Sunday, March 13, 2011

Browning M1917 Machine Gun

Blackhand Customs brings us this reproduction Browning M1917 machine gun. The link will take you to a full build gallery filled with extensive construction shots of both the machine gun and it's working tripod mount. This example was built using plans from Killbuckets.com , a custom airsoft site.



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8 comments:

  1. Alex KaedaMarch 13, 2011 at 8:18 AM

    Just the thing for defending against a mob of crazed cultists, although I wonder how effective it would be against deep ones, elder things, or shoggoth

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  2. elmo iscariotMarch 13, 2011 at 8:45 AM

    Oh, my, I want one. That's just the kind of thing a misguided expedition leader would trust to fend off shoggoth attacks on a return to the mountains of madness.

    I love the recent coverage of period-appropriate firearms, by the way. They're often neglected for a variety of political reasons, but no 1930s investigator worth his salt would be foolish enough to go up against the Mythos unarmed.

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  3. PropnomiconMarch 13, 2011 at 12:08 PM

    @ Alex Kaeda

    Putting on my meta-gaming hat, I'd say Shoggoths were pretty much immune to bullets, while Elder Things and Deep Ones only take minor damage. You *could* kill the latter two with a machine gun, but it would be like killing a tree- you just chew through with bullets.

    Based on Lovecraft's stories I'd say both Deep One hybrids (humans that haven't made the full change) and Mi-Go can be killed by bullets.

    @ elmo iscariot

    I think every investigator in the 20's and 30's would have a gun, but it probably wouldn't help them too much. Heck, Sam Spade was always packing heat and look how much he got knocked around. Heh.

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  4. elmo iscariotMarch 13, 2011 at 3:33 PM

    Guns are good for killing cultists and clinging to as totems. ;)

    Players in my RPG campaigns have killed Mi-Go, Byakhee, and ghouls with volleys of shotgun fire, but they know better than to rely on combat to solve problems in general.

    My favorite sadistic-GM move was making them play Cthulhu Invictus which, set in ancient Rome, denies them guns and psychotherapy.

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  5. PhilMarch 13, 2011 at 5:10 PM

    And you can be sure the Feds packed a few along on their little investigation of Innsmouth.

    Very well done though. Props to the builder!

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  6. CoastConFanMarch 13, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    Gotta have a Browning, ‘cause them Mi-go are tough. Just remember what Gerneral Curtis Goatheart said in the classified Firesign theater film: “2. Avoid eye contact. 3. If there are no eyes, avoid all contact”. Remember: “Syrup won’t stop ‘em”!

    Never fear, for we have got
    The Maxim gun, and they have not.

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  7. elmo iscariotMarch 24, 2011 at 10:23 AM

    Putting on my meta-gaming hat, I'd say Shoggoths were pretty much immune to bullets, while Elder Things and Deep Ones only take minor damage. You *could* kill the latter two with a machine gun...

    Somewhat apropos of this, I made a proposal for a Lovecraft Action Shooting league over at my blog that's gotten quite a few suggestions for an investigator's arsenal. It turns out a heck of a lot of gun enthusiasts love Lovecraft.

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  8. UnknownApril 1, 2011 at 7:59 AM

    Thank you for your nice comments and the link. I am always looking for inspiration, and this blog's a great resource! Be sure to also see my LXG Goon gun: http://www.air-sharp.com/loegeak.htm And my own blog is right here: http://killbuckets.blogspot.com/

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