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My DLO 1919 won run links, but does fine with belts. What gives?

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My DLO 1919 won run links, but does fine with belts. What gives?

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A lot of DLO 1919s were made to only run belts. The way to tell if it’s a DLO “belt-only” gun is that the right hand feed stop will have a U-shaped step on it. On those made for links, the stops will be sraight across the bottom of the stop. Additionally, the top cover on the DLOs will have an upside down U where the bolt goes through the top cover on the top if it’s a “link” gun. A “belt-only” gun will not have the upside down U. The feed lever pawl for links will have a squiggle in it, with the tab hanging down off the feed pawl; the belt gun will be straight. If you change the top cover and the feed stop, it will be able to run links. • How do you clean cloth ammo belts? “I know fabric wasn’t designed to last forever, but you can do a couple simple things to add many years to the useable life span of canvas cloth belts. If you try and “launder” the canvas belts, you’ll only be breaking down the fibers rather quickly, and any ‘tigtening’ effect you observe will be short lived. The be

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