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I have a need for an MG34 armored vehicle barrel jacket (Panzerlauf). Reasonable condition and reasonable price. I am also looking for the associated ground kit Anti Aircraft sight base. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Immediate cash paid for the right items in the right condition Cheers, Chris

There was Ju87 Stuka crash site the Russians excavated a few years back. They recovered aircrew remains (scary well preserved) and an Mp40 as well as other side arms and weapons from a peat bog. (Peat bogs are an anaerobic environment, no oxidization or decay for the most part) I believe this may be that same Mp40. I can't find the pics on the web right now but if I do, I will post the link

I am looking for a spare lid and winding key for an 'L' drum. Condition is not a major issue as long as it can be phosphated and look decent. I have an idea for a Thomson themed bike based on a soft tail springer with matte black paint job etc. This lid and key will be the face of the air filter box. I have two but they are busy keeping .45 ACP in my drum magazines! Be kind on price.

This may hav been posted before but if not it must be seen to be appreciated Asking price: $ 995,195.00 and that is NOT a typo!!! http://ultimatefirearmtechnologies.com/con...n-model-1921-a1

Here are some pics of the tripod

$175.00 nice Fully functional, all adjustment work as new. See ebay item #230439656098 for pics Or email me Free shipping for board members. Two waffenampts are visible: WA26 shows this was made between 1938 – 42. by Mauser-Werke, Borsigwalde best known for making the MG 34. Wa 57 is for a small arms parts contractor Braunschweigische, Braunschweig between 1941- 43, who also made parts for the MG 34. This bipob has been given a light coat of black paint but the finish underneath the paint and inside the legs looks to be in great shape. The paint should come off easily. NO rust of pitting is present and the legs are staright and stiff as they should be and they do not do that twisty, bendy thing that ground dug or Airsoft bipods do. All adjustments, springs, latches and screws work as they did the day it was made.

SOLD! Chris

I use this guy as a barometer. I have a spread sheet at work that tracks his inventory (how many guns in stock) to see how the economy is doing. Back in 2004 he had about 25 guns at any given time during the ‘my house is worth so much I must be rich’ phase of borrow and spend economics. As of this writing he has about 75 guns in stock. At one time he had more than 100 guns in stock. Now a rise in inventory should be indicative of two things: people are selling NFA’s at a rate faster than they are being bought (market supply increase) and/or prices being too high to move inventory. Now everyone likes to discuss supply and demand economics as the reason they ask so much for a gun when one becomes available, but in this case his supply goes up but his price never comes down. Odd how the laws of economics do not inversely apply to NFA weapons!!

SOLD! Thanks for your interest.

It is 1945 dated, FXO (Hanel) marked. Stock irorn, trigger group and receiver match.

Amnesty registered StG44, Functions flawlessly. Never cut, welded or de-milled Not a rewet. Bolt and op-rod do not match. Includes 7 original magazines and set of good, authentic replica pouches (not the crappy copies of the post war Yougo ones with the all leather flaps) BFA copied from original muzzle nut. $18,0000 firm If you think this price is to high please keep it to yourself. I am here to sell, not debate If you want one here it is, it is as simple as that. ca-chase@lycos.com

Several in weapons at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Springfield and Rock Island Arsenal museums and various well documented vet bring back pieces including an MKb42. That little cup at the top of the stock iron should have a rubber buffer pressed into it (early war) or in the case of my StG (1945 dated) there was rolled up 1mm sheet rubber cut in a long wedge shape so when rolled up the front had a conical shape like the solid version. I am the forth person to own my Stg since the original vet and I know the dealer he sold it to and the other two owners before me. Neither the dealer nor the two subsequent owners are smart enough to have added this feature on their own, I am pretty sure the vet didn't add it since he believed it was inoperable the entire time he owned it and never fired. (His family has the bring back paper work for my gun but will NOT part with it!! ARGGGGHH!) It was a '68 amnesty gun that was not welded, brazed or cut. Didn't you ever wonder what that little stamped steel cup was for in the top of the stock iron that lines up with the back end of the op rod? Only about 8 or 10 of the 100 or so I have handled, both here and abroad, have the rubber buffer in place. The problem with my gun is the cup is short enough that without the buffer in place the bolt will go back far enough to allow the hammer to rise up in front of it.

Sorry, been off the grid for a bit. I will post pics of the damaged bolt soon. I believe it was simple case of metal fatigue. The right one of the two 'fingers that project up and forward and engage the op rod simply broke off under live fire and exited the ejection port. I believe because it was 60+ year old, late war crap metal. I have owned the gun for 8 years and have fired about 5 to 6000 live rounds through it and about 2000 blanks. I also know the two previous owners and know that neither of them abused the weapon in any way. One owner never fired more than 10 mags through it, total!! The only big failure I ever had was when the original rubber buffer pulverized itself and allowed the bolt to travel rearward of the hammer and the hammer came up in front of the bolt!!. I made a brand new buffer out of hard urethane rod and that solved that problem. The StG has never worked better ( or quieter!) since then. I have seen several rifles operated without the benefit of a buffer at all and do not understand how they avoid serious damage. On to the broken bolt. I had not fire the StG for about a year and went out with the new made Portuguese 8mmK. Into about the third or fourth, mag the bolt lightly jammed about half way back. I thought it was dirt or lack of lubrication. A quick forward assist of the op handle and it closed on a double feed. I removed the mag, pulled the bolt back, cleared the jam. While holding the bolt back my friend sprayed PB into the receiver and I worked the bolt back and forth. Everything seemed fine I never noticed the missing piece at this time. I began firing again and after about 10 rounds the bolt jammed, hard this time, and would NOT move forward no matter what I did. Disassembly revealed the bolt sear face wedged soundly down through the opening in the bottom of the receiver and tipped down to one side (the side missing the caming finger). By tapping the bolt up and forward while tapping the op rod foreword the bolt was loosened. The receiver had been slightly wedged open (>.5mm) at the opening in the bottom for the hammer to pass through and a burr was pulled where the bolt had drooped lower on one side, This was repaired with light heat and a squeezing to bring it back into spec and a bit of work with jeweler files to remove the burr.

