The "Stinger",...cobbled together from aircraft 1919s (1400 RPM), Garand stocks, and a BAR bi pod.

Only six were ever constructed, all were used on Iwo Jima, and they were presumably abandoned there.

I can see how a guy getting ready to go into combat would start to wonder what could be done to a lightweight, high RPM 1919 that would allow him to use it in battle.

Basically, it's an enlisted man's answer to the MG42.

Machine gun Jesus sure has some cool videos

One reason I thought it was interesting is because I didn't know that the military had built a 1919 with a cyclic rate of 1400 RPM.

The standard 1919 just putted along. 1400 RPM is smokin'.

Cool story tks.

Did he ever shoot it?

"Machine Gun Jesus" heheh...

The American Rifleman talked about it in the latest issue.

That's very cool.

I didn't hear him mention how much that Stinger weighed.

I read another article about them that said it weighed 25 pounds.

My nephew has a reworked Semiauto 1919 that he uses for his Military reenactment group that puts on shows at Camp Maybry in Austin. It’s a heavy SOB.

Cool.............. Necessity is the mother of invention. Very clever.... Thanks for posting

Heck that's only about 7 pounds more than a BAR 1918,A1,A2.

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From what I've read, they could handle the 1400 RPM cyclic rate even with light barrels when mounted in airplanes because of the additional airflow. I'd guess that the barrels were shot out of the Stingers after a couple of days on Iwo Jima.

MG42s have about the same rate but they have a quick change barrel system.

Yeah,..those airplane 1919's perk.