NFA amnesty Posted November 25, 2021 Report Share Posted November 25, 2021 Surprised this has not sold on gun broker yet. Any issues with it? I have an MP44 and this is not mine........just saying. https://www.gunbroker.com/item/910197235 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavalry Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 Seeing a 35k dollar gun listed on an account with only 4 feedbacks raises a little concern for me. I ran into some shady emails tracking down a mp40 so the low seller feedback says be cautious. Also I dont think its priced to move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annihilator Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 It is a 1945 built marked Stg44 which is quite rare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 The price is negotiable outside of the GB environmentIf you have doubts about the seller might be worth offering to make an inspection trip to OK to see how the seller responds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMGguy Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 Shows every minute of its 75-year age, but doesn't appear to have been handled or used much since WWII. Indifferent storage was pretty rough on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogerD Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 Found this ammo for sale this AM. 3 boxes of 20 remaining. $30 each Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG08 Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 That seems a bit high - but works for me since I have 2 MP44s in the vault...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRMCII Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 (edited) A couple things stand out to me with the caveat that the pics will not accurately represent the finish accurately so there isn't any way to assess exactly what was the finish without seeing the gun. The mystery of the chemistry of the "clear phosphate" finish on many late war small arms remains. Such a finish was used without doubt. A small number of both MG42s and MP44s have crossed my path over the years and I have a decent familiarity with what the aged "phosphate" finish looks like. A couple pluses with the advertised MP44 is that the finish of the alleged phosphate parts and the formerly blued parts is very consistently aged. And, in my view, the barrel, the front hand guard, and the stock iron were blued with the receiver and lower phosphated. There was no consistent pattern for parts were blued or phosphated. However, a negative for this gun, as far as my research and actual experience with these MPs goes, the only ones that were finished with two finishes were Steyr produced. This gun was produced by Haenel. The appearance of the alleged "phosphated" areas does not convince me that the those areas were originally phosphated. The blued hand guard is standard for these guns but, and the finish is just faintly visible, but the fact that is was blued isn't an issue, in my view.In my opinion, a further observation is that the gun is likely a reactivation due to the evidence of the barrel retaining crosspin having been removed and replaced. The lower hinge pin has also been removed and replaced. Not saying the barrel was replaced as it is the usual late war style seen in the '45 guns that have no muzzle nut.The asking price might be valid if the gun is actually and clearly a vintage two tone factory gun, but the finish is virtually entirely gone so that added value is largely immaterial and difficult to claim. So, as a representative of a "rare" example, it is too compromised by condition and with questions of provenance to take advantage of that alleged characteristic, in my opinion.My experience from shop and show contact with owners and buyers of MPs is that they like the generic models in as good a condition as they can afford. Owners of quite scarce rare examples seem to have bought them unaware that they were rare and, while pleased, would not have paid more for the gun if they had known and the price reflected that rarity. Auction prices for these guns are high, and for the money asked for the above example a buyer can get a much high grade of condition. The strangest variation of an MP was an example that came in for reactivation equipped with a front sight that was the same as the rear sight used on the FG42, an adjustable diopter sight. The sight base was different than that of the FG sights so either it was a custom made sight base for the MP or there was a commercial model of the FG42 sight assembled to that MP. Don't have answers for that or even more interesting, an answer to why someone would put an adjustable diopter sight on the front of an MP. The owner wanted a correct vintage front sight installed.No doubt, there will be buyer who will be very pleased to have this gun who will have the cash to satisfy the seller.Never say never! FWIW Edited November 26, 2021 by BRMCII 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petroleum 1 Posted November 26, 2021 Report Share Posted November 26, 2021 This sale started out at $39k. I think its a very nice late war model and i agree with bobs comments 100%. A refinished Haenel just went for $32 and some change out the door at Morphys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colt21a Posted November 27, 2021 Report Share Posted November 27, 2021 29 G SHOOTER GRADE THE COND FLATTENS THE RARITY OF IT. ANYONE PAYS MORE ENJOY IT.RON K. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekraps Posted November 28, 2021 Report Share Posted November 28, 2021 I did not see the posting, was it a numbers matching gun? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodoj Posted November 29, 2021 Report Share Posted November 29, 2021 I did not see the posting, was it a numbers matching gun?https://www.gunbroker.com/item/910197235 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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