Belt fed options

Wally said:
Could those 8mm Swede belts be used for anything else? Could you get 30-06 into em?
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yup you can as well as 8mm mauser and 308

whats nice is they are allready stretched so you can actually insert rnds into them without a loader tools this is near impossible with new belts


Links are 100% legal as long as they were designed for a per 45 gun BUT remeber they made .308 links in the 70's for the 1919 THOSE are limited to 5 rnds

if you have orig 30.06 links they are fine
 
contact148 said:
yup you can as well as 8mm mauser and 308

whats nice is they are allready stretched so you can actually insert rnds into them without a loader tools this is near impossible with new belts
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So this Swedish surplus ammo can be remade into .308?
 
cancer said:
So this Swedish surplus ammo can be remade into .308?
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Not without a lot of work; the Swedish ammo is 8x63, and the base diameter is slightly larger than either 30-06 or 308; what he's saying is that you can use the same BELTS for 8mm, 30-06 and 308 in a Browning MG or semi. The Swedes used this ammo in their Browning MGs, and gave their troops Mauser rifles chambered for the same 8x63 ammo (the only Mauser rifles equipped with a factory muzzle brake).
 
Have any of the 5-shot fanatics out there actually gone the whole hog and bothered to get a modern belt-fed gun, I remember seeing some company in NY State that had a semi-auto Minimi for sale?

I realise there's no point to it, but there's no point to a lot of these things... ;)
 
I still think disintigrating links is the way to go. Each "device" would be a single link and only having a capacity of 1. Linking more than 5 together shouldn't be any different than someone who tapes together a couple of magazines.

But it's all pretty theoretical anyhow. So what if I have a box of links in .308, it's not like I have a FN Mag to run them through...
 
Pyroman said:
I still think disintigrating links is the way to go. Each "device" would be a single link and only having a capacity of 1. Linking more than 5 together shouldn't be any different than someone who tapes together a couple of magazines.

But it's all pretty theoretical anyhow. So what if I have a box of links in .308, it's not like I have a FN Mag to run them through...
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Disintigrating or not, the regulations consider a belt as a form of magazine. More than 5 joined together on a belt that is not exempted would be considered a prihib device. What happens to the belt after they are shot really is of no consequence.
I was going to convert my 1919A4 semi auto to C5A1 design which would use the NATO links, but the realisation that I would be limited to 5 round belts got rid of that notion.

The possibility still exists that some semi auto belt feds may make it on to the market, however for any of the modern style ones which use modern style belts, the 5 round rule makes their import unlikely.

As to the 1919 semi auto guns, Marstar still has around 30 or so in stock (according to that Ottawa citizen database) and once those are gone, it is unlikely that you will see more come in to the country.

I bought my 1919 back before their discounted price. For twice the money, and a little pocket change, I could have bought one of the 50 cal semi auto M-2s. Now that would make for some expensive shooting.
 
So if Marstar's MG32 and 1919 are the two realistic choices, which has the inside track as far as ammo and links are concerned?
 
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I researched this lightly back when and came to the conclusion that the 8mm Mauser was the best for surplus ammo. It was dirt cheap for less then 10cents per bang (US stock which was accessible WAAAAAAYYYY back when).

Now, the access to decent priced surplus is problematic. The 8mm Swede is only as good as the ammo source which will dry up soon enough. Then you have the cost of set up for extinct ammo.

personally, I would look at bulk reloading using the 308, at worse, the '06. A Dhillon, Lee or other progressive can make quality ammo quite quickly. using bulk, or surplus bullets powder and cases will keep cost less then buying mystery surplus ammo.

Who knows, handloading might improve the accuracy too.

Way too much fun but not without its problems.

Jerry
 
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