Sold one, now it is four magazines. Two phosphate and two blued.

After my broken bolt fiasco (found a new one) I have decided to retire my StG from regular use. I am paring down to just the mags I need for the occational live fire events. I am parting with 5 (five) original, all MP44 marked mags from various manufacturers with various finishes. All function well and lock up tight in the mag well. I know my price is market/replacemnt value so there will be no trades* or price reductions. We all know how hard it is to find one of these let alone 5 at the same time. First $2000.00 takes them home. And yes, at that price shipping is included. If I have time I will post pics here but for now just email me for pics at chasechr@umich.edu. *The only trades I will entertain is for an SS Room full auto, blank only, Mp40 or PPsh41 w/drum

I had the StG out for a romp and one of the lifting cams on the bolt snaped off:angry: the Bolt hangs down wonky on the right and so it hit the back edge of the hammer way opening in the bottom of the receiver I now find myself in dire need of an MP/Stg44 bolt body for a reasonable price. Contact Chris at 248-229-7917 or ca-chase@lycos.com PLEASE HELP!!

Go to bablefish.com and past the german URL in and pick your 'to' and 'from' languages and viola! You can read the web site in good broken english.

QUOTE (Z3BigDaddy @ Nov 14 2005, 03:10 PM) After you get your sponsor avatar send me your mailing addy.... If that is all it takes then here! Chris

At The Front Bayonet Inc. Both make good repros.

Is it just me or has every skeleton you have ever seen used for ‘scientific’ reasons have the cranium opened? You know, like medical students in gross anatomy class do? Sort of like NONE of these skulls on ebay? Here is great web site. If you have ever seen the film of the Chinese executing criminals? The one where the officer in charge gets mad because the one guy shoots the prisoner in the head? Nightline or 60 Minuets said is was because he destroyed harvestable organs. That may be true but here is another reason he was mad!! Human Skulls from China Our regular selection of Human Skulls come from China. Generally, these are large, uncut skulls with unattached mandibles. CREEPY!!

As WWII reenactor with 14 years of carrying German NFAs around, all I can say is you want it on the left. Yes the bolt handle will poke you once or twice twice but it is better than having that bolt handle on the outside where it WILL eventualy catch on somthing, strip a round and fire it through somthing you really didn't intend to shoot. (or fire a blank round off near your ear http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/blink.gif ) Looking at about 100 pics it is about 60/40 with right side being predominant but apearing mostly in the early war (no bolt handle gouging) and fewer pics showing the left side (no kameraden shooting) apears mostly in the late war after some combat expierience had been gained. From and outright practical aspect: it is easier to hang it on a wall with the sling and bolt handel on the same side. This clould be considered a unfair sampling since most of the photographs from the late war are missing as compared to early/pre war photographs. I sure would love to find that other fish truck! Another reason it was placed on the right hand side was the Mp-38 or early Mp-40 had the spur type bolt handle and needed the left side clear for the leather thong to hold the fully forward as it did not have the bolt locking feature that the Mp-40 standard bolt has. Once the new bolt handle was in gerneral use (even retro fitted to some Mp-38s) this was sort of a moot point. One factory photo shows Mp-40s with the sling mounts on the left but since the photo is taken of them in rack (all bottom views) without bolts in place, or at least not visible, you can not tell if the photos has been fliped or not. I will find my 1943 infantry manual and have peek to see what it shows

QUOTE (PhilOhio @ Oct 6 2005, 11:24 AM) Aren't those called "Acme" threads? You are correct sir.

The one ZB shows is a GP bag. A .30 call ammo can will fit in to it nicely. The one Tom Hanks used in SPR will only hold the 30 round TSMG mags: Greaser mags are to long. So they came up with one you are describing. Aberdeen Proving Grounds has at least one in thier collection that is WWII MFG. TSMG mags will fit in it jst fine, they are just a little farther down inside of it than a greaser mag.

QUOTE (TSMGguy @ Sep 24 2005, 10:51 AM) Given your situation, I'd be tempted to experiment with a chemical stripper in order to remove the top, glossy layer that you describe Whoooa! Chemical tripper will break down the resin in bak-o-lite and then you will just have gooey mess. Get some 0000 steel wool and polish it down. Try it on th inside first and I think you will like the result. Once you have buffed it to flat finish rub it down with 3-1 oil for perfect satin finish. I rather perfer the brown to the black, looks less like MPC cap gun that way. I have strong prejudice against black bak-o-lite because I have the echos of the myth that "only SS were issued black bak-o-lite items" in my head. If I have one more person try to tell me his "Black Widow" Luger (one with black grips) was taken from an SS officer I think I will go posatal!! I had a 1942 dated black bak-o-lite field telephone, when I sold it I jokingly put a tag on it that said "Waffen SS field phone". It sparked a serious debate in front of my table and generaly embarased the s**t out of me for trying to be smart ass and having it backfire so bad. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/blink.gif

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