Comments on: Owen SMG

By: Michael Race

Michael Race — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 11:28:12 +0000

Does anyone have the dimensions of this chest?

By: Stuart Jefferson

Stuart Jefferson — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 23:44:18 +0000

Hello Chuck. Was your Owen box owner open to a chat and providing some photos?
Regards, Stuart J

By: Chuck

Chuck — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:51:38 +0000

I will contact him for you

By: Stuart Jefferson

Stuart Jefferson — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 05:23:56 +0000

Good day. I have a carry box but missing a few items. The wooden blocks to secure the parts for example. From memory my packing instructions and table-of-contents list are very degraded.
Would you be able to put me in contact with your collector friend to compare notes? I am based in West Australia.
Regards, Stuart J

By: Mike Race

Mike Race — Tue, 23 Jan 2018 11:21:21 +0000

Hi there, would it possible to get some measures from this gun??

I make replica weapons for reenactment and film purposes and need some blue prints/plans to make a prop version.

Anyhelp would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Mike

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 01:44:03 +0000

Could you please create YouTube clips of disassembly/ assembly of the OMC. After a lot of searching there are only a couple of clips of field stripping the gun available (black and white) and a clip from forgotten weapons shooting an owen but doesn’t really explain how unique the gun was and why it worked so well.
Thanks

By: brendan sammut

brendan sammut — Wed, 02 Sep 2015 14:06:14 +0000

hi there
i had a wonderful suppressed owen
600 rpm in your back yard and the only noise was from the bolt going backwards and forwards
owesome
i have a photo somewhere

By: Doc AV

Doc AV — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 13:46:56 +0000

Nice Photo of Refurbished (Military) Owen Chest…with Post-Korean war Markings.
I have Two of them in my Movie Guns” Inventory, but not enough OMCs to fill them both.

Mark I/42 Gun: First Issue Model, with finned barrel and Skeleton Butt and No safety slide over bolt-cocking handle. Safety part of selector Lever (LHS Trigger Box). NO Bayonet Lug on barrel either.

Mark 1/43 Silenced After-Market conversion…USA. Not Original.Small Allen Hex-socket screw visible between Rec.Tube and Front Grip: Front sight Heli-arc welded; all Owen Welding done by Oxy torch and stick method.

May have been “Made up” by enterprising Armourer in SVN for use by US/CIA specialists; ( or with a Modern snuffer in the US after the 70s.) Aussie Use of Owens lasted only part of the involvement in SVN…the AR15 (early Models soon overtook it. BY the end of the Involvement, the SMG F1 had been developed and Made and Issued ( 1967 onwards) ( Sterling type design, but drawn up in Australia)

Doc AV
AV Ballistics Film Ordnance Services
Brisbane ( Australia)

By: Chuck

Chuck — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 02:25:18 +0000

We will be taking it out on a shoot in the near future. I am looking forward to it.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Fri, 21 Aug 2015 02:24:28 +0000

Please feel free to post a link