.....my M41A SAW!!!!





This is or rather was an M1A1 TM Thompson, with working bolt mod and few other gearbox and barrel upgrades. The box magazine is a modified airsoft M16 5000rnd manual winding box magazine, however, I will be installing an auto winder at some point, just need to get the proverbial finger out of my ass and get it done.

After a few brain farts and head scratching I eventually got the magazine to work and fit on the TM Thompson, however there wasn't enough room left for the PR magazine shroud and ammo counter display, though I am working on this.

This was my prototype box magazine to see if I could actually make one and to see how it looks on the PR shroud and sadly I couldn't attach the PR magazine shroud, as the box magazine is a really tight fit against the SPAS 12 cage, so I have a choice, either; butcher the M16 box magazine and get it to fit around the PR magazine shroud or make a completely new box magazine from scratch, designed to fit around the PR shroud and have it not get in the way of the ammo counter.
The later option sounds like the best option, though I'm totally chuffed to bits with how it's all turned out. Other than the fact that I haven't painted it yet, still pondering about whether to paint it black or olive drab, there's just a few bits and bobs that need to be done and I'll need to get myself a Tanaka M870 shotgun at some point in the near future!

I have a few other ideas for my M41A SAW, like adding a bipod stand, flash hider and/or silencer adapter and I still keep coming back to the idea of somehow integrating a G36 style scope into the PR shroud carry handle, it could be done but it'd be difficult.

Hope you all like what I've done, thanks to this forum and you guys on it with your feedback from other PR builds, it's helped me find the parts I need and the determination to build it, KUDOS TO YOU ALL!

BIG THANK YOU!! goes to, Sidewinder for the SPAS 12 Cage and Pump grip, Noble for the magazine inserts and sling, Comet Minatures for the shroud, Matsucorp for the metal barrel vent and stock kit, and last but not least Tom from M41@.com for his airsoft adapter.

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Looks interesting! I like how it retains the overall feel of the original item without going overboard
as a few custom items have done in the past.

Could you perhaps mount a shot counter ON the box mag itself? Similar to what some have done with
the Smartgun ammo drums?

Russ

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It really works as a variation. Nice one. Are you keeping the grey or painting it BB or OD?

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Quality idea! There is plenty of room inside the box magazine to install the ammo counter inside as well as the auto winder I've yet to install, the manual winding on the magazine on tends to hurt your finger after a while and gets annoying.




Unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to get some Brown Bess paint, think it's quite hard to get hold of over here in the UK and I'm not really sold on this look so it's either gonna be Black or Olive Drab.

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looks awesome, I love it when people expand on the movies. I actually don't really like it when we make exact copies of the movie props, I like to make our own version as if we were apart of the film too.

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I'd go OD I think. Don't like the black at all, but that's me

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