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Interesting find today. Not exactly what we expected from the mag hit but nice all the same. Barrel shrouds look to be stainless. Both barrels bent at the ends quite dramatically, 

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Those were my 1st thoughts but looks like 303 as they're British head stamps , plus that magazine seems flush to the receiver unlike an extended magazine.

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5 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Those were my 1st thoughts but looks like 303 as they're British head stamps , plus that magazine seems flush to the receiver unlike an extended magazine.

Pair of Browning 303 MGs 

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2 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Off an aircraft ?.

 

Just wondering why they went to the expense of stainless as I don't think even the navy did that.

No idea 

Pretty sure it ain’t aluminium as the proximity to steel would have ended up with it acting like an anode, defo not vented, possibly a water cooling jacket but who knows 🤷‍♂️. Serial number would maybe answer a lot of questions with some research but the unfired round in the chamber makes pulling it apart a no no 

Didn’t even bother taking the concretion off-the-second one. 

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11 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

No idea 

Pretty sure it ain’t aluminium as the proximity to steel would have ended up with it acting like an anode, defo not vented, possibly a water cooling jacket but who knows 🤷‍♂️. Serial number would maybe answer a lot of questions with some research but the unfired round in the chamber makes pulling it apart a no no 

Didn’t even bother taking the concretion off-the-second one. 

 

That round will be phucked.

 

What makes you believe they are Brownings? 

 

It's weird that the barrel protrudes from the trunnion in the picture showing the headstamp.The bolt with the feed pawls I am not familiar with, the receiver is missing but the shrouds make it sound like it was wing mounted.

 

I agree that Spits and Hurricanes had Brownings in shrouds.

 

 

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8 minutes ago, Mike Hill said:

 

That round will be phucked.

 

What makes you believe they are Brownings? 

 

It's weird that the barrel protrudes from the trunnion in the picture showing the headstamp.The bolt with the feed pawls I am not familiar with, the receiver is missing but the shrouds make it sound like it was wing mounted.

 

I agree that Spits and Hurricanes had Brownings in shrouds.

 

 

The whole thing was intact initially, not the best pic for you guys to look at but the receiver/ main body is upside down in pic. Look closely and you can see the belt feed aperture on the  underside. Length, general features etc and the rivet/pin pattern etc the uxo Supv ( ex navy clearance PO diver) called it before it was even cleaned up. 

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I'm only guessing but maybe the aircraft version had removable barrels so the action is within the wing and then the barrel is screwed tight after.

 

Plus I guess you can change them as they'll no doubt be worn out pretty quickly after a couple of missions.

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17 minutes ago, Johnsond said:

The whole thing was intact initially, not the best pic for you guys to look at but the receiver/ main body is upside down in pic. Look closely and you can see the belt feed aperture on the  underside. Length, general features etc and the rivet/pin pattern etc the uxo Supv ( ex navy clearance PO diver) called it before it was even cleaned up. 

If they are aircraft guns,one will feed from the right,the other from the left.

 

1919s and M2s eject vertically.

 

You don't wear out barrels fast in a slipstream,plus they fire from an open bolt,plenty of cooling at 250 mph

 

I am very familiar with 1919s and M2s.Some more pictures would have been cool.

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