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    #16
    GWA is correct - if you go to the trouble to get a live gun, you just have to go shoot it every now and then. These old guns are a lot of fun to shoot, plus history really comes "alive" in your hands as your senses of sight, sound and smell take it all in.

    Really, it's a lot like being able to fly in one of the WWII aircraft vs. just looking at one on static display: just a totally different and much more "real" experience.

    I recently got to fly in a B-17 (which was my very first time in any aircraft, other than commercial airliners). All I can say is "wow", and that it just overwhelmed my emotions and senses. Live firing the old MG's is the same thing - it's just the "real deal" and you can't duplicate the experience by merely touching or looking at the guns.

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      #17
      [QUOTE=Alan Smith;

      I recently got to fly in a B-17 (which was my very first time in any aircraft, other than commercial airliners). All I can say is "wow", and that it just overwhelmed my emotions and senses. Live firing the old MG's is the same thing - it's just the "real deal" and you can't duplicate the experience by merely touching or looking at the guns.[/QUOTE]

      Was it the nine-o-nine? I took my son Oct of last year I think it was to knoxville Tn and we saw and got to fly on the Nine-o-nine. The ride was unreal and I would think a 22 cal would be hard enough on one of those as it it very thin skinned, let alone a 20mm. Was the ride of a lifetime for us!

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        #18
        Mp28

        Hi,

        i seen one in a book like yours Alan.It has on the top of the Magazine Housing a stamp (Letter with a number) for example N34.Did someone know's what it stands for?Maybe navy stamp?The book doesn't tell ether.

        Thanks.

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          #19
          As for the markings (letters and numbers) stamped on magazine wells, I think what you may have seen is an MP-18 that was used by the German police during the Weimar era. I have not seen an MP-28 with unit or property markings on the magazine well (but who knows, such guns may exist - ?).

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            #20
            Alan, it is a very nice looking piece. For what it's worth, my extractor had broken also. Have you tried the different magazines in the housing for fit. Any noticeable differences. Although an older design, with the E/37 I would have to assume it was acquired for secondary Heer purposes. A great looking gun!

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              #21
              Originally posted by Alan Smith View Post
              I recently got to fly in a B-17 (which was my very first time in any aircraft, other than commercial airliners). All I can say is "wow", and that it just overwhelmed my emotions and senses. Live firing the old MG's is the same thing - it's just the "real deal" and you can't duplicate the experience by merely touching or looking at the guns.
              A few years back I got to speak with one of the movie crew of the "Memphis Belle" movie, a AN/M2 waist gunner. He was there as a prop master but got to fly in the B-17 and fire the AN/M2 .50 cal with blanks (BIG muzzle flash for effect) at moving Buchon Me-109 copies buzzing around ... now that is something I would like to do! He had a big grin in his face while telling the story haha!
              Last edited by r_hufschmied; 11-12-2008, 05:21 PM. Reason: Ammendment

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                #22
                MP28 Magazine Housing Stamp

                Hi Alan,

                it was definely a mp28 not a mp18.Maybe somebody seen and know's what the stamps stands for?Thanks.

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