Here's one I made earlier.. - The Firearms Forum

TranterUK · 08-20-2009, 10:42 AM

Well, I needed somewhere to put my tea and cookies while watching 'gun nation' on TV last night.

carver · 08-20-2009, 10:46 AM

Great idea! If you make the table top out of some thin plywood, you could just grab it up and shoot thru the table top; If ya needed to! 00 buck, and splinters should do the job!

Pistolenschutze · 08-20-2009, 10:48 AM

Very nice work, Tranter! Have you ever tried making one of those out of an 81mm mortar? A 120 would be too long, but the 81 should work.

mrkirker · 08-20-2009, 10:52 AM

Every home should have one! (at least)

pinecone70 · 08-20-2009, 11:04 AM

That is very nice, ideal for a cup of tea.

TranterUK · 08-20-2009, 11:05 AM

Thanks everyone. Every gun nut should have one! Pistol, a mortar, hm, thinking.

The tops just MDF, I will refit with something like oak later. The base plate I may just clean and spray black, undecided. Suggestions welcome..

fmacsin1 · 08-20-2009, 11:53 AM

I'd make sure the safety was on because if someone didn't like that "cuppa tay" you just might have a big hole somewhere else besides the table! I do like the table however! Looks great!

delta13soultaker · 08-20-2009, 12:17 PM

Nice!

Maybe finish it to match the radiator

artabr · 08-20-2009, 12:38 PM

It came out great Tranter.

Please post pics of the finished product.

Art

ARB · 08-20-2009, 12:56 PM

That would make a great lamp as well. Run the cord down the barrel, and somehow make the trigger the on/off switch.

TranterUK · 08-20-2009, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by artabr

Please post pics of the finished product.

Art

As it goes Art, it isnt finished. The base is to be painted, or whatever and Mrs T says the top is too small, she thinks it should be the same size as the base. A simple fix, it isnt even screwed in place yet.

A lamp you say ARB, its not out of the question for the next one.

Pistolenschutze · 08-20-2009, 01:55 PM

You could always make one out of a Sten gun, Tranter. Those really weren't much use for anything else. :::::::ducking::::::::

TranterUK · 08-20-2009, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Pistolenschutze

You could always make one out of a Sten gun, Tranter. Those really weren't much use for anything else. :::::::ducking::::::::

Ah, just so my historical friend, not much good you say. But explain then why the Germans, famed for their engineering prowess decided to duplicate the Sten in the last year of the war?

The fact seems to be few WW2 era smg's were very reliable. Clearing jams, or stoppages as we call them had to be done often.

I have had the pleasure of firing a variety, and the most reliable of those I have shot were the Tommy Guns.

Pistolenschutze · 08-20-2009, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by TranterUK

Ah, just so my historical friend, not much good you say. But explain then why the Germans, famed for their engineering prowess decided to duplicate the Sten in the last year of the war?

Because they were simple and cheap to build, Tranter. Towards the end of the war, say late 1944 until May 1945 when it ended, the Reich was short on almost everything it needed to support its weapons industry, especially metals, machine tools and skilled workers. That was thanks mostly to the strategic bombing campaign of the British and Americans. The Sten worked, after a fashion, and it was simple to build, mostly from stamped rather than machined parts.

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Originally Posted by TranterUK

The fact seems to be few WW2 era smg's were very reliable. Clearing jams, or stoppages as we call them had to be done often.

I have had the pleasure of firing a variety, and the most reliable of those I have shot were the Tommy Guns.

I agree, most were relatively unreliable except for the Tommy chopper, and that only so long as a 20-round stick magazine was used instead of a 50-round drum. One must remember, SMGs were still in their infancy in WWII.

4EvrLearning · 08-20-2009, 04:09 PM

Tranter...you've nearly outdone yourself.... when you have, please do post photos :-)

Nighthawk · 08-20-2009, 04:15 PM

Niiice

TranterUK · 08-20-2009, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by 4EvrLearning

Tranter...you've nearly outdone yourself.... when you have, please do post photos :-)

Would that I understood you my dear lady. Your nature is such I know only kind words would be written, your meaning however escapes me. I have yet to outdo myself. That is to my eternal dissapointment. Not, I should say for want of trying. To quote a great hero of mine 'we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars'.

I say strive to be different, to be original, to think for yourself. We all can you know.

Vladimir · 08-20-2009, 05:24 PM

Very cool!

308 at my gate · 08-20-2009, 05:28 PM

You have got to love it.

TranterUK · 08-20-2009, 05:29 PM

Vladimir and 308 and others, I thank you.

kingchip · 08-20-2009, 05:43 PM

Great deception. When the "Blue Hats" come a confi.scating, they won't be looking for coffee tables.

Pistolenschutze · 08-20-2009, 06:48 PM

Tranter, you could always try building one of those from a weapon that was not deactivated, or one that you reactivated. I'm sure the constables would never notice since it was hidden in plain sight.

Let's see . . . a nice .30 Browning 1919, or perhaps a Sturmgewehr, or maybe even a nice BREN.

kutaho · 08-20-2009, 06:54 PM

FTK87 · 08-20-2009, 09:58 PM

Great table!

johnlives4christ · 08-20-2009, 10:08 PM

cool i reckon

08-20-2009, 10:42 AM	#1
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08-20-2009, 10:46 AM	#2
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08-20-2009, 10:48 AM	#3
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08-20-2009, 11:05 AM	#6
TranterUK Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cambridge UK Posts: 5,103	Re: Here's one I made earlier.. Thanks everyone. Every gun nut should have one! Pistol, a mortar, hm, thinking. The tops just MDF, I will refit with something like oak later. The base plate I may just clean and spray black, undecided. Suggestions welcome.. __________________ DVC - Diligentia, Vis, Celeritas - Accuracy, Power, Speed. The light at the end of the recession tunnel IS a train coming the other way! Last edited by TranterUK; 08-20-2009 at 11:06 AM..

08-20-2009, 11:53 AM	#7
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08-20-2009, 12:17 PM	#8
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08-20-2009, 12:38 PM	#9
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08-20-2009, 01:55 PM	#12
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08-20-2009, 06:48 PM	#22
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