M1919 Browning MG

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Some range days are just better than others. I got to fire a Browning M1919 .30 calibre machine gun yesterday that put a big grin on my face. Too bad no full auto "fun switch". Regardless, one less gun on my bucket list.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1919_Browning_machine_gun
 
BattleRife said:
I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it, but of course the 1919 never came with a "fun switch". The were intended to run in one mode only, and it wasn't semi-automatic.
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That is what I meant. Originally full auto only but this one neutered semi-auto only. Still fun to shoot.
 
was trained and carried a browning MMG in the PPCLI way back, remember it was built in 1943 by the Singer Sewing Machine Company! was #1 so carried the gun, one belt in it and one over my shoulders and an SMG as a personal weapon so very hard to run with it, I think a belt was 220 rounds but not sure, belt weighed over 10 lbs though
 
northbranchon said:
was trained and carried a browning MMG in the PPCLI way back, remember it was built in 1943 by the Singer Sewing Machine Company! was #1 so carried the gun, one belt in it and one over my shoulders and an SMG as a personal weapon so very hard to run with it, I think a belt was 220 rounds but not sure, belt weighed over 10 lbs though
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Ah the good old c5. Many c5 guns were modified from WW2 era 1919's.

The c5 was great, rate of fire was high enough to do the job but low enough to waste less ammo, fire single shots, and easy to walk onto target.

In some ways it had advantages over the c6.
 
I took the machine gunners course in 1988, C6 and 50 cal. C5 was still in inventory at the time so some time was taken to instruct on their use, disassembly, cleaning etc. We even set some up on the range to shoot. I experienced absolutely no benefit/advantage in any way of the old C5 over the C6. At the time, the consensus of the instructor cadre was the C5 should have been retired when the FN was adopted.
 
Andy011 said:
Agreed. The C5 was a great MG.... with live rounds. Using blank was usually an exercise in futility.
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Well .... screw in the BFA, install the cartridge discriminator and POUR the oil to it. Keep the belt flat and not dragging on anything. I remember having good luck with most of the ones we had in QM.
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
Well .... screw in the BFA, install the cartridge discriminator and POUR the oil to it. Keep the belt flat and not dragging on anything. I remember having good luck with most of the ones we had in QM.
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Maybe we just got stuck with the dregs? Most were junk when it came to blanks.... but then again it was blank so no big loss.

The C5 was a fun gun, but overall prefer the C6.

Expecting to get some hands on time with a Mk52 later this year. Looking forward to see how it compares.
 
I always really enjoyed mine. Have not shot it in a while, have to get her out again sometime.

Last time I really lit her off was a few years back at a charity shoot in eastern Ontario. A very fun shoot, as it was a 'vintage rifle mad minute shoot'

 
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