British Lewis LMG Magazine Tool Sharps Rifle The manufactury ceased production in

The manufactury ceased production in 1812

It was cast from a silicon mold of an original Type 97 in the IMA collection and therefore is not only an accurate 1:1 scale but has all the details of the real thing

Various things were tried

and as a result if the gun were tilted to far upwards

the gun has been nicknamed "flatlatch

British Lewis LMG Magazine Tool Sharps Rifle The manufactury ceased production inOriginal Item: The Lewis Light Machine Gun (LMG) uses an unusual drum magazine. The entire under side of the magazine is open, and the outer shell of the magazine rotates to feed cartridges into the gun. The central core of the magazine does not rotate but is latched to the receiver. The outer rim of the magazine supports the base of the cartridge, while the cartridge neck is held in position by steel pins. If the outer rim of the magazine becomes