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MG-3 DISA manufactured lafette for sale with accessories. Asking $425 + shipping costs. Tripod has some paint flaked off from dings on legs and some areas of cradle. No dents. All parts working, and 100% intact. Includes like new condition items: battery box, light, light cable & switches, optics, s...

For those of you with nothing to do at the moment (not you Tom, you just keep working on my Weasel), go check out some new MG-42 pictures on the pics page of my website:

http://198.144.2.125/MG42/Machinengeweh ... ctures.htm

There is no progressive compression pressure in the recuperator because all four springs are made with the same compression strength. In other words, they function as one large long spring. All four springs are interchangable. The reason for using four springs may be related to production. Perhaps i...

Tom ole buddee.... Aside from a few scrapes to the paint job, which even Ryan agreed would make it look more original, there won't be any harm to the lafette by using it occasionally. That's the point, actually Tom. Using a REAL WWII MG with the proper equipment and the correct 8mm ammo. I suppose y...

My lafette was bought from Ryan, and since he had a painting booth and lots of experience, I decided not to try my hand at rebuilding it. The cleaning and tweaking I did when it arrived did teach me how the search fire unit and other features worked, but having never seen one before, I wasn't all th...

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The lafette 42 has arrived. It's an early 1942 tripod. The search fire unit needed disassembly and cleaning to get it working, and an adjustment and modification of the trigger linkage was necessary to get the trigger of the MG-42 to be fully depressed. Ryan did an excellent job on the paint, both p...

Tom ole buddy, I REALLY missed the part where I agreed to make you a suit of armour... for FREE. Don't know whare you got that idea. Tell ya what... I'll trade you a suit of armour, custom fit to all your specifications, for your Weasel... AFTER you finish cleaning the dog poo out of it and paint it...

Hmmm.. Sounds like a troll just out to create a response. Probably some geek who wants attention. I certainly haven't noticed Reichspapers getting irregular, much less antagonistic. Certainly not any more than our buddy Tom R. :mrgreen: I'll bet the guy who sent that message doesn't even remember wh...

$2300 might be tempting if they didn't put the bipods on backwards....

One comment: That chamfer of the edge of the feed mechanism rail near the forward end, on the right side, about 1/4" long, is not supposed to be there. Looks like the metal wore away or the part was dinged hard on the bolt feed mechanism stud by a careless operator slamming the feed cover down witho...

Yoo da MANN!

I think your bipod is a derivative of this bipod here, which is a postwar Israeli bipod made to fit the MG-34. By the way, this bipod is for sale. PM me if interested.

The ejection port cover looks like this when installed (right = forward): http://198.144.2.125/MG42/FULL/MG-42Parts/Ejection%20Port%20Cover.jpg The wire that acts as a hinge pin for the cover has it's forward tip 1/8" into a hole located in the camming piece body, and the rear end does a double 90 d...

I exercised my 2nd Ammendment rights today and went shooting MG-42, because they were bought and paid for long ago in blood by those we will never know, but owe so much to. PROST! We had a great time making cheese graters.

Okay, I finally hae to ask... My MG-42 came with wood grips that were obviously made byu the former owner since they were handmade. They were not high quailty. I have to ask, were any wartime MG-42's ever using wooden grips? I would doubt it since the wood is weaker than bakelite and subject to crac...

I'm waiting for some clever soul to make quality replicas so I can buy one for my MGZ40.

The leather work takes some practice, but mostly you need the correct tools. Now that Tandy Leather, Inc. has resumed running local leather stores again, in addition to the website, you can get the tools and leather you need, albeit at an expensive price. But, it beats nothing. The leather is cut wi...

If one of you guys really needs a set of lafette straps and doens't mind waiting, since my job has me working out o state half the time these days, how's $150 sound? I have enough snap hooks for one more set of straps. The leather is expensive, but worth it because of the strength and quality. Plus,...

The new replica lafette carry straps are complete. Fine belt latigo was used and the fittings were forged by myself in the armoury, and used commercially available snap hook that were slightly modified. The leather, waxed linen cord, and leather tools came to $60.00. Steel and parts were $14.00. The...