons load out

>
> Mar 72006
>
> Do you know if any 30. cal. Browning airsoft gun is available on the
> market, preferably made of metal?? I would love to have one on my GPW
> Jeep! I really am in love with the watercooled one (M1917A1 ??? IIRC)
> Do you know if anybody has mounted one on his Jeep? Any problem with the
> M31C mount I should know of??
> I have seen the Thompson submachinegun at a show in Rome and the dealer
> said it could be had with a real wood buttstock... It was really very
> convincing (the Thompson, not the dealer!!).
>
> Thank you!
> Raimondo
> 1943 GPW Jeep (no MG yet)
>
>
> At 17.26 03/03/2006, you wrote:
>
>>From: "M151" <m151@cox.net>
>>I use airsoft guns on my vehicle. Less to worry about than a real
>>shooter. I have an M3, XM177E2 and M79....all airsoft and easily pass the
>>proximity rule. Many can not tell from the real steel until they pick
>>them up! Many a vet as held my Shorty and been surprised by it. I can
>>vouch for Precision Airsoft. First rate vendor, honest and easy to deal
>>with.
>>
>>A note on the standard airsoft M-60. It is very real in appearance EXCEPT
>>for the forward mounting hole in the bottom of the hand guard, a vehicle
>>gun mount will not fit because there is nothing there to allow that front
>>tab to lock onto the gun. I suppose the guard could be removed and
>>something worked out, but be advised out of the box it will not work.
>>
>>There are now M14, M1 Garand and Carbines available in airsoft, even
>>Mauser K98's.
>>
>>Many in our vehicle club use them. The fact that they are not real guns
>>seems to put a lot of event organizers at ease as well. Cheaper, easier
>>and safer, can't beat the combination.
>>==========================================
>>David Brubaker
>>MVPA # 18115
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