www.MG42.us

8mm belt loaders on sale for $150 with free shipping at sarco.

http://e-sarcoinc.com/mg34beltfllingmachine.aspx

Not a good deal.... A GREAT deal pointed out again.... Thanks for the info.

Later 42rocker

Ordered one this weekend. Glad I held off purchasing one.

I received mine today. It was unissued packed in cosmoline and wax paper.

Don't buy it without looking in shotgun news first. Combo deals with belts and starters.

Normally they have a pfd of the shotgun news ad on their website.

Later 42rocker

10 50rd belts were $39.95

mg34056 $149.97, 3 for $399.00
Loader & 5 belts & starter $174.97, 3 for $499.00
25 extra belts with loader purchase $79.95
10 extra starter tabs wit purchase $39.95
Loader, 50 belts, 10 starter & 3 drums $445

Baskets are $45, or 2 & carrier $195.

All the codes I posted on the mg34 forum

From Shotgun news

10 50rd belts were $39.95 mg34075 ($5.95 or 10 for $4.95, but was told the total was $39.95 for 10)
starter tabs $4.95 mg34011

mg34056 $149.97, 3 for $399.00
mg34090 Loader & 5 belts & starter $174.97, 3 for $499.00
mg34091 25 extra belts with loader purchase $79.95
mg34092 10 extra starter tabs wit purchase $39.95
mg34093 Loader, 50 belts, 10 starter & 3 drums $445

Baskets are $45 mg34014, or 2 & carrier $195 mg34013.

Demilled receivers mg34068 $65, 3 for 180.
Put away kit mg34100 $249
unlocking cams mg34012 $45
mg34 parts http://e-sarcoinc.com/search.aspx?find=mg34
3 mg34 parts kits $249.95 http://e-sarcoinc.com/allfourmg34partsk ... tskit.aspx

Free shipping on on-line orders over $50. Belts are not on-line.

Arrived today. About 2 hrs to disassemble, soak in mineral spirts, and clear the Cosomlene off. Used 3 and 1 oil on the moving parts to help keep it loose. No instructions, so it took me a minute to figure out how it worked. Works great now, loads a 50 round belt in 30 seconds. A lot faster than loading by hand. Now I need to clean the local gun store out of their 8mm Romanian as I foresee a lot more shooting in my future!

I took mine completely apart to clean out the old grease and re-oil it. Took me a few tries to get the top cover back on properly...trying to line up the square part with the 3 lugs that holds the belt and lining up its arm thingy (technical term) at the same time to the part that advances it, all while gravity was working against me .

To make mine work smoother (less stiff) I took the spring out of that holds latching part down on the belt as mine was too tight for the yugo belts I had. Works slick as snot now with new modern oil using the yugo belts I have. This is a really neat accessory.

Took me a while to figure out how to get it all to fit in a 8mm can. Its like a puzzle at first.

Next I need to collect a .308 nato belt loader to go with this one.

Stupid question but these are post war I assume?

yellowkid wrote:Stupid question but these are post war I assume?

Yes. A couple of the parts on the one I got had WA marks (some defaced), indicating some recycling of surplus German parts.

Gang,

Do you all use belt loaders? I have always done it by hand so I can 1. ensure proper loading, 2. inspect ammo, and 3. inspection belts.

A normal load for the range for the MG34 or MG42 is 3-4 cans; usually loaded over a couple of nights while watching TV.

Interested in knowing how others tackle loading and how much is their "combat load"?

thanks

greg

another dumb question but, other than markings are they identical to the german wartime? these are basically gurtfuller 34's? is that fair?

My post war and war time loaders appear the same. I use them for all my loading and inspect after loading.

Gulfstream 4,

How much ammo are you loading? How much do you usually take to the range? Just interested in answers.

I have a post war loader (it was given to me) but never really ever imagined using it.

greg

Most of the time I take 2,000 rounds at a time. I do not load until the day before or sometimes I load at the range for demonstrations. I like to soak the belts in transmission oil then drip dry for 24 hours prior to loading.

I wish that I had 2,000 rds to load. Should have bought more ammo, should have bought more ammo.........

Later 42rocker