Slick
Well-Known Member
Please make note; this post is under the header of OTHER - where anything goes. Well, mostly.
Knowing there are a few others here that dabble in the launchers of some of these things we collect, I'm thinkin' this will all be considered A-OK and allowed. Or right and proper (hat tip to the Brits).
So. Here we go. This is a picture tour of the "factory" where the Tippmann scale MGs are crafted and assembled. I won't bore you with all the history, but I was afforded a look at some of the written and printed archives, dating back to day one. The current owner bought the majority of remaining parts and molds and everything to continue the production of these replica, functioning, scaled down machine guns. They are available in "real" or semi-auto. They are not exact copies, internally, due to the dynamics of a .22LR needing different "things" to function vs the Cal. .30 & .50. The end result is the same and the externals are only slightly affected. They are parkerized, just like most of the originals. The use of castings (investment) is prevalent throughout the gun. Final machining and fitting is the hard part. Anyone who has ever fiddled with semi-auto systems and parts knows, it'll mostly only work in one configuration. Even slight differences in tolerance will turn it into a club. These are precision machines. The owner is very passionate about it all. Which made it all the more interesting.
Oh, and he had a complete Lahti in a crate.
Yea, it was that kind of place.
So, hope everybody enjoyed. Feel free to ask questions, but I don't have much tech knowledge about these particular goodies.
The Tippmann name has carried on through to become one of the leaders in paint ball technologies and manufacturing thereof.
Knowing there are a few others here that dabble in the launchers of some of these things we collect, I'm thinkin' this will all be considered A-OK and allowed. Or right and proper (hat tip to the Brits).
So. Here we go. This is a picture tour of the "factory" where the Tippmann scale MGs are crafted and assembled. I won't bore you with all the history, but I was afforded a look at some of the written and printed archives, dating back to day one. The current owner bought the majority of remaining parts and molds and everything to continue the production of these replica, functioning, scaled down machine guns. They are available in "real" or semi-auto. They are not exact copies, internally, due to the dynamics of a .22LR needing different "things" to function vs the Cal. .30 & .50. The end result is the same and the externals are only slightly affected. They are parkerized, just like most of the originals. The use of castings (investment) is prevalent throughout the gun. Final machining and fitting is the hard part. Anyone who has ever fiddled with semi-auto systems and parts knows, it'll mostly only work in one configuration. Even slight differences in tolerance will turn it into a club. These are precision machines. The owner is very passionate about it all. Which made it all the more interesting.
Oh, and he had a complete Lahti in a crate.
Yea, it was that kind of place. So, hope everybody enjoyed. Feel free to ask questions, but I don't have much tech knowledge about these particular goodies.
The Tippmann name has carried on through to become one of the leaders in paint ball technologies and manufacturing thereof.
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