A break in the fighting a few yrs back.;

Here is a shot on the firing line at Knob Creek Rg a few yrs back........The young Lady, Corah, really liked the 42, and didn't want to stop.

God Bless you Salt6, on the other side of the world, and thank you for this great site........and, what a magnificent successor to run things here, John Baum. .....John Baum is set up at the MG Shoot at Knob Creek Rg every six months, and keeps us german WWII re-enactors straight with his advice roo...

Good ideas from John....>> Maybe you should wait until the election is over:> ...If she wins, we are in trouble, and you'll be able to ask a lot higher price, because there will be such a panic, in the way of buying, that we have not seen yet.

Yes John,...I want to go there at least once, before I am too old to do it...Ha!...See you there.

Yah, Mike, ...as you know , I am a big one on cutting the recoil spring down, when setting the gun up for firing Blanks. ..........and I do this on both the 34 & 42, FA and when I had both in SA form. ...Folk in his big book on the 34 & 42, even mentions that the unit waffen-meister had to b...

....or, will trade a Blanksguy 2-piece 308 blank barrel for the MG-34...for the Blanksguy 2-piece MG-42 blank barrel..?

.....I already have one of (Richard's) "Blanksguy's" MG-42 , 2-piece blank barrel, with both the 8m & 308 inserts. ..~I have found in re-enactments, especially public events, one blank barrel is not enough to maintain sustained fire....using one blank barrel, forces me to slow down &am...

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......I already have one of (Richard's) "Blanksguy's" MG-42 , 2-piece blank barrel, with both the 8m & 308 inserts. ..~I have found in re-enactments, especially public events, one blank barrel is not enough to maintain sustained fire....using one blank barrel, forces me to slow down &a...

I agree with John Baum, and go even further..>> For me, I prefer a wet gun, for even in re-enactments with blanks, we are usually in sterile or near sterile environments......Changing hot barrels & spraying oil on them to help them cool faster, plus using the two piece blank barrels, I lube the ...

I am late, what a beautiful machine you have; I bet you must touch her every-nite, to insure she is well!....(I would)....ty for the photos

I don't worry about primers that are backed out a bit when shooting 308. It happens in mine sometimes, when I belt my handloaded 308 tracers in the 308 belts. (& I'm using regular rifle primers in the civilian cases) ...In the case above, a primer may pop out & subsequently gum-up the works ...

Very cool!

A KCR young Lady at the range's Christmas party.(Lovely Corah)...~~! MERRY CHRISTMAS...
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Zamex;....Don't cut away coils of your recoil spring, until you get one for the purpose of use with blanks. Once cut, it won't work piecing together. .........Right from the beginning, your trial of laying a blank on the feed-tray slot, & trying to fire/cycle it without the belt, and failing, is...

In my fa MG-42, I am using one of 'Blanksguy's' 2-piece 308 blank barrels..> It works magnificiently with all military 308 blanks from all the brass Austrian 308 blanks, US-GI bottle neck & crimped 308 blanks, to the German green & black plastic 308 blanks. ....All I do is changed the thread...

Place two blanks on feed tray & close lid; Charge & fire; First rd. fires then cycles onto the second rd;..If that works, you can eliminate belts as problem. (but still spread the ones with a death grip) ...........Get another recoil spring, & experiment with it.........(don't use the on...

I would ask, if it will feed & cycle/fire with just two blanks lying in the fed tray, not linked???......What do the blanks look like then?....If intact, then tight links may contribute to rough feeding. ......Yes, when you find some links that are extremely tight, widen them, I use a snap-ring ...

I may have missed it, but shortening the recoil spring may be the answer;>> It will allow the bolt to go to the rear well enough, so it will hit the buffer hard enough to eject the empty case, and will return foward with enough force to go into battery, etc...... .......In Folke's book, he recounts ...