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I have a few guns cast and working on scopes. This weekend I'll be hanging out with Karen Travis so I probably wont get much else done. -Bill

More to come soon. I am actually making parts now.

Even more important, it adds an air of mystic to the helmet when it is all dark inside and you can't make anything out on casual glance. Always keep'em guessing.

Sorry life kinda happened. Again. I'll be back on this project in the next couple of weeks. I do plan to have all the ones that want them for C4 done for sure.

good idea, I'll swing by the paintball shop on my way home and see what I can find there. -Bill

another update to the first post. At this point I am going to be welding up teh initial 5 scope mounts, and waiting on a shipment of resin to finish up the ammo drum and receivers. Otherwise the first run is almost ready to go. I am also trying to find the right length of braided steel line. Most I've seen so far have been 12" or longer when I need it closer to about 8" -Bill

updates to the first post. It's getting close.

I am currently just waiting on a delivery from smooth-on for RTV and I'll cast up this new mount. Once that is complete I'll be spending some time at home depot trying to find the best way to fabricate the rest of the mounting bracket and then the first 5 will be up for sale. -Bill

I just got a parts kit that I paid about $600 for. I started welding it back together as a non-functional replica and found that about a 2"section of the reciever tube is missing. Luckly I can get one from here http://www.sksparts.com/receivertubesAN ... DDTUFF.htm for $20 and cut off the 2" I need and weld it in place. I also got one of their high dollar 80% cut tubes. I am going to use it to asseble a really nice resin parts kit onto. -Bill

soon as I get a shipping total from him I'll pp the money. After I get it cast I'll post it back up on ebay in hopes of getting some of the money back. -Bill

Wish me luck on this one guys last auction I was bidding on got canceled due to loss or damage: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... &rd=1&rd=1

I found a full WWII rifle that had the bracket on it at one of the gun auction sites but I don't really have $2500 to float. As cool as it would be to have the full rifle it just isn't quite $2500 cool.

I finished up the mold for the single point and cast up 5 of them for the first run of MG-15s. I now have all the parts except two. There is a custom mount for the night vision scope and an extremely rare mount for the sniper scope. I am calling out for any help to find one of these. They sell between $200-300 on ebay but are very rare. It is known as Enfield, No.32, mkIII, and/or mkII, scope mount. The one pictured is a newer replica/reproduction while the one used on screen was an original WWII item. They are only very slightly different and either would work. Thanks, -Bill

I've done some scopes in smooth cast 325 and while strong it is also brittle. I am useing a combination of feather light and smoothcast roto. Both are a little bit softer and more flexible. I also use a silica additive to add strength. -Bill

My plan is to put the first 3-5 up on ebay in order to get the most that I can with out asking. This is in hopes of recouping the, now several thousand dollars I have in this project. I think it will be somewhere's around $350 for a complete kit with everything needed and $400 for a completed painted and weathered version. There are just a lot more parts to this gun than any other I have made. After I get the first 10 sold I'll evaluate the process and see if I can do them for cheaper but I don't want to sacrifice quality either. -Bill