www.MG42.us

Hi Jason, I don't believe that the "Hardend-Primer" issue from age nor south of the boarder ammo is an issue either as the case-heads of Pirate's fired 7.62x51mmNATO Ammo are made at the "Lake-City" Arsenal in the USA in the year 2001, 2002, and I thought I saw one with a 2003 head-stamp marking.......

Pirate, I base all of the above questions in trying to help you from the 35 plus years experience with militray weapons (20 yrs. US Army Combat-Arms Infantry and Field Artillery........and over 15 years expeience of designing the loadings and making Blank-ammunition for different weapons systems for...

Pirate, Two ideas for you to try in sorting this out: 1: You have the ability to post clear digital photos of your fired case-bases.......please post a clear digital photo of your firing-pin-tip "profile". 2: When you push your firing-pin forward to measure firing-pin-protrusion.......What does it m...

Are there any charges ($$) over there?

TIA: RichardS.
Blanksguy2001@chartermi.net

Rates of fire........ You can change the "rate of fire"/RPM (Rounds-per-minute) in the MG42...or MG1...or MG3 in a couple of different ways. Some of these are, but not limited to: 1: Bolt-weights: There are standard-weight-bolts=Fastest RPM. There is a slightly "heavier" standard-weight-bolt=Fast RP...

Pirate,
Is that Harbor-Freight TIG welder 220 Volt?........Question: Can this be used from a house 220 Volt "dryer" electrical socket?
TIA: RichardS.

This would be a good time to post who makes a "good" and "affordable" TIG welder that is "user-friendly".....maybe a company has they on sale?....and their web-page and photos if possible?
TIA: RichardS.

Who makes a "good" and "affordable" TIG welder that is "user-friendly".....please post a web-page address for us ....maybe someone has them on sale now?
TIA: RichardS.

Abwehr, Go back into the old issues of "Small Arms Review".......one of the older issues had an article about weapons in Yugoslavia, about the time they were doing some articles/visits to that area.....the article showed piles of unissued MP44 series assault-rifles, and crates of MG42. They went int...

Why does the ad say "with Four (4) belts" ?......did you have to order the 5th belt separately? ...and did they have cans without belts?
TIA: RichardS.

Sir,
Your MG42 was made as serial number # 41076 ....the "d" refers to the 40,000 range....(IE: a= 10,000 b=20,000 etc.)
Be safe, RichardS.

Abwehr, First...let us get the terminology correct: Booster-Cup: Large-Diameter Cup under the Flash-Hider. It has a measured hole in the front that directs gas-pressure to the rear when the bullet exits through the hole to operate the recoil-system. The Booster-Cup has six (6) slots cut into the bas...

Thank you....I just now ordered several before the price goes up at Gun Parts Corp.
RichardS.
Blanksguy2001@chartermi.net

The heavier/new main-spring (Recoil-Spring) would only change the speed of the bolt going back "if" the other spring were worn to begin with and had taken a "set" (this was the question we asked him on the length of his recoil-spring). .....he could try opening up the booster-cup hole-size by 1mm an...

Now that IO is out of 8x57mm Barrels.....who has a source for these and what are the going prices?....or who has a couple that they would not mind selling?

E-Mail: Blanksguy2001@chartermi.net

TIA: RichardS.

Goesboom, Take a quick look at the front of your trigger-group and see of you have any brass-marks from the fired shell-case hitting when ejected. The MG42 ejects straight downward when the bolt hits the recoil-buffer.....this makes the cases eject downward and turn at a 90 degree angle towards the ...

No.....the MG34 was machined with close tolerances to where it effected reliability....not to count the extra requirements for machines, time, and money to build these with. This was why the WWII German military-machine was looking for a replacement for the MG34 as early as 1939. When Germany (West ...

Information needed is: 1: Diameter of the hole in the front of the "Booster-Cup" that sits under the Flash-Hider.......and if it has any markings (IE: WWII German Markings, engraved or stamped number/letters). 2: The length of the "Barrel-Bearing" .......not only the length of the barrel-bearing whe...

When trying to "date" an MG42 (or MG34 Barrel-Assembly).....remember, that the "Bottle-Neck" of the German production was in the Barrel-Extension........when barrels were worn-out/shot-out.......they were returned to "DEPOT" to have new barrels installed on used barrel-extentions. What you may be re...

That is correct....Chuck at: http://www.ssroom.com ...has gotten BATF Approval for a Blank-Firing-Only Non-Gun that uses 9.3mm Blanks. Chuck is also woring on other models for sale to reenactors....presently only the PPSh-41 model is available/shipping. An MG-42 Blank-Firing-Only Non-Gun could be ma...