top cover question

[wizzbane]

ok here goes... is there a top cover ie. the mg1 top cover/feed tray at roberrtg that will work with both 8mm and 308? or will I need to have 2 top covers to do the 2 rounds. and right now only want to use the non disintegrating belts


tia
wizzbane

[JBaum]

The fatter .308 cartridge requires a different feed pawl than the 8mm cartridge. My experience is that the .308 feed pawl doesn't quite line up the 8mm cartridge in the right spot. The top covers are the same, and since the feed pawl is easily exchanged, you could just swap pawls, but it's more trouble than just swapping the top cover and feed tray at the same time. You will need to swap the feed tray as the cartridges are different lengths and .308 won't feed correctly through an 8mm feed tray.

You can, of course, have one cover with two sets of feed pawls, and two feed trays, it's just not as easy as having two complete sets.

[wizzbane]

Thanks for the reply. I was wishing it was like my 1919a4 where to run 30-06, 308, and 8mm was just a matter of switching cartridge stops but the topcover was the same.

I guess another question is so if it shows a mg1 top cover would that be a 8mm top cover with a 308 feed mechinisim