Marushin MP40 Video ... Slo-Mo and Tutorial...

Another really good video from youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi945ChBFrI

Super-Slow Motion of Marushin's MP40 firing, a pity it's only a single cartridge at a time but it's a superbly done video.
Hopefully this gentleman will accept my invitation to join us

Its a very well put together vid, i hope he does some more espeicially as you have dragged him kicking and screaming cerwyn mate

claymore wrote:

Its a very well put together vid, i hope he does some more espeicially as you have dragged him kicking and screaming cerwyn mate

Maybe my recruiting technique needs a little work ...
Fledermaus has been busy filming again...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gr-J4dZggc
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFg6wSGoZ7k&feature=channel_page

he's now getting full auto firing without jamming etc.

Just think how useful ultra slo-mo filming like this could be to spot problems occuring during firing. I wish I could afford one of those cameras

Haha, I could have just posted the gun firing, but the dang song was too long and I had to put some filler material in there!

I really am enjoying the new camera. My wife asked me what I wanted for Christmas, I told her, she said it was TOO expensive, then snuck out and bought it. It shoots great video, but you have to have absolutely bright sunlight when shooting in high speed mode. 300 fps, you can get away with less light, but at 600 and 1200, the video will look pretty dark and grainy if the light isn't ideal. Fortunately, when I use Windows Movie Maker, if I halve the speed there, the 300 fps still has decent framerate and it doesn't get too choppy.

I just posted a video in the modification area of the forums about adding weight to the bolt to see if the gun will cycle slower.

thanks for the compliments.

And YES, I am getting pretty consistant full-auto on both of my MP40's now. I removed much of the slop in the mag wells of both guns by using a little epoxy and filing that down until the mags fit snugly and in the right position. Even though I knew these guns got dirty fast, I underestimated that and learned what a difference a clean, lubed gun makes.

It's very good to hear that both of your MP40s are working properly now That's the beauty of this forum... most problems can be sorted out quickly with a bit of help and advice from the members.
I guess most of us have experienced thse problems at some time or other

I really like the ultra slow motion videos. I just wish I had the means to get a camera that good. Just think how useful it would be to check how much a bolt travels during firing or watching cartridges being fed into chambers or extracted.

The camera I got is the first consumer high speed camera. I can only imagine high speed will start showing up more and more on other cameras and it will only get better, faster, clearer and cheaper. You meantioned your relative had a cell phone that did 120 fps and I would have died for that after using my wife's little Sony Cybershot that had only 30 fps for so long. I worked a tremendous amount of overtime this year so we were able to splurge a little. I'm a cheapskate, and I probably never would have plunked down that money myself, but somehow, my wife buying it makes it less painful. lol