Petroleum 1 Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 It went to JA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFA amnesty Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 (edited) It went to JA He is a really good dude. Should do an excellent job fixing Gary's MP43. I thought Gary was going to send it to Bob's shop so was a bit confused but glad someone is working on it. Edited November 20, 2020 by NFA amnesty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMGguy Posted November 28, 2020 Report Share Posted November 28, 2020 Not throwing any rocks here, but it seems that NFA guns are changing hands sight unseen. Buyers increasingly don't know much about the guns, and are not inspecting them before purchase. I always traveled to inspect any proposed purchase, and studied up beforehand. This really paid off. I looked at several MP40s before purchasing my first one. It had just come out of an estate. The ones I didn't buy had undisclosed problems with condition, originality, or functionality. There's some real junk out there that photographed well for an online ad. Beware of worn out guns, the ones that have been shot to death by going to every machine-gun shoot in the last 50 years. For instance, with MP40s, the Bakelite barrel rest is usually missing because it's brittle and easily broken. If it's present, there's about a 90% chance that it's a repro. This is not a deal breaker all by itself; it just means that originals are rare, and the gun's been messed with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petroleum 1 Posted November 29, 2020 Report Share Posted November 29, 2020 (edited) He bought the gun from the great Rubin. I guess that doesnt mean anything anymore. Edited November 29, 2020 by Petroleum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gftiv Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 For feeding issues, try some ammo other than Privi Partisan. The PPU ammo is a little of in diameter in the base before the shoulder. About ,01 inch less than WW2 ammo. This causes not enough pressure on the front of the cartridge to lift the cartridge into the proper feed position. The spring in the magazine can be installed 180 degrees backwards (front to rear) casing some front of cartridge lift problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petroleum 1 Posted December 30, 2020 Report Share Posted December 30, 2020 For feeding issues, try some ammo other than Privi Partisan. The PPU ammo is a little of in diameter in the base before the shoulder. About ,01 inch less than WW2 ammo. This causes not enough pressure on the front of the cartridge to lift the cartridge into the proper feed position. The spring in the magazine can be installed 180 degrees backwards (front to rear) casing some front of cartridge lift problems.Interesting...i never heard this before. I have both surplus and ppu ammo. I will check this out. Thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfaxdude Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 For feeding issues, try some ammo other than Privi Partisan. The PPU ammo is a little of in diameter in the base before the shoulder. About ,01 inch less than WW2 ammo. This causes not enough pressure on the front of the cartridge to lift the cartridge into the proper feed position. The spring in the magazine can be installed 180 degrees backwards (front to rear) casing some front of cartridge lift problems.Never had any problems with shooting Privi in my MP44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gftiv Posted December 31, 2020 Report Share Posted December 31, 2020 If you have feeding issues, Key words. In my gun, the PPU cartridge wold come out of the gun and hit the bottom of the barrel and bend the cartridge. Reloading the PPU Brass helped greatly. My 30-06 brass formed to 8mmK worked near perfect. 30-06 brass had a thicker neck to prevent bending. Final solution was fitting tightly two magazines tight and high in the gun and checking magazine springs, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFA amnesty Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 Gary, let us know when you get the rifle back from Andrewski. I pray it runs flawless for you when you try it out again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petroleum 1 Posted January 1, 2021 Report Share Posted January 1, 2021 (edited) If you have feeding issues, Key words. In my gun, the PPU cartridge wold come out of the gun and hit the bottom of the barrel and bend the cartridge. Reloading the PPU Brass helped greatly. My 30-06 brass formed to 8mmK worked near perfect. 30-06 brass had a thicker neck to prevent bending. Final solution was fitting tightly two magazines tight and high in the gun and checking magazine springs, I though the 8mm German ammo was modded into Kurz size ?? Edited January 1, 2021 by Petroleum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprat Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) I would have sent it to Pete, reloaded ammoalso reformed 308 brass works better, the case throat needs to be opened. heck Pri primed brass was for sale for sometime until very recently at graf;s Edited January 3, 2021 by sprat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petroleum 1 Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 (edited) Or Troy Ess Edited January 3, 2021 by Petroleum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsonlmg41 Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 PPU has fed fine and worked for me. I have thousands of older surplus rounds, but have yet to have the need to run them since I got a pretty good stash of PPU at .50/rd. If your gun does not work reliably with PPU, you have gun issues. A lot of these guns were hacked on for years before they became "popular", and little attention was paid since ammo has always been expensive and they were not "shooters" so function was often not a priority. Who is Pete? Didn't know Troy did smithing? I'm falling behind the times I guess? Or was never actually up to speed?LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFA amnesty Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 PPU has fed fine and worked for me. I have thousands of older surplus rounds, but have yet to have the need to run them since I got a pretty good stash of PPU at .50/rd. If your gun does not work reliably with PPU, you have gun issues. A lot of these guns were hacked on for years before they became "popular", and little attention was paid since ammo has always been expensive and they were not "shooters" so function was often not a priority. Who is Pete? Didn't know Troy did smithing? I'm falling behind the times I guess? Or was never actually up to speed?LOLI am confused too but that does not take much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huggytree Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 Has Ruben ever contacted you to ask whats wrong with the gun ?What about the smith who did the reactivating work?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huggytree Posted January 3, 2021 Report Share Posted January 3, 2021 Has Ruben ever contacted you to ask whats wrong with the gun ?What about the smith who did the reactivating work?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gftiv Posted January 5, 2021 Report Share Posted January 5, 2021 I have had my MP43 for 35 years. The only ammo available then that I found was expensive and corrosive. I started to form 8mmK brass from 308 and 30-06 brass and loaded sierra 125 gn bullets. worked great. then the bolt started to roll in the receiver and jam the gun. No one had any answers. I put the gun away. I recently bought a case of PPU ammo and started to work on the gun myself. added metal to the bolt carrier and stopped the bolt from rolling. worked on the magazines fitting them to the gun. last time out gun was perfect for all 120 rds. My reloads for my gun work perfectly. PPU are not as good. But PPU brass is now my reloads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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