Marlin-Browning M1917 Machine Gun (Potato Digger- M1895)

Description: Marlin-Browning M1917 Machine Gun (Potato Digger- M1895)24 pages about 11" x 8" glossy soft-cover in full color. New re-print restored and digitally enhanced from a nice original. Printed on high quality 20# 97 bright acid free paper. Pasrts illustration.We are not affiliated with any arms or gun manufacturer. INDEX to CONTENTS of the PUBLICATION are BELOW- Scroll down!IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR PURCHASE!PLEASE READ CAREFULLY Delivery: We print to order every two or three days and that way we can offer the entire 3500+ inventory at a reasonable price. Each item is printed, collated, bound, packaged and shipped as soon as we can but it takes a little time so please be patient. With the vagaries of the post office it can take two weeks for delivery and the more time we spend answering where is my item questions, the slower the whole process. PLEASE DO NOT CALL OR SEND AN EMAIL ASKING WHEN YOU WILL GET YOUR PURCHASE FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS! 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Not all can be restored to original condition. We also work with both old reprints and old photocopies. Why? Because that is what is available. Please read the description above to learn more about this publication. This stinks! We have over 16000 happy customers from all over the world, but we cannot please everyone all the time, nevertheless we can put things right, even if the post office destroys your package. If you don't like what we send you or if it is trashed, tell us. Don't just give us bad feedback. Why? Because we will refund your money or replace your item for free (of course, we don't do that too often with the same customer) ... and the Ebay terms of use require you to let us try to fix your gripe! Also, a neutral feedback is not what it looks like, it is really a bad grade and hurts our sales which raises prices for everyone. Please leave POSITIVE feedback.CONTENTS INCLUDE:This is a manual for the operation and maintenance of the Automatic Machine Rifle. It includes:DescriptionOperation and Instructions for the gun (misfires, Stoppages, Precautions, Target Practice)Equipment with the gunCare and Management (Hangfires, Misfires, Closing on cases, other jams etc)Dismounting (parts diagram with parts identities and how to remove them)Components,MountTripodBelt Loading MachinePrecautions The Colt-Browning M1895 nicknamed potato digger due to its unusual operating mechanism is an air-cooled belt-fed gas-operated machine gun that fires from a closed bolt with a cyclic rate of 450 rounds per minute. Based on a John Browning design dating to 1889 it was the first successful gas-operated machine gun to enter service. After Marlin started making the Colt 1914's it developed an improved version of the M1895 was designed and produced by Marlin Rockwell (currently Marlin Firearms) in 1917 and it was adopted by the US Army as a training weapon and approximately 2500 were purchased. This improved gun the Colt-Browning M1895/14 was also called the "Marlin Gun" and "Model 1917". The primary improvement was the use of a detachable barrel a more generous side plate cut-out and a sliding door on the right side plate opening (also made larger) for easier access. Despite these improvements the Marlin was limited to 500 rounds of continuous fire due to a tendency to overheat. The Navy also purchased a version of the Marlin gun with a gas piston in lieu of the lever mechanism although very few if any guns saw service aboard ship. A second much more radical version of the M1895 was introduced in 1917 for tank and aircraft use later designated the Marlin M1917 and M1918. Like the Navy Marlins these variants used a linear gas piston in place of the 'potato digger' arm and bore little outward physical resemblance to the basic "digger" design. The new reciprocating piston was located parallel to the barrel and below it allowing the gun to be mounted lower to the ground. Another improvement was the use of aluminum fins as a heat radiator. Most Marlin M1917 and M1918 guns saw use in aircraft as defensive armament. By the last months of World War I almost 50% of the Spad XIII fighter aircraft in France had their Vickers guns replaced with Marlins. Had the war progressed into 1919 the Marlin would have been the primary U.S. tank and aircraft gun. The M1917/1918 also equipped Thomas Morse Scout aircraft used for advanced training at stateside bases. The Marlin gun would see postwar use on the machine gun version of US Army's Six Ton Tank an American copy of the French FT-17. However the Marlin guns quickly disappeared from U.S. military service after the great success of the .30 Browning machine guns and variants subsequently adopted for air ground and shipboard use.CORNELL PUBLICATIONSWe ship worldwide within 5-8 days of payment and will cheerfully combine shipping charges for multiple purchases. 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