Is it Thursday or Friday? Don't be confused: Brownells Gun Tech and firearm historian Keith Ford is joined today by new product team leader Paul Levy at Rock Island Auctions to show us three Tippmann rimfire machine guns. Manufactured by Tippmann Armory in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the 1980s, they are scaled-down replicas of famous U.S. military Browning machine guns that fire .22 LR rimfire ammo. The guys have an M1917 complete with simulated water jacket, an air-cooled M1919, and an M2 "Ma Deuce" .50 cal that's chambered for .22 WMR (Win Mag Rimfire). These beautifully detailed replicas are fully functioning, belt-fed, full-auto firearms, with only minor modifications to work with the lighter rimfire ammo. Having seen them in action at the Knob Creek Gun Range in Kentucky, Keith attests to their reliability AND Fun Factor. The tripods are also exact-scale replicas, as is the tiny ammo can! Production numbers were low, fewer than 125 each, and all Tippmann Armory mini machine gun production ceased when the Firearm Owners "Protection" Act of 1986 banned sale of new full-automatic firearms to civilians.
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7 сен 2024