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hi all,

my MG34 arrived today, would like to hear your opinions about it.
-what about the blue finish? original? specially on above part and under the mark DOT 1943.looks that it have been polished, could be these numbers remarked?
-i have found a solder above on the you can see it on the pics. re-blued?
-and what about the grips? they are in alu and black repainted? the period grips were made in bakelite? am i wrong?

i have cleared the pics a little with photoshop because they were dark.
please let me know if you need better or bigger pics.
thanks.

I will defer to the experts regarding how original everything is, but it looks really great to me

Matching-numbered: barrel shroud, receiver, and top-cover, really are great to have.

Well done, I hope you give it a nice home

Looks SWELL works full auto Anyone know what "Crown AN AA" is about

the AN AA is a French demill marking. more opinions please? about above questions?

the finish looks good to me but it does apear to have a repair on the topcover. what does that spot look like from inside? is it part of the demil? it is a nice piece! i would love to have matching #'s.

does this disassemble ???? if so what did they do to it internally ????

Those that cant bear to look @ the carnage just turn your heads

thank you very much for your replies, i will try to take better pics!!! yesterday i was so nervousss when it arrive...

the cannon is with some holes and completely covered

Javi, there is a small language barrier here. When you say 'cannon', are you referring to the 'barrel'?

Thats a good looking weapon. I hope you restore it to firing condition (if legal...)

after seeing some other demils, ours here in the US arent too bad. what country was it that welded every piece of the 34 together?

hi geladen,

not sure about the country, but it have some electric pencil numbers, so i think it comes from russia from first time, its tipycal from ruskys.

the deact is French, but i bought it here in Spain. no more info sorry.

Scott,

i will try to dissasembly this afternoon if i have time, and post some better pics.

hi again!!!!

here are some better pics of the deactivation and details of the MG, can someone tell me if the barrel have some holes? i have no much idea.
thanks. pics with links to see bigger pics!!!

http://s3.subirimagenes.com/otros/25004 ... cn4446.jpg

http://s3.subirimagenes.com/otros/25004 ... cn4447.jpg

http://s3.subirimagenes.com/otros/25004 ... cn4449.jpg

some little birds i have found

http://s3.subirimagenes.com/otros/25004 ... cn4450.jpg

barrel

http://s3.subirimagenes.com/otros/25004 ... cn4452.jpg

http://s3.subirimagenes.com/otros/25004 ... cn4453.jpg

the "cannon" i was referring, sorry for the name, don´t know the technic name

http://s3.subirimagenes.com/otros/25004 ... cn4454.jpg

http://s3.subirimagenes.com/otros/25004 ... cn4455.jpg

http://s3.subirimagenes.com/otros/25004 ... cn4457.jpg

http://s3.subirimagenes.com/otros/25004 ... cn4458.jpg

Hi Javi,
a very nice deac job. I wish some of mine were as good as that.
What you call the barrel we call the barrel shroud. and what you call the cannon we call the barrel. I hope that helps clear any confusion.

it´s easy to restore my MG? is the barrel shroud with holes? or is this the original condition?

thanks.

Looks like the barrel was drilled a few times. The barrel shroud looks fine though

maybe buying a new barrel and new bolt?

is that all they did to deactivate it?

is that all they did to deactivate it?

not 100% sure but i think yes.

I have been told that some of the French deactivated guns were a very light deactivation. Some of the early stuff done in the UK was also very light work on them.

I have no idea where you would get a bolt and barrel in Europe, assuming it was legal which it won't be.

i was expecting the inside of that gun to be a disaster. great gun, you are very lucky. is it legal to build semi auto's there?

is it legal to build semi auto's there?

no,...its no legal.....