killer_pigeon Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Anybody know what this is ? farmer dug it up with jcb , looks like it may have come off a ww2 plane ? I tiold him to keep digging for the rest of the plane ! thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jam1e Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 (edited) I'm no expert but it looks like a browning .30 cal. Google it and see what you think? Edited January 28, 2013 by jam1e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Could well be off a plane , both the spitfire and hurricanes used 303 cal browning machine guns, I am sure the local aviation society will be interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSS Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 It's a Browning M1919 .30 cal machine gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livefast123 Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 I hope you've put your variation in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killer_pigeon Posted January 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 thanks for the replies, i need to put variation in, just in case of a future Zombie attack ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimmie Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Yeahs it's a .30 cal browning, but more likely to have been tank/truck mounted due to the tripod/turret connector under the action just before the barrel starts. Great find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blunderbust Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 Yeahs it's a .30 cal browning, but more likely to have been tank/truck mounted due to the tripod/turret connector under the action just before the barrel starts. Great find That is a pintle mount spigot and it can fit various mounting brackets so it could have been fitted to anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PandaMagee Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 WOW, that's one hell of a find. Definatley a Browning, not sure of the model though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmar fudd Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 pretty certain its a browning m1919 fudd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ST3V3 Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 give it a good soak in a bucket of wd40 be working in a few days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retromlc Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 lets hope it brought down a few ME109's before it was laid to rest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainman_l Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 give it a good soak in a bucket of wd40 be working in a few days :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WinchesterDave Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 As said before it's a browning m1919 .30 calibre machine gun. It was chambered in .303 for British use and I'm sure it was used on the likes of the spitfire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pob Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Could it have come from a bomber? Didn't crews jettison ammo and guns to lighten the craft if they were struggling to get back home. Or is that just a Hollywood thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildfowler325 Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Could well be off a plane , both the spitfire and hurricanes used 303 cal browning machine guns, I am sure the local aviation society will be interested Its a m1919 in 30 cal. Spitfires used 50cal brownings not 303 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rem223 Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Its a m1919 in 30 cal. Spitfires used 50cal brownings not 303 I'm not a Spitfire expert, but I am pretty sure the earlier marks used 30cal Browning. However as Rimmie points out above the mount doesn't look like an aircraft fitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
la bala Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 looks like a 30 cal off a willys jeep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clakk Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 u could use it ratting around his barns thatl make the little **** move out .we had the same pintle mounts on our tracked recovery vehicles .30 cals for anti aircraft defence back in the 80,sso im on the vehicle rather than aircraft side atb clakk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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