oh wow, that is friggen too coool! Nice fab work.

Thanks!! Not SA and also still in progress but I'm qujite proud of her!

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PFC Cliffe.S
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Little bit late to the party, but WOOO! Get some!

Is that a CodyCam I see?

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CPL Sean Maio A01/TQ2.0.72156E1
Public Relations Division (Temporary Cross-Assignment)
M-56 Smartgun Operator, A/3Btn, II CMEF, USS Sephora

Thanks Sean, yeah the base is a Cody Deegan design, but I tweaked it to suit me. Some more pics soon, got some bits from Spat inbound

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PFC Cliffe.S
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Ok, time to get this build thread updated. Apologies to Frank Peters first off, he was drooling all over the M56 kit at Leicester for our Halloween drop and I promised him build progress pics as soon as I could. I have the tendency to get engrossed in a project and while I have taken photos of the build progress, I forget to upload them on my laptop. Any of you who are friends with me on facebook will have seen these in my build album but here they are again........

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When the pin is pulled - Mr Grenade is NOT your friend

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PFC Cliffe.S
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So, I wore the rig for 5 1/2 hours on Saturday at Cardiff. Firstly It's impressively light and comfy and secondly got lots of attention!

I need to wind more of the battery lead around the arm and gun. From the users perspective the lead wasn't that long, looking at the picture It's nearly to the floor!

The chest plate could sit a little higher I feel and the arm, whilst nice and free on it's own tends to stick a little with the weight of the gun. I've ordered some small bearings to upgrade the arm joints and will show that progress when they arrive.

Lastly the gun sits at an angle, sloping away from me. Not a massive problem but it bugs me a little. Maybe I'll fabricate a new interface joint with an upward bias to allow for that and I may substitute the resin forward grip for one I'll make from steel tube as this seems to be the only weak point in the whole kit.

On the whole, DAMN am I happy! Not only with the M56, but I'm proud of my scratch built harness and arm too, works like a charm!

Now my project is to cut down that flight case (MAN that thing is BIG) to get it in the car, but as of now.........there's another Smartgunner in town!

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When the pin is pulled - Mr Grenade is NOT your friend

PFC Cliffe.S
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You should be proud, Steve, you did an amazing job!

Especially with the rig, given me hope for next year when I (hopefully) start upgrading mine to be a bit more accurate.

I found mine was sloping at an angle as well - at NSC I made some adjustments that seemed to help.

Firstly, getting the rig as tight as i could possibly stand (I had to breath in so much when clipping the waist in I was turning funny shades of purple!), adjusting the spring tension to get the arms relatively level and moving the mounting point a little more centralised. This seemed to really help with making it much more balanced and level than it had been.

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MSgt Matt Bradley 'Crashdown' (Formerly Mattb)
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CO UKCM 13th Regt. 1st Batt. 'Freebooters'
"There are very few problems that cannot be solved through a suitable application of high explosives."

Thanks for letting me have a close look ath your gear.
Well done!! Good luck with finishing the M56 and your first trials putting it all together and walk with it!

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Sgt. Frank Peters 'reload' Smartgun Operator
A03/TQ3.0.12136E1 "It will be no picknick!"
AL Colonial Admin. - Sergeant at Arms (SgtA) -- 2020-2022
GERCM - Executive Officer (XO)
UKCM Foreign Legion: The Deviant Dragoons

Awesome work fellow smart gunner ! Looks great . Awesome vest as well .nothing is better then patrolling a con hall with that gun strapped on . Thanks for sharing

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Cpl Matthew Rendar. M56 smart gun operator. 2nd bat 7th colonial marines "Rendars Raiders "

Steve, you did an amazing job! Thanks for the pictures.

It’s always great to have another Smartgunner in town.
Glad to hear that it works like a charm for you and you have found a big enough flight case.

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Sgt. Frank Peters 'reload' Smartgun Operator
A03/TQ3.0.12136E1 "It will be no picknick!"
AL Colonial Admin. - Sergeant at Arms (SgtA) -- 2020-2022
GERCM - Executive Officer (XO)
UKCM Foreign Legion: The Deviant Dragoons

Thanks all! It certainly gets peoples attention navigating busy cons when they look up into a 4 foot gun! OUTTA MY WAY!!

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When the pin is pulled - Mr Grenade is NOT your friend

PFC Cliffe.S
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