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Ideal Tool · July 30, 2012, 10:33 PM

If we take a look twenty years or so forward..when the very first Maxium machine guns were being used by the British army in the mid to late 1880's.
They had to forgo their coiled brass ctg's. for solid head ones due to the harsh extraction in the M.G...but even more troublesome were the frequent accounts of these guns jamming from fouling. I would love to see that smoke screen laid down by a beltfull of .577/.450's though!

July 30, 2012, 10:33 PM	#46
Ideal Tool Junior member Join Date: October 6, 2010 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,080	If we take a look twenty years or so forward..when the very first Maxium machine guns were being used by the British army in the mid to late 1880's. They had to forgo their coiled brass ctg's. for solid head ones due to the harsh extraction in the M.G...but even more troublesome were the frequent accounts of these guns jamming from fouling. I would love to see that smoke screen laid down by a beltfull of .577/.450's though!