For those who do not know me - I live over at the Classic Airsoft Board. I collect old/rare/custom airsoft, a hobby that I've been doing since around 1985 or so. I like (really like) the larger guns and have a pretty nice collection built up re same;)
I recently pulled out some of my 22 MGs for cleaning/maintenance. Apologies for the crappy photos! The MG34, second from the right, facing forward is a real MG that was beautifully converted to shoot airsoft - and shoots very, very well, I may add! For those who may wonder - the real one cannot chamber or fire 7.92 rounds as all associated parts are with the licensed gun collector who performed some significant mods to transform the gun into a legal beast (or at least until I finally obtain certification to own such things in my PC state) which takes time and lots of work.
The lineup from right to left (standing behind the guns):
The very difficult to find ESCORT/Inokatsu M60E3, originally owned by The Cleaner who acquired from NightStalk (who had upgraded the gun to increase performance)!
Real Steel MG34. WWII vintage with VERY low S/N of '999'. Beautiful condition. Converted to use high-end airsoft components. Heavy mother that is a BLAST to shoot/operate!
Near mint Asahi MG34. Shown with belted ammo. All accessories included, but not shown.
Inokatsu M60VN (with M2 tripod and T&E gear. My baby - she is sweet. She was also hard to find, even 5 years ago!
RWA MG34 - now modified to P*. Fantastic performance - but too lethal for anything but plinking. Rudy outdid himself (again) with this one. At the time of build it was the only known P* MG34. May still be for all I know. The original RWA gun was an overpriced and poorly performing piece (inasmuch as it's cheap internals self-destructed about 300 shots out of the gun. Dimensionally NOT true to the real MG34.
LCT M60VN. My opinion - full of real steel (as in real) and thus close to the weight of a real M60. More modern internals than the (stock) venerable Inokatsu. Not bad, not bad at all really. But if forced to choose between the LCT and the Ino '60s - I would probably keep my Inokatsu (first loves are hard to forget I guess Still, despite what one may have read/heard about the LCT - it actually has been a good gun and mine has not given me the slightest problem. A keeper
E1M240B - one of only a couple known to have been converted to use the Daytona system. Tony has my other one, which he used to build Number One Great gun and LOTS of recoil - badabadabadabada. Hard to put down type if gun and a headliner
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