My Mg42 kits........

[KABAR2]

As promised here are the photos of the two kits Gun No. 1 is the one I'll start building... it' was the most complete, you see when I got these the two cut recievers were in a box with a couple of barrels and springs.... the rest of the parts were mixed into other parts lots.... so I ended up with one complete except for feed tray and top cover which I purchased off the internet .. good WWII German components.....I still need to pick up a set of rails for the kit as they got torched....... this will make a respectible firearm......will post more on kit two shortly....

[KABAR2]

The rest of No.1 photo's they all wouldn't fit on one posting......

[KABAR2]

Saving this space for Kit No.2

[42rocker]

One word...... SWEET......

That's a nice kit. I have not seen a bodt body marked like that. And one of the bolt rollers is marked also. Of course the whole kit is nice also. The stock marking is interesting and I'm waiting for other thoughts on that. The band rather than the 5 wire wrap on the stock is normally done in the field.
All in all that just a "SWEET" kit. Hope that the other one is as nice.
Note if you are going to make this kit into semi auto. PLEASE think of using a yugo bolt and saving the German bolt. And if you are going to simply replace the grip stick with a cnc cut grip stick with an ar15 fcg that's great. However if you are thinking of modifying that German grip stick please change your mind and pick up a yugo one and cut and weld it up. That way you save all the German FA stuff for another day or another owner at a later date.

Nice

Later 42rocker

[KABAR2]

I will probably go with your sugestion on replacing parts with yugo, I am looking at the AR15 sytem and the Fal also... but I will probably go with a modified Ar set up I am thinking of having a spring place I deal with make a heavyer spring with less windings then thin the tubes down on the hammer axis so everything will fit into the housing without having to butchering it.... we'll see how it goes..... I will post the other gun tomorrow I am on a company computer and it is trying to update I keep having to postpone it every ten min. and it is getting to be a pain.

[jonathanseverin]

Hello, Very nice indeed, I particularly like the late war bipod, the grip stick assembly, and the 'hvq' buttstock is really nice. Regards Jonathan.

[www.Prussia.us]

Great kit, nice work with the detail/proofs in the pictures. You should give Brian at BRPguns.com a call he use to sell Mg42 (WWII issue) rails, sure M53 or Mg3 would work but for the same price why not keep it all original

[KABAR2]

Well I see that you can't edit posts on this forum.... I had reserved a box below the first to but cant use it.... Oh well..... So now for the incomplete kit.... No. 2















I forgot to take a photo of the cocking lever it has a long number on it so I suspect it's post war....
the other gun this also has a number but that one also has a war time letter code.... I guess recycled....

I didn't bother putting the barrel with this one as it is a 7.62x51 STEYR ... I notice they recycled war time
trunnions on these.........

[42rocker]

I have all of the needed German parts to complete the 2nd kit. Which is sweet also. If your interested in selling please let me know as that is also a nice kit. As I pm-ed before have German parts that you might want on the 1st kit. Parts cash interested.

PM me if interested in selling or trading.

Later 42rocker

[42rocker]

Also I think that you need just a few more posts before you can edit your posts. Like 3 maybe? Not sure but.

Later 42rocker

[jonathanseverin]

Another great kit, and yes used post war by the Austian Army 'BH' stamp next to the serial number. Jonathan,

[KABAR2]

Another great kit, and yes used post war by the Austian Army 'BH' stamp next to the serial number. Jonathan,

Yeah I noticed that both kits have that stamp... it looked more modern than the german stamps......

Funny thing is I have an 88/14 commission rifle that was sent to Turkey the gun is in excellent shootable condition what is interesting is that it somehow made it's way back to Germany probably in the 50's or 60's as it bears modern German proofs.... so it was reproofed when it came home.....