you sound just like my wife myron cheers for droppin by dude and doc you started with bits all be it you had a good head start but you put them together and finished it to create a recognisable and desireable item burnt fingers or not those bloody iron burns can hurt ,"purple heart anybody" and you now have something i would be more than happy to sling on my wall ,one more piece ticked of your list thats all that counts dude .all the best people , Rob

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Have you thought about making this into a PFC model gun? Youre halfway there already.

Looking good.

had to look up PFC would be nice
but i dont know the legalities of that in the uk "as with most things over here its probably NO" but it would be great to have a go at it and orange or not i dont know if they would let me finish it in my cell as i said in previous posts i wanted to do an eject on my rifle but after a lot of thaught i have decided agains it as i and apparently a few others think it will be too real and cause problems legally ,maybe at a later date when the terrorism and gun crime paranoia in the uk fade into memory and if i live long enough i will add it to my rifle its all worked out just needs fitting, but i thank you for your kind words mate all the best , Rob

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Jester,

If you're not hung up on requiring that the GL actually look like a
real M870 shotgun, I have plans from a board member showing
how he scratch built a replica from pipe and similar techniques like
you're doing now. I can post them if you think it would help.

Russ

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cheers dude that would be most welcome ,nothing is carved in stone at the moment so all options are open for me with this build it would be great to see how other people have worked it out all ideas are welcome here russ ,thanks for the reply and idea feel free to post away ,that goes for anyone else who has an idea on how to make up a GL that can cycle rounds ,any ideas would be most welcome, all the best , Rob

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That moving bolt looks really nice.



I continue to be wowed by and jealous of your scratch building skills with metal!!

Tom did a pretty cool scratch build GL pump actuator thingy with hardware store parts that looked interesting too, and he said it even sounded like a shotgun being racked a little.

Here you go. I believe these were created by Stephan in Europe.

Russ

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very usefull plans!

men thats great

every new idea is welcome.

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cheers russ i think i can work with these gives me somewhere to start ,you dont say if stephan is still an active member ,if he is and sees this or someone is in contact with him could you let him know if its ok to use his stuff on my build ,where ever possible i like to seek anyone's permission to use there hard work on my build , hi patrick good to see your still out there i was going to drop you a line about your GL mechanism as well when you were a bit more settled in your new place, noeland who is tom ? and is he a member here or can you let me know how to contact him ? once again thank you all for your interest and help people, i couldnt have got this far without it ,all the best , Rob

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This is for the guys that have been mailing me about what i been up to ,just a few teaser pics should be finished realy soon, the yellow paint on the upper receiver is high build primer to fill in the scratches and minor holes well what do ya think ? , Rob

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impressive...most impressive
this is the most impressive build i ever seen.realy
wow

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bloody hell Rob, that's amazing! words kind of fail me to describe how impessed i am with what you've done. just WOW!

Outstanding..

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You guys thanks for the kind words ,its been a long hard path on this bit and i realy cant recomend anyone else takes this rout unless like me they REALY want a pulse rifle and have no cash to buy one, if so drop me a line and i will help in any way i can ,i always thaught i was a patient man but this thompson has pushed me to the limit and sometimes past it , there are still a few bits im not happy with but i think i can live with them until it drives me mad and i start again on a second one i swapped out the ally selector switches for steel ones as i know it would have driven me doolally after a while thanks once again for your interest and makin me feel so welcome , all the best , Rob

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Sorry, but I've been busy with life the last week or so.

Man that baby looks great. Just to take on this task. I'm just speechless.

Just a quick suggestion. If you want to make sure you have eliminated all the small scratches before you paint it. I would lightly dust the primer with black primer as a guide coat, and then dry sand it with 400 or 600. I do that to all my painted props, and it makes a big difference. Its amazing the small scratches and imperfections you can miss.

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Simply amazing work!!!

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I told you I'd shoot, but you didn't believe me! WHY DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE ME!?!

Thank you kevin and myron ,its a bugger how real life keeps gettin in the way of the important stuff I dont want to be to perfect with the paint job as the "used and abused" look seems to be the way to go with the pulse rifle so i am not being to carefull about the paint job as its gonna be distressed ,the advantage of building in steel is i dont have to dry brush silver paint just scrape it off and give a quick spray with lacquer to reveal the steely goodness underneath ,as a point of interest in my last pics you can now see the pin i welded onto the trigger to get the "close on half cock" to work, i thank you all and cant tell you how great it feels that my first attempt at this sort of thing has been so well received by long standing and far more skilled people than I , all the best , Rob
ps,, putting the top coats on today so will have finished pics up by tonight i hope.

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All done and painted i will be distressing the paintwork when my rifle is all together but she all black and satin finish at the moment .been a long road but on the whole im happy ish with it for a first attempt there are a few bits i would change on another version but this one will do for now ,well what do you think people have i managed to pull it off or what ?

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Wow.

Um... Wow.

To pull a Star Wars quote...

"Impressive... Most Impressive!"

Very well done, that's work to be proud of!

Russ

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tjees Rob!!

you overdone your self.
men o men!! it's a beauty.
outstanding work... one thing...it belongs over here.
just kidding
good work.

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Absolutly amazing.

That looks great... Beats the hell out of a mass produced kit..

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Looks fantastic, well done!!