Tactonyx M7 SMG WIP

[Tactonyx]

Greetings. I am currently working on the M7 SMG that's about 50% finished. Of all the weapons in the Halo universe, this is my personal favorite. My objectives for this model are:
Working trigger
Working charging handle
Working butons to adjust stock
Working latch for foregrip
Removable dust cover
Removable barrel shroud
Removable barrel
Detachable sound suppresor
And a Detachable Magazine
I started off by making a draft that is 1:1 scale. As you can see by the draft, I had a lot of time to think about how it will come together.



In the draft you can see the foregrip is sitting a little too forward. I corrected this and I have the grip and foregrip sitting here waiting to be sanded.

Below is a Pic of the reflex sight, draft and finished model.



Also on the draft is the M6 KFA-2 smart scope (model not shown), which is also complete. In another picture I have the reflex sight sitting next to the DMR scope.



Here is the smg in pre-assembly. The buttstock was made using cardstock. The buffer tube in the finished model will be a large dowel cut down the middle with notchs for the stock to slide.



Below are the "Beta" foregrip, grip, magazine and the caseless round.



Below is an image of the partially assembled body and foregrip. The main grip is about to be assembled.



The last couple of pictures is the gun taped together to make sure everything fits and to show overall progress on the M7



Thanks for taking the time to look at this, questions, comments, critiques are welcomed.

[dericrw]

Thanks for posting an amazing weapon build! Makes me want to start my own, but I couldn't build something like that! Just hope that one day you pass the joy of this weapon on and do a run of them!

[soul products]

wow this is really nice!! cant wait for more

[S1l3nt V1p3r]

This looks awesome! Good job, Tac!

[Ronster]

Will it feature a working magazine? If so, how are you going to engineer the shells to rotate?
Once again, this is all looking killer!

[j3u5a8n]

I agree! Totally awesome!!!!

[cayoke]

Will it feature a working magazine? If so, how are you going to engineer the shells to rotate?
Once again, this is all looking killer!

The smg is caseless so there are no shells silly. :P

Also what is that smexy thing made out of?

[Ronster]

The smg is caseless so there are no shells silly. :P

Also what is that smexy thing made out of?

There are still "shells"... cases more or less.
The question still stands whether there are "shells" or not.

[Tactonyx]

@dericw
Thank you. I may make a run if theres a demand for it.

@soul products
Thanks

@S1l3nt V1p3r
Thanks, I'm glad you like it.

@Ronster
I'm doing research into the magazine. I'm trying to find a diagram of the gun powered, springless disposable magazine that the LSAT rifle uses. I have some ideas on how it works, but I need a diagram or schematic to make it functional, otherwise the magazine will not be functionable. I figured out a way to feed the rounds from the mag by having a rod push on the top of the round, and depend on the fulcrum of the feed ramp to turn the bullet 90 degrees. I orignally planned to have a three chamber cylinder, where one chamber would be aligned with the barrel while the next chamber would have a extractor rod push any unspent round out of hte chamber. Simply there was no room inside the smg, so I opted for a swing open single chamber block, kinda like a conventional revolver except with only one chamber.

@j3u5a8n
Thanks

@cayoke
Thanks, the model is mostly made of 2mm PVC sintra foamboard, along with some cardstock.

Though I am no firearms expert, I usually refer them to either as "rounds" or "munitions"
Don't have much of an update, been busy all week with the pistol and had a surprise meeting in Salt Lake last night, so things have been a little slow around here. Hopefully the smg will pick up next week.
Thanks for all the support, feel free to comment.

[wowhaza]

oh that was a close one, I thought you broke my jaw haha :P I'm absolutely amazed at your amount of detail that you put into this build especially with your super BA scope that you have there! So eager to see any progress that you make, I'm really looking forward to seeing what happens next on your SMG. Good luck to you sir