Petroleum 1 Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 (edited) Here is a weird one. Never heard of a WW2 semi auto version. Looks like the selector was removed. I think this gun would still be considered an nfa item. Price is ridiculous too. https://www.gunbroker.com/Item/875317190 Edited July 28, 2020 by Petroleum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSMGguy Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 I think this gun may be like an M14 that has the "button" installed rather than a selector switch. It may currently be semi-auto, but it's "readily" convertible to FA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyDixon Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 how about the barrel length ? would not touch this with 10 foot pole !! just sayn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 I do not think it left the factory this way, i have never heard of a original semi only 43-44 rifle. Is the magazine release button flush with the receiver to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black River Militaria CII Posted July 28, 2020 Report Share Posted July 28, 2020 (edited) Receiver doesn't appear to have been "destroyed" to meet ATF requirements for rendering an unregistered MG a "non-gun" and it is not a repro receiver. Unless I'm missing something, converting an existing, complete MG receiver to a semi-auto is a no-no, so all other issues downstream of that are irrelevant. Edited July 28, 2020 by Black River Militaria CII 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Henley Posted July 30, 2020 Report Share Posted July 30, 2020 46.5K for a "semi-auto?" Doesn't pass the smell test. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter kohler Posted July 31, 2020 Report Share Posted July 31, 2020 dang that's a lot of moola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFA amnesty Posted August 2, 2020 Report Share Posted August 2, 2020 But this is a one of a kind wonder weapon in semi-auto. I think it is undervalued by 55k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted August 2, 2020 Report Share Posted August 2, 2020 And the listing ended (or was pulled) with no bids. Hard to imagine why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petroleum 1 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 (edited) I went back a forth with this seller. Told him to do his homework. I said someone can slap a lower on that gun and its fa. He said so? The AR is the same way? Duh i told him the AR lower is the controlled part. On the MP44 the UPPER IS THE CONTROLLED PART!! After that exchange the add was pulled. Edited August 3, 2020 by Petroleum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annihilator Posted August 3, 2020 Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 I do not think it left the factory this waySo do iIt looks like the selector holes have been filled by a sheet metal part that has been brazed from inside The takedown pin for the stock also looks strange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petroleum 1 Posted August 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2020 (edited) The description about this gun being a rare semi auto variant and the price made my blood boil. I own a 43 and feel like i know these rifles but i went to a friend of mine first who ONLY collects sturms. He said it was total bs so i sent the seller a note telling him to wake up hes dreaming and selling a machine gun lol Edited August 3, 2020 by Petroleum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFA amnesty Posted August 4, 2020 Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Would be ironic if this is an actual dewat and registered. I highly doubt it, but would be funny if someone took the trouble to turn it into a functioning semi-auto and come up with a BS story not realizing it was legal all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petroleum 1 Posted August 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2020 Would be ironic if this is an actual dewat and registered. I highly doubt it, but would be funny if someone took the trouble to turn it into a functioning semi-auto and come up with a BS story not realizing it was legal all the time. I would think the seller is getting correct advice and is looking into just that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARIVS Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 (edited) "a rare variant" probably refers to the MP-43 model, which is not rare, but more "scarce" than the MP-44 stamped rifles. The fact that he states "rare variant" directly after "semi-auto only" can be attributed to the seller's weak grasp of proper English rather than an attempt to state that semi-auto only rifles were originally issued by the Germans. Either way, his word choice is an obvious attempt to hype the rifle's history, and the price is so ridiculously high, it leaves me speechless. A properly re-welded MP-43 should cost less than $9000.00, home much less varies. Edited August 14, 2020 by DARIVS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrangeRanger Posted August 14, 2020 Report Share Posted August 14, 2020 So here's question: can a de-milied machine gun legally be re-welded and converted to semi-auto?Once the receiver is cut, it's a "parts kit" but if you re-weld it what does it become? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1gewehr Posted August 17, 2020 Report Share Posted August 17, 2020 So here's question: can a de-milied machine gun legally be re-welded and converted to semi-auto?Once the receiver is cut, it's a "parts kit" but if you re-weld it what does it become? Yes. Realistically, ATF will take a VERY dim view of it unless you are very careful. You would have to prove that at no point in it's rebuild process that it was a machine gun. Folks like Len Savage who rebuild semi-auto Bren guns are very careful to ensure that before it is re-welded efforts are made to ensure that full-auto parts will not fit.You might do a web search for semi-auto Bren, DP28, Browning 1919, and others before going down this path. See how others have done it successfully. Be very careful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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