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Original U.S. Colt Commercial Model 1928 Browning Display Machine Gun with Tripod & Accessories

Item Description

Original Items: Only One Available. This is a great Colt Commercial Model 1928 Browning water cooled display machine gun, constructed with an inert aluminum dummy receiver and fabricated steel and cast brass water jacket. The top cover and sight are the only original parts on the display gun, but it is extremely well done and looks fantastic!

It comes complete on a magnificent original Colt 1928 contract tripod with fully functional locks, azimuth, legs and mounting pins. Also included is an original U.S. military issue gun cover for the M1917, an original M1917 ammo box, and an original STEAM CONDENSING DEVICE CASE with a condensing hose that has the correct end fitting. Most likely the hose itself was replaced at some point, as it is still quite supple. We have included one of our original Browning water condensing cans to complete the set.

A fantastic Colt Commercial Water Cooled browning set with some great accessories. This will look incredible wherever it ends up being displayed.

History of the Browning M1917:

The M1917 Browning machine gun is a heavy machine gun used by the United States armed forces in World War I, World War II, Korea, and to a limited extent in Vietnam; it has also been used by other nations. It was a crew served, belt-fed, water-cooled machine gun that served alongside the much lighter air-cooled Browning M1919. It was used at the battalion level, and often mounted on vehicles (such as a jeep). There were two main iterations of it: the M1917, which was used in World War I; and the M1917A1; which was used thereafter. The M1917, which was used on some aircraft as well as in a ground role, had a firing rate of 450 rounds per minute; the M1917A1 had a firing rate of 450 to 600 rounds per minute.

The Model 1917A1 was again used in the Second World War, and was primarily used with the M2 ball, tracer, and armor-piercing ammunition introduced just prior to the outbreak of hostilities. Some were supplied to the UK for use by the Home Guard since all production of the .303 Vickers were needed to resupply the equipment abandoned during the Fall of France. The M1917's weight and bulk meant that it was generally employed as a fixed defense or as a battalion or regimental support weapon. At the fierce battle of Momote Airstrip in the Admiralties, the US Army's 5th Cavalry machinegunners killed several hundred Japanese in one night using their M1917 Brownings; one gun was left in position after the battle as a memorial to the desperate struggle.

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