Post by richardw on Apr 7, 2008 12:27:49 GMT 1
I've got some parts for a Chinese-made copy of the 7.92 mm ZB26 that was later converted to 7.62x39. I had wanted one ever since seeing them in Dugelby's Bren book, and this set of parts was the only thing that fit my budget.
Just relic condition, I'm afraid. It was a bright orange pile of rusty parts when I got it, all parts in poor condition except that chromed bore sleeve. The gas tube was kinked and bent at about 30 degrees. The wood (what's left) is garbage. It's missing several big parts and almost all of the small pins and springs. It took a gallon of "Evapo-Rust" to get the rust scale off. Still, I think it makes a fair display of the conversion.
This is only for display. I had to use a hammer to cobble it together, and no parts move on it and nothing is operable. It's just a big paperweight.
It is marked very similar to one in Dugelby. The trifoil was the symbol of the Kwangtung Arsenal and the numerals indicate that it was made in the 11th month of the 32nd year of the Chinese Republic (November 1943).
According to Dugelby, the magazine well cover should have been shortened as part of the conversion process, but this parts set has the full length cover. I'm not sure if the Chinese were content to just let it overhang, or if a common ZB26 cover has been substituted by mistake, either before it left China or at some time here in the U.S. prior to me getting it.
Just relic condition, I'm afraid. It was a bright orange pile of rusty parts when I got it, all parts in poor condition except that chromed bore sleeve. The gas tube was kinked and bent at about 30 degrees. The wood (what's left) is garbage. It's missing several big parts and almost all of the small pins and springs. It took a gallon of "Evapo-Rust" to get the rust scale off. Still, I think it makes a fair display of the conversion.
This is only for display. I had to use a hammer to cobble it together, and no parts move on it and nothing is operable. It's just a big paperweight.
It is marked very similar to one in Dugelby. The trifoil was the symbol of the Kwangtung Arsenal and the numerals indicate that it was made in the 11th month of the 32nd year of the Chinese Republic (November 1943).
According to Dugelby, the magazine well cover should have been shortened as part of the conversion process, but this parts set has the full length cover. I'm not sure if the Chinese were content to just let it overhang, or if a common ZB26 cover has been substituted by mistake, either before it left China or at some time here in the U.S. prior to me getting it.
