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Sorry I only saw “were”, not where. Where, was I met a guy at a parade who had one he wasn’t going to use. We made a trade agreement.

PROJECT COMPLETE I was really satisfied with how this all turned out (unusual for me). Thanks for your patience reviewing this. I hope at least some of it was useful!

I measured the outside dimensions of the various assemblies, then estimated the size box I would need. This is what I ended up with. The reason it's not 48" wide, is because I can make the lid from the standard 48" width sheet steel without a large remnant. The lid had 3/8" lips on three...

Parkerizing: This took 14 gallons of distilled water and half gallon of solution. It took me 3 hours to get the water from 75 F to 200 F because I used the wrong frickin heating equipment. A propane or natural gas burner would have been more appropriate. The assembly was bead- blasted to "white...

I now needed a replica gun. Do I want the real thing? Hell yes. IF I could get permission to own a working .50 cal machine gun in California, they are still about $15,000. Each. An M60 would have been appropriate for this era vehicle. I chose an M2 Browning. The kit I purchased for less...

I met a guy at a parade who had one he wasn’t going to use; we made a trade.

D’OH I just blew $150 on a replacement spring

Yep! Thanks for bringing it up!! I’m considering it, but the additional costs including a pneumatic riveter make it a bit expensive. If I off-roaded a lot, it would be on there soon. If I was able to regularly fire an M2 .50 cal., it would already be installed. Maybe by the end of the year.

I have not been able to find any of the spare ammo trays for sale, so I made one: Solid lines denote cuts; dashed lines denote bends. The wire is 5/32" 7018 welding rod. The bars are 1/4" x 1" x 4". Since I didn't have an original, the design and size are not exact; however, the...

The ring is completed and installed: This adapter plate is just a guess, shaped to support as best as I could get it. NOTE THAT THE BOW CORNERS CANNOT BE STORED NORMALLY :( Also, I made a set of cradle pins: An original set... A "heavy" M66 ring installation, shown for...

Some things I found interesting: 1. The ring is a rolled piece of bar which is butt-welded: The lines indicate a clamping fixture and the butt weld can be seen. 2. The ring I have, never had a riveted ID plate, but does appear to have a serial number: 3. It has the cool U. S. Army Ordnance...

I have cleaned and kinda reconditioned the ring; painting it now: The carriage would not traverse around, and got stuck in several spots even after smoothing all the rough spots with a 5 1/4” grinder flap wheel. I ended up grinding down several high spots and now it’s fine. The following pics...

PART WEIGHTS I weighed the following parts on a refrigerant scale: RING: 107 lbs. 12 oz. CRADLE equilibrator style: 32 lbs. 11 oz. CARRIAGE /trolley: 25 lbs. 8 oz. AMMO CAN TRAY: (with my adapter) 13 lbs. 16 oz. FRONT LEG / BRACKET: 37 lbs. 1oz. REAR LEGS (longer than factory): 42 lbs. 3 oz...

Sooooo.... As I have been working on the ring and hardware, I have also been collecting gun mount parts. To that end, I purchased an ammo box tray, which turned out to not fit my equilibrator gun cradle (that figures!). So, I made an adapter. Part at upper view is the side of the cradle; it...

And.... for a nod to the past.... Will Wagner familiarizing me with the truck I bought from him, at time of sale

I have finished the two rear legs/brackets and installed them Note that in order to get the canvas top to fit between the legs and the back of the cab, I added a 1/4"-thick spacer from the top U-bolt down to the bottom of the leg. I also cut out the rope loop which was centered on the...

MANY THANKS to Will Wagner, who has spent the time to make most of the tedious dimensions necessary to get this going!! :grd: I have started the left rear leg.... Blank brackets ($49 each, sheared and bent) Drilled holes based on M49 ring pattern Test fit (yes there will be...

Ok; the WWII M36/M49 ring is a single piece with no bearings. The gun was mounted in a cradle for elevation and left-right motion which was mounted to a single carriage/trolley for rotation of position within the ring. There are no moving parts of the ring itself. This model won’t be suitable...

The WWII ring design is very different from the later M66 design, so dimensions are not likely to be similar. Can you please ask again what you need?

I was given a .50 cal cradle by my friend Mike (to whom I sold my M715), but it had the shorter, tapered pin which does not fit the trolley/carriage that I have. I made a replacement pin, cut off the original with a port-a-band saw, and welded-on the replacement. I believe it will support...