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The other machine gun threads prompted me to share. 
Went shooting last week with the new belt-fed toy, a semi-auto Ohio Rapid Fire (ORF) 1919a4. These are Israeli-returned MG's converted to 7.62x51 NATO. It ran like greased lighting! NO malfs at all! Cloth belts and Israeli links both worked perfect. Careful exam of the brass showed all normal. Shot mostly with the a6 stock on it- the tripod was making the whole bench shake too much.
These guns get a lot of attention. Comments ranged from "Is that legal?" to "Sweeeeeet!" and "They ALLOW belt feds?"
Here's a range neighbor, Larry. When I asked, "Do you want to shoot it?" he immediately said, "Do you want to sleep with my wife!?!"
I passed on the offer. These two each had a handtruck full of guns; I always see this guy. You can see a fired shell ejecting out the bottom.
Here's a shot of me. Damn, I was having fun.
I had to force myself to leave after going through about $50 of ammo.
At 25 yards I dialed in the sight. Groups were amazingly tight, considering the short sight radius. Supposedly, these guns do 4 MOA. Larry shot a one hole group and swears it will do a lot better than that.
Finally I pushed it back to 50 yards. Was shooting high, but with the right hold, again, the groups were pretty good.
The ORF (Ohio Rapid Fire) 1919a4's frequently have teething problems. I'm perfectly willing to do some fine tuning; other's have had some bad experiences. I'm pleased to report that if their quality has been poor, they've improved it. The park job is perfect and this gun well.
Summary: the ORF guns have taken a quality upswing, or I just got a good one. Don't know if they testfire them at ORF- I doubt it- but it did come with the headspace perfect. Of course I messed with it but set it back to where it was- and it shot this Indian .308 ammo just fine. Funky stink- smells like Wolff, kind of an acrid smell.
These can convert pretty easily to shoot 8mm, 7.62x54r and .30-06 with a new barrel and some parts. A nice historical collectible, and a lot of fun to shoot.
Thanks for looking.
Mike
Went shooting last week with the new belt-fed toy, a semi-auto Ohio Rapid Fire (ORF) 1919a4. These are Israeli-returned MG's converted to 7.62x51 NATO. It ran like greased lighting! NO malfs at all! Cloth belts and Israeli links both worked perfect. Careful exam of the brass showed all normal. Shot mostly with the a6 stock on it- the tripod was making the whole bench shake too much.
These guns get a lot of attention. Comments ranged from "Is that legal?" to "Sweeeeeet!" and "They ALLOW belt feds?"
Here's a range neighbor, Larry. When I asked, "Do you want to shoot it?" he immediately said, "Do you want to sleep with my wife!?!"
I passed on the offer. These two each had a handtruck full of guns; I always see this guy. You can see a fired shell ejecting out the bottom.
Here's a shot of me. Damn, I was having fun.
I had to force myself to leave after going through about $50 of ammo.
At 25 yards I dialed in the sight. Groups were amazingly tight, considering the short sight radius. Supposedly, these guns do 4 MOA. Larry shot a one hole group and swears it will do a lot better than that.
Finally I pushed it back to 50 yards. Was shooting high, but with the right hold, again, the groups were pretty good.
The ORF (Ohio Rapid Fire) 1919a4's frequently have teething problems. I'm perfectly willing to do some fine tuning; other's have had some bad experiences. I'm pleased to report that if their quality has been poor, they've improved it. The park job is perfect and this gun well.
Summary: the ORF guns have taken a quality upswing, or I just got a good one. Don't know if they testfire them at ORF- I doubt it- but it did come with the headspace perfect. Of course I messed with it but set it back to where it was- and it shot this Indian .308 ammo just fine. Funky stink- smells like Wolff, kind of an acrid smell.
These can convert pretty easily to shoot 8mm, 7.62x54r and .30-06 with a new barrel and some parts. A nice historical collectible, and a lot of fun to shoot.
Thanks for looking.
Mike
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