It had a brace of ammo on the carriage that were interesting. Including vintage ammo boxes that look very similar to modern metal machine gun boxes.
I don't want a real one:
But reproductions? That'd be fun. Or just the hardware to make my own. It wouldn't be too hard to make up a bunch and paint them olive drab.
They hold .30-06, but from the outside they are about the size of a .50 BMG metal box. The stout wooden size accounts for the size difference, I'm sure.
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My buddy the Gun Smith had one. You are correct, it was the thickness of the wood. I think they started to make the metal ammo cans when they came out with the Air-Cooled 1919 version, but I couldn't give you the exact date. And I know that if an ammo box was still in inventory when WW2 broke out, they used it.
Dd I even mention that WW1 MG08 and 08/15 guns are some of the cheapest belt-feds out there?
You need a belt-fed. Come over to the dark side.
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