Dror .303 LMG

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Gather round, children, and I'll tell you a tale about Brown's TV & Applicanes in Toronto. But there's more to Mr. Brown than appliances, which you would have known if you read the CJN...;)

Anyhow, Mr. Brown worked with one Carl Ekdahl (see this article for a tie-in to the Johnson M-1 rifle: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,765896,00.html), and together they developed (in Toronto) the tools, dies, jigs, and other bits for firearms to support the Israelis around 1948. :cool:

The firearm in question - is the Dror, which was supposed to have fired the .303 British. According to Wikipedia (yea, Google will lead you all sorts of places), the Dror was a copy of the Johnson LMG chambered for the .303 British (makes sense, considering Ekdahl's association with the rifle, in the above-mentioned URL). Anyhow, from the "mighty Wiki":

Shortly after the 1948 War for Independence, the predecessor of the Israel Defense Forces, Haganah, developed a close copy of the Johnson LMG, the Dror, in both .303 British and 7.92mm Mauser calibers. Israeli forces found the Dror prone to jam from sand and dust ingress, and the weapon was discontinued after a brief period of service.
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Just asking....anyone else have information on this firearm? Once I traced it to the Johnson LMG, I pretty much had all I needed to know, but anecdotes and comments are always welcome. :)

Good pece of trivia, though: a bona-fide non-Bren .303 LMG! :D

(Also, the U.S. Army's First Special Service Force used the Johnson LMG, and we all know Canadians were involved in that unit!)
 
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It utilized the Johnson 41 receiver...... .303 cal., side feed with a large curved 20 round single column mag much like a Madsen. There are a number in Canada.
The 8mm version had a bottom box fed mag and was of "new" production.
 
If anyone has a .303 curved mag for the Dror I need one. Since I acquired the 303 I never had a mag so it is not in usable condition without the mag.

Please PM me if you have one for sale in usable condition.

Steve
 
The one at milarm is a C/A from the Brooks area. I was just looking at it an hour ago. Interesting piece of history. There was also a 1919, MG42, MG34, Bren, and some Ishy FALs.
 
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