BLACK RIVER MILITARIA
FINE VINTAGE AND MODERN

MACHINEGUNS

Robert E. Naess
Rte 131, PO Box 471
Cavendish, VT   05142
(802) 226-7204
bmg17a1@live.com

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BUY/SELL/TRADE & APPRAISALS

An Extensive Machine Gun reference collection as a
Source and Resource for any and all information on
MACHINE GUNS,
belts, links, magazines, tripods, stopages and causes,
preventive maintenance and improvements, AMMO warnings
and related interests.

GUNSMITH SERVICES

REPAIR OF ALL VINTAGE and most modern
MACHINE GUNS
EXPERTLY DONE WITH CUSTON INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION
TO HISTORIC DETAIL!

DEWAT RE-ACTIVATIONS
FULL HOT-BLUEING AND PARKERIZING OF PARTS
ODD PARTS MANUFAACTURED
AND CUSTOM MG PARTS MADE!

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MG08/15 spade grip conversions

Registered sideplates installed Maxim/Vickers/BMG
Registered MG08 sideplates converted to other type Maxims
as per the ORIGINAL ATFE letter of conversion!!!

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Post -May Reweld Services

EXPERTLY DONE WITH FINE OLD WORLD  CRAFTSMANSHIP AS THEY WERE originally made! Any MG rewelded from your kit Repair or Manufacture any post sample reweld

MG34 or 42 Bren all types ZB26, 30, 37 RPD Any Browning MG ALL Thompson's Jap T96 & 99 1910 Russian Maxim Finnish Maxim Any other Maxim or Vickers Any tube SMGs

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7.92 Headspaceable lock kit
for your 08 or 08/15 Maxim!

Lock can be headspaced to any barrel in standard 7.92 setup. Only a few of these available as the parts are too danged expensive and hard to find to do many of these conversions. Drops in place of standard internals with
NO modification to receiver.

MUST BE YOUR PARTS!
Must be YOUR PARTS!
NO PARTS AVAILABLE!
Please email for price and conditions.

Spring Kit and Firing Pin for MG08/MG08/15 & LMG08/15:
Stiffer springs and firing pin to ENSURE your weapon functions
flawlessly!
Fit to your lock @ $75.00

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VICKERS 7.62X54R CONVERSION

As scene at Knob Creek Range 'the Pole barn" April 1998

MUST BE YOUR PARTS!
Must be YOUR PARTS!
NO PARTS AVAILABLE!
Please email for price and conditions.

The only deviations from the standard loading and firing procedures for the Vickers gun are as follows:

LOADING BELTS

As the 7.62X54R round is shorter in overall length than the .303, when loading the tabbed fabric belts, push the rounds into the loops short of the tab ends by 1/16th of an inch which will position them approximately correctly.  The rounds should be loaded into the loops so that the length from the cartridge base to the tip of a tab is equal to the length of a .303 cartridge.

FUSEE SPRING ADJUSTMENT

The 7.62 X 54R cartridge transmits a more powerful recoil impulse to the action than does the .303 MkVII cartridge.  Before firing the Vickers with the conversion, tighten the fusee spring another six to twelve turns further than is correct for the gun when firing .303 ammunition.
    If the fusee tension is too strong the action will short cycle and the extractor horns will catch on the stops at the rear of each extractor cam.  When this occurs cycle the cartridge into battery, but before firing again, relieve the fusee tension by two or three  turns and then fire to check if the action will cycle fully.  Repeat if the action short cycles again until the action cycles in full auto.
    If the fusee tension is too slack, the recoil of the gun will be fairly harsh,  It may be tightened in two or four turn increments until the action short cycles, then relieved a couple of turns.  At this setting the fusee spring will be absorbing the recoil impulses sufficiently to smooth the running of the gun.

TORSION SPRING FOR VICKERS LOCK

DROPS IN, NEW MANUFACTURE
PRICE  $20.00

Bob changing recuperator springs at Knob Creek Apr. 98

Send me your barrel return housing minus the first spring, plunger and attachment stud, and I will clean, lube and replace all springs for:
$75.00 plus return postage.

                                                  CALL      BOB (  802-226-7204  )
                                                  WRITE    Robert E. Naess
                                                                  Rte 131, PO Box 471
                                                                  Cavendish, VT   05142