Just got a few of these cans and belts in from Aim Surplus and they are great, like new. If you need belts, do yourself a favor and pick-up a few of these.
The belts dont work w/ the german postwar loader & I dont think they will work w/ a german wartime/pre war loader either. They will work w/ a mg51 loader though
Haven't had the chance to see if they'll work with my WWII loader, but will let everyone know the results when I do as well as function thru real 34 & 42's. The great thing about metal belts like this is that they load so easy by hand. For the money they are a great deal.
Finally got around to messing with them. Spring tension on the rounds is about same as a good war time belt, not too tight. Feed and cycle just fine in my SA. I agree, very easy to load by hand.
I linked up two of these cans with belts with Yugo 8mm and took them on a trip friday. We ran them through a post-sample MG42 made out of a three cut receiver and Yugo kit.
All 400 or so rounds ran like clockwork. In a very, very fast clock!
