trommel carrier

[rgus48]

Here is a link to a triple Trommel carroer. It is either NOS or mor likelly a reproduction. Not mine I have no interest in it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MG34-German-MG1 ... 3a7c7503a7

[42rocker]

I believe that this is the person in France that always has "interesting" stuff for sale. Someone else needs to confirm this please.
Even if repo it looks nice, cost of 3 mags to put in it at $300 each equals $900 plus that... Well I think that I'll have to use that money to keep paying bills.

How much is a repo worth anyone??

Thanks for that link.

Later 42rocker

[rgus48]

I was not awair that any reproductions had been made. In the last couple of years thay have found some beautiful and rare items still laying in warehouses in the east. A good example is the 200 MG34 trommel top covers someone stumbled onto a few years ago. Before that they were ungodly expensive and almost never saw on on the market for less than 4 to 5K. If someone was interested there is currently on of GB with a buy now of 1025.00. That is a hell of a deal as they are never gonna get any cheaper. Here is a link to it;
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =320534963
By the way here is a couple photos of my carrier;


looks like the photos are too big and the server cropped them.

[42rocker]

You are right about some super stuff showing up in some "eastern" warehouses. Hope they find more.
Your carrier and mg15 mags look good. Wish that I had them as my mg15 parts kit gets here in a few days. Need a few more of those drums and a loader. Unless they get that mg15 receiver project setup to use mg13 mags, hope.
Waiting for a few folks to post on about this carrier and the person selling.

Later 42rocker

[JBaum]

The MG34 doppeltrommel cover is very reasonable at $1000. I told a guy at the SAR show in Phoenix that if he finds a real MG34 doppeltrommel for under $5,000, he should buy it without hesitation. Therein lies the problem of drums for the cover. They don't exist in any quantity that would let anyone afford them. If the MG15 double drums would work right on the MG34, the Germans wouldn't have made a special double drum just for the MG34.

The guy in France reproduces and sells many accessories for the MG34 and 42. He never identifies them as reproduction, but wants a high price for whatever he has, only slightly less than the real thing.

[rgus48]

John it is my understanding the only issue with the MG15 drums on the MG34 is the catch. Ryan is making the MG34 catch. I have never tried one yet so the only info I have is what I have managed to Read. I have one of the topcovers and the drums and hope to put them to good use when Pirate gets my MG34semi finished. Is there other issues that I am not await of?

[42rocker]

John
Is this the same person?

rgus48
I also have a doppeltrommel (mines a known fake) and a mg15 drum. Part of the drum needs to be redone to fit the top cover on mine. Someday I'll try to do what others on this site have done before me and that's weld up a receiver with semi mods installed and see if I can get it to work. Then it's find a loader and work on from there.

Later 42rocker

[JBaum]

The French guy who reproduces stuff is from the same town.... I don't remember his ebay username, but I'd bet money they're one and the same.

The spring tension on the MG15 drum is different. The latch is not the only problem. If it was, the Germans would just have changed the latch and used the drum from the MG15, rather than do a complete redesign.

[garyd]

I bought this from the guy http://www.ebay.com/itm/251196147474?ru ... 26_rdc%3D1

its very well made but i really think its a copy or was well stored and repainted no rust and is painted to look old. I think its a fair price for the quality either way im happy with it

[42rocker]

"either way I'm happy with it." That's the way I have thought on several items. I also like what you have bought. Always nice to know for sure but sometimes the copies also work. I could use a few nice low price copies on some of the big ticket items that I want.

Later 42rocker

[garyd]

I ordered the drum from military gun supply they are 300 plus 12 for shipping Ill find out if the drum fits it. btw I saw mg34.com has the top part for a laffette mg34 tripod. i have the 42 rework one from them. can i swap out the top part and change it to a 34 tripod I really dont want to buy another tripod

[42rocker]

Swap out ---- maybe ----- I was thinking about doing the same thing. Talked with them at the creek for a while about that and came away with a for sure ---- maybe.... Problems are two types of tripods yugo and German, while the carrier (mg34) should be German you have to make sure that the tripod then is German also as the yugo one (I'm told) is off 1/8 to 1/4 inch on the inside pulley measurement set up. Also the next big part is the trigger small parts. Was told Good Luck on that part. That's another problem area. I have thought about trying it several times. Still think about that maybe word. And that's the thoughts that I came away from the creek with. I have a spare mg42 tripod that I maybe could try to convert --- maybe. Add $500 to $600 worth of spare parts and then have to do the work and hope that --- maybe ---- it will all work out and I'll increase the value a lot. I think that I'll wish you the best of luck on this one and still keep thinking about doing one myself, but...

Later 42rocker

[garyd]

tnw has an adapter to fit the 34 on the 42 mount. i think now since you have told me all this ill go that route. how can you tell if your mount is yugo vs rework german. I bought mine from allegany about 4 years ago. I have not found any stampings yet

[42rocker]

yugo vs German ---- I wish that there was a cut and dry answer on that one also.
First and foremost is the problem of the guys that keep things running. Armourers -- their job to to keep the troops stuff running whatever mix match it takes get it back into the fighting line. Therefore a problem of, we have extra parts lets use them. German parts found on yugo items and jugo part on German items. Finding something pure that has not had something swapped out is hard to do.
I would say look at some of the stickies under tripods and look for what and where the maker's marks have been found. But the site has lost a lot of pics that we are trying to get back.
In talking with some of the folks at the creek there was talk about those that have the scope holder being German. I'm not sure on this one myself, but.
I hope to get some time and space and set up several of them that I have and photograph everything that I can and ask for other folks help at that time and maybe we can have a few better ideas after that.

Later 42rocker

[garyd]

ill drag mine out and post pics for display purposes I set my 34 on there most dont know the difference anyways