Danish Submachine Gun
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The Madsen M1950, usually known as M-50 or M/50, is a Danish submachine gun adopted in 1950 . It was produced by the Danish
company Dansk Industri Syndikat, located in Copenhagen, Denmark. The company
was also known as Madsen after its founder Vilhelm Herman Oluf Madsen.
The M1950 is made of stamped sheet metal. Its an open-bolt design which
means it fires when the bolt is in the locked back open position with a
fixed firing pin. The M1950 has a unique design: the firearm is stamped
from 2 pieces of sheet metal which are shaped with an integral rear pistol
grip and magazine housing. The two pieces fit together like a clam shell
with the hinge at the rear of the pistol grip. The firearm is held together
with a barrel locking nut which is threaded onto the fore section of the
two receiver halves. The pistol grip is hollow, providing storage space
for a magazine loading tool. The folding stock is made of tubular steel
covered with leather and folds onto the right side of the firearm. The
M1950 fires in full-auto only features a safety lever unusually placed
in front of the forward magazine housing. To fire the M1950 the operator
must grip the magazine housing and hold down the safety lever. (from Wikipedia,
edited by the web master)
The modelgun of M1950 was released by Hudson Industory in 1980. The outer
parts and inner mechanism were designed just like its real model with the
best consideration to safe use of it as a modelgun. The receiver and most
of the other main outer parts are made of zinc alloy, or zinc dicast, in
order to match the restriction of modelgun materials so that it cannot
be illegally remade as a real gun. Despite of some weak parts which are
easily broken because of their material problems, the M1950 is a fine modelgun
which will give you a good opportunity to enjoy its mechanism, blowback
firing, and looking.
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