Belt feed design references

[NavyShooter]

Folks,

I'm wondering if any of you can point me towards any good internet based design/operation references for belt feed mechanisms.

I'm quite familiar with the Minimi/C-9 system, and can access that for hands-on reference if I need to.

I'm doing some reading in Chinn tonite too.

Any suggestions?

Many thanks,

NS

 

[RobSmith]

I have a couple hundred manuals in PDF if that's what you're looking for, any particular types you're interested in ?

 

[NavyShooter]

Rob,

Do any of the .30 BMG manuals or .50 BMG manuals cover things well?

Alternatively, the FN-Mag might be interesting to look at. It's too new to be covered by Chinn.

NS

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

Pull, push, disintegrating link, nondisintegrating, fabric belt, etc?

 

[NavyShooter]

I'm thinking pull (rimmed base) fabric belt (can home-make with some cloth and a needle.)

 

[contact148]

problem with home made belts may be are they designed prior to 1945??? if NOT your stuck at 5 rnds


try 1919a4.com good info for .30 cal 1919 and some 50 ma duce info as well

 

[NavyShooter]

Contact,

Point taken. Date of manufacture should not be an issue.

Doing some background research and mulling a project over. It will be a WHILE before I start this, but I'm getting my facts/ideas in order before I start anything.

NS

 

[wheaty]

Why try to re-invent the wheel. There are 10's of thousands of belt designs out there prior to 1945 and this will keep you out of caca. You will never sew a belt that will work efficiently. Belt pitch and cartridge retention is very important and I doubt if you have the equipment to sew or manufacture a belt that would work reliably. Chinn's books are good, but you will not be able to reverse engineer a feed mechanism from them.