GunLab (KnownHost) » Sub Machine gun https://gunlab.net Adventures in gun building! Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:06:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 F.N.A.-B model 1943 submachine gun https://gunlab.net/f-n-a-b-model-1943-submachine-gun/ https://gunlab.net/f-n-a-b-model-1943-submachine-gun/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2015 08:00:25 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=4723 Of all the submachine guns that I have played with or examine I find the F.N.A.-B model 1943 to be one of the very interesting ones. This submachine gun was design and made by Fabbrica Nazionale d’Armie in Brescia,Italy between the years 1943 and 44. The entire receiver was machined out of bar stock making [...]]]> Of all the submachine guns that I have played with or examine I find the F.N.A.-B model 1943 to be one of the very interesting ones. This submachine gun was design and made by Fabbrica Nazionale d’Armie in Brescia,Italy between the years 1943 and 44. The entire receiver was machined out of bar stock making it very costly to build.

IMG_0176cs

IMG_0177cs

IMG_0178cs

IMG_0179cs

IMG_0180cs

IMG_0193cs

IMG_0194sMachined magazine housing. A good view of the magazine housing release.

IMG_0238csThe magazine folded forward.

IMG_0239cs

IMG_0237csA view of the inside of the lower receiver and the locking area at the front of the receiver.

IMG_0231cs

IMG_0230csIt is interesting how the entire fire control group is attached to the upper portion of the receiver and the lower housing is just a shell.

IMG_0243cs

IMG_0242c

IMG_0244csRemoving the recoil spring

IMG_0195cs

Machined extractor.

IMG_0249c

IMG_0248cEven the top cover is machined

IMG_0198c

IMG_0200c

IMG_0197cBasic Beretta magazine

IMG_0190cs

IMG_0186csThe rotating shoulder stock.

IMG_0184csBarrel shroud.

IMG_0183cs

IMG_0181csThe rear sight and machined front section of the upper receiver.

IMG_0182cs

Now on to the Bolt. A basic Kiraly operating system.

IMG_0201cs

IMG_0203cs

IMG_0204cs

IMG_0207cs

IMG_0210cs

IMG_0214cs

IMG_0213cs

IMG_0212cs

IMG_0211csRear bolt assembly

IMG_0224s

IMG_0221cs

IMG_0222csBack of the forward bolt.

IMG_0226cs

IMG_0227cs

IMG_0228cs

 

A great deal of time was spent machining this weapon out. It is a beautiful weapon.

cutaway cropA diagram of the weapon.

]]> https://gunlab.net/f-n-a-b-model-1943-submachine-gun/feed/ 5 Italian AZ-49 submachine gun https://gunlab.net/italian-az-49-submachine-gun/ https://gunlab.net/italian-az-49-submachine-gun/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2015 08:00:45 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=4706 I was going through some of the pictures that I have taken in the past and found these. This sub machine gun was made by S.A.M.T. of Rome. It is reported to have been design by Toni and Zorzoli Giandoso in 1944. Never being produced in quantity, approximately 6000 were made, it is none the [...]]]> I was going through some of the pictures that I have taken in the past and found these. This sub machine gun was made by S.A.M.T. of Rome. It is reported to have been design by Toni and Zorzoli Giandoso in 1944. Never being produced in quantity, approximately 6000 were made,  it is none the less an interesting combination of Sten, M-3 grease gun and Beretta.

IMG_0812cs

IMG_0814c

You can see the grip safety that was used on the magazine housing.

IMG_0815csA close up of the back end with it’s Sten like housing.

IMG_0813cs

IMG_0811ccsAs see with the stock folded.

The tooling was sold at the end of the war to Burma and made there.

 

 

]]> https://gunlab.net/italian-az-49-submachine-gun/feed/ 1