Oswald Bastable - Mounted Reconnaissance. Finished pics pg 7.

[NARSES2]

Just had to remind myself how small that rifle is 

[Mossie]

Saw these and thought of you.  1/32 WWI aircraft machine guns from Mikro Mir, more options for the Hussar.
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MM32-003?result-token=wnwWm

[zenrat]

Mmmmmmm, yes.  Thanks Mossie.

[Weaver]

New gun.  Modified Tamiya K98.
10th Hussar 1815 WIP 05-09-2021 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Ah, but how many clips does it take? Here's a video that sets out to settle that question:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKQRLqJhxuk

[Weaver]

Saw these and thought of you.  1/32 WWI aircraft machine guns from Mikro Mir, more options for the Hussar.
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MM32-003?result-token=wnwWm

Shame there isn't a Madsen in there. My inclination would be to stick the AK-47 mag on top of the Hotchkiss and it's stock on the back to make a steampunk Madsenish-sorta-thing (a Madkiss?  )

[Mossie]

Saw these and thought of you.  1/32 WWI aircraft machine guns from Mikro Mir, more options for the Hussar.
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MM32-003?result-token=wnwWm

Shame there isn't a Madsen in there. My inclination would be to stick the AK-47 mag on top of the Hotchkiss and it's stock on the back to make a steampunk Madsenish-sorta-thing (a Madkiss?  )

Or take the Lewis magazines and mount it how you like, top, side, Tommy style or cut it in half Chauchat style.

[Weaver]

Saw these and thought of you.  1/32 WWI aircraft machine guns from Mikro Mir, more options for the Hussar.
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MM32-003?result-token=wnwWm

Shame there isn't a Madsen in there. My inclination would be to stick the AK-47 mag on top of the Hotchkiss and it's stock on the back to make a steampunk Madsenish-sorta-thing (a Madkiss?  )

Or take the Lewis magazines and mount it how you like, top, side, Tommy style or cut it in half Chauchat style.

One of the French 1930s MGs came in a 'fortress' version which had a flat drum magazine mounted vertically on the side, like a Lewis rotated through 90 deg around it's long axis. You sometimes see them on the cupolas of 1950s French AFVs.

The reason I was thinking about the Madsen is that it actually was issued to cavalry units.

[Mossie]

The Reibel?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reibel_machine_gun

I get the impression that early on just about every possible combination was tried at some point.

There was also the Gast gun.  German WWI MG that was introduced too late to see service, with a similar side mounted mags, it could also mount them Bren style. That was an interesting design, two barrels fired from a single mechanism
https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.php?smallarms_id=1117

[scooter]

The Reibel?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reibel_machine_gun

I get the impression that early on just about every possible combination was tried at some point.

There was also the Gast gun.  German WWI MG that was introduced too late to see service, with a similar side mounted mags, it could also mount them Bren style. That was an interesting design, two barrels fired from a single mechanism
https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.php?smallarms_id=1117

Yeah, but now it's a Nerf gun

[Mossie]

Oh, I like that.  Withering hail of Nerf darts.  Repainted one?

[Weaver]

The Reibel?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reibel_machine_gun

That's the one. I hadn't heard that name before though: I've always seen it referred to as the MAC-1931.

There was also the Gast gun.  German WWI MG that was introduced too late to see service, with a similar side mounted mags, it could also mount them Bren style. That was an interesting design, two barrels fired from a single mechanism
https://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.php?smallarms_id=1117

Yep: the British captured a load of Gast guns at the end of WWI, tested them, found them good, then forgot about them... Would've been kinda handy in WWII in place of all those flexi-mount Vickers K guns eh?

THe Gast was the origin of the Russian GSh-23 et al....

[scooter]

Oh, I like that.  Withering hail of Nerf darts.  Repainted one?

Nope.  And don't get your hopes up to much about that "withering hail of darts".  According to reviews it acts more like Chauchat in the muddy trenches of the Western Front than an MG-42.

[Weaver]

Another interesting approach might be a 'Victorian' bullpup rifle, complete with wooden stock etc. This isn't as mad as it sounds: contrary to popular belief, the concept WAS around before the British EM1/EM2 of the 1950s.

The Curtiss bullpup from 1866  :

Info: https://armourersbench.com/2018/08/10/the-curtis-rifle-the-first-repeating-bullpup/
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcIG5OqQjlw





The Thorneycroft bolt-action bullpup rifle from 1906. If this had a longer magazine, the bullpup layout would be more obvious:

Info: https://armamentresearch.com/british-thorneycroft-bolt-action-rifle/
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MF6f21kbi2g




Faucon 'Balanced Rifle' from 1908:

Info: https://www.historicalfirearms.info/post/136635613428/faucon-balanced-rifle-lieutenant-colonel




Russian prototypes. Not old, not real wood, and some question marks over how 'real' the projects were, but they do show what a really short 'wooden' bullpup might look like, and they're readily scratchable from AK parts:

[zenrat]

...Ah, but how many clips does it take?...

Not quite that many.

[Weaver]

Mysterious wood-stocked, double-barreled shotgun with curved barrels... 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiVA7a2eIVg