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Repairing broken equipment after the shoot

The machine gun shoot went great. I had a great deal of fun and actually relaxed for the weekend. When I got back home and unloaded the vehicle I noticed that my wooden ammo box had been broken. So to go along with unloading, cleaning the guns and gear, putting everything away I also had to do a quick repair.

A crack occurred down the length of the top and well as a fracture on the lid.

The first step was to use wood glue in the crack and split. Then it was clamped together.

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After the glue set all the clamps were taken off and it is as good as new, sort of.

DSC_8495sA little clean up and you will not be able to see the break.

DSC_8491sThe crack is still there. However it should not continue to get any worse.

DSC_8493sOn top of this my felt came in. It was time to cut the felt for the slots in the Hotchkiss feed strip box.

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Sorry for the shortness of the post. I worked 131/2 hours and drove 450 miles today just ran out of steam.

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