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Len Savage at Historic Arms (706-675-0818) has a Gustloff-Werke Shul (Code MU) MG42 receiver with a set of rails that he wants to sell. Price is $1,000 shipped in the lower 48 states. Contact Len direct if interested. Regards, Orin MG42_Receiver_1.jpg MG42_Receiver_3.jpg MG42_Receiver_2.jpg

I haven't seen photos of the water cooled MG15 (ST61) in use by a military from any time period.

Bil, I have one of the ground adapter that IMA sells and I think it is a very good reproduction of the original. The sights they sell are very simple and not at all like the ones shown in the photos of the MG15 with the adapter fitted. The IMA sights are like the ones in the photo you posted showing...

Here are some others

I have no info on the optics -
John Baum at http://www.germanmanuals.com/index.html has operators manuals translated to English.
John also has an excellent Lafette 34 manual - Much better illustrations with English nomenclature.

Orin

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you AGAIN... I can really use those drawings even if I can't read serb. Later 42rocker Glad to help..... I have a friend that speaks Serb and they are translating the legends and call outs for each illustration. It will probably be a while but I'll post that info wheneve...

Hi Bil -

Been a while since I last made a post here - Just busy with other projects and not near as active on the boards as I used to be.
Retirement is great but I told the wife that I was going to get a job so I could take a break........

Orin

I had posted these drawings several years back but the files must have gotten removed from the server at some point. The manual these came from is in Serb but the illustrations are very helpful if you are rebuilding or repairing one. If you want to get all of the illustrations in a PDF file click he...

I have to agree with Matt on this -
With Lafette34's selling for $2500 and up do you guys really think that OOW would sell these if complete examples could be built from the parts?

xano wrote:thanks Orin consider it sold

Thanks!! - Project is going to a good home.....

I have a complete kit and receiver for sale here http://mg42.us/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=9337&p=71526#p71526

Still for sale -

Want another perspective? Try this....... Assume a normal $100 bill is 0.003" thick $1,000 dollars would be a stack 0.030" high $1,000,000 would be 30" high $1,000,000,000 (Billion) would be 30,000" high or 2.5 miles high $1,000,000,000,000 (Trillion) would be 30,000,000" or 5,682 MILES high. So if ...

Here are the basic dimensions that you need...

http://www.autochart.com/MG34/MG34RecBasicDim.jpg

Sight is sold

Battery box still for sale

I have one for sale here....

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