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"Kroil" works well for me.
Submergence in this stuff for a couple days, then the freezer, then the heat gun. Once the Kroil does its work, along with the temperature extremes, the parts will be as loose as they're ever gonna get.
Good luck!....Phil

There are plenty of photos on the Site showing how the folks here built their M53 semi's. Here's a couple. Basically, repair your forward shroud bushing, making certain that the barrel has a few thou" clearance between the front bushing and the rear stop. Welding being what it is, the common "EZ-tra...

That's some nice equipment. Congrats, and thanks for the pictures. I've read that the biggest drawback of the BREN was getting those rimmed .303 cartridges into the mag without having them bunch up and climb over each other. Like loading a Mosin..... A problem that was avoided by the Czech 7.92mm ve...

http://www.gunbroker.com/item/570097720 Not mine, already ended. You don't see them come up for sale very often.
Looks like it would make un-camming the bolt really difficult.
Indeed...it's broken....Phil

czerka, "Blanksguy" here at the site would know how to fix the feed problem. You may need one of his "blank-firing barrel" 2-piece setups instead of just the restrictor in place of the flash hider. From what I understand, it takes a lot more momentum to cycle the long live barrel. I believe he also ...

Perhaps a minute detail or dimension is off on your MG34. Don't know if this will help. Some close-up photos of a TNW-34 that works....Phil

The TNW bolt cocks on opening, using up a lot of the recoil energy just to overcome the very stiff firing-pin spring. It is tough to cock the bolt by hand while holding it...imagine the bolt cocking against the friction of the sliding surfaces, rollers, and the recoil spring, all while operating the...

Hi Flem, the charging handle also releases the bolt catch under the lower part of the shroud. "The bolt catch (#A19) prevents the bolt from pre-mature unlocking, and serves as a catch for the cocking handle". Folke. Could having the bolt catch engaged be an additional impediment to the release of th...

http://aassniper98.com/en/mg-42/4366-levier-d-armement-1-modele-mg-42.html levier-d-armement-1-modele-mg-42.jpg This is the replacement handle made by AAS in France. It's perfect (very close). You might have one of theirs. Has your MG42 been changed to semi-auto? Is it possible that either of your "...

It's a great-looking kit!.........Phil

Hope you've got it resolved by now. If it's a TNW gun running their firing pin spring, a LOT of the energy of the bolt is used up cocking itself due to the monstrous firing pin spring tension. The bolt needs to hit the buffer spring really hard and be flung foreward with plenty of energy. If it's al...

spacerzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.jpg I don't know if this will help, but be sure you're using the TNW MG34 "semi-auto" charging sequence: *Lock the bolt back. I use a plastic spacer in the ejection port to hold the bolt open. *Lay in the belt in the feedway. *Close the feed cover. *Pull ba...

Oldrelic, I thought of your project when I saw this on Ebay,de.
What's left of an MGZ, I believe...Not mine.....Phil
http://www.ebay.de/itm/1-Detail-MG-34-O ... SwoBtW6FOv

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Schlagstempel-BSW-Wehrmacht-Stamp-K98-Mauser-P08-P38-punch-luger-B-/131756292399?hash=item1ead49792f:g:BR4AAOSwHgVW7HOo bsw.jpg luft.jpg [attachment=0]k-m.jpg[/attachment\se For those of us wanting to produce our own BSW, Luftwaffe and Kreigsmarine antiques, this fellow on Eba...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-MG-08- ... Swu1VW50Gz Relic MG08 bipod, not mine. A little rusty. Not expensive. If you need one, maybe this is it....Phil

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =542872346
On G/B, not mine.
MG34 tank sight. For those of us that have never seen this
or didn't realize it existed...here it is!....Phil
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =542872346

Oldrelic, Congratulations on your project. It looks perfectly realistic. Nice job! When you're satisfied with it, maybe a little rusty (coffee?)-tinted Vaseline, or real cosmolene, ribbed into the seams and cracks will give it that "I-spent-70-years-in-an-old warehouse", and I just wiped off the gre...

Vicious-looking "Nazi" MG42 machine-gunner in this photo for sale on Ebay, not mine.
Is he aiming an MG42 that has a front sight with a Yugo part number? Odd.....Phil

The fortress-mount bracket sold for $400....Phil

You need to share the contents of that "Truckload of MG34 parts" with your "friends" here....Phil