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Hello,
I am in south central ohio and was wondering if there are any reputable biulders for the mg42 in ohio,ky,in.
I have a kit and was going to do it myself, but am affraid of spending the money on an 80% and trashing on install.
I have done other guns from %80 , but am afraid I have surpassed my skill level. Any info would be appreciated.

I am a new 07FFL/02SOT I am building my first with a BRP rec. I have allot of questions and this is the place to get answers. I am building a post sample and would be glad to build yours once I get mine up and running and know I did everything right. The BRP piece is nice I am going to go the welded method on most of mine and try to keep the riveted apperance where I can. I am sure I will get flamed for it but I my self am having issues with riveting tools. I have done the AK builds straight forward and easy compaired to this thing.

i know of no one in that area that produces these---project guns --down in fl may be able to help---i dont know, i think that BRP and wla were the main producers---ya might check whith both and see whats up.
waffen

WiseLite is no longer in business.

I have one being done in KY He is using the origional receiver to build me a SA.
Look at this link;
viewtopic.php?f=9&t=11736

So far I have gotten my barrel stop sort of figured out and the barrel seems to hit the recuperator correctly and the barrel door closes. Reading one of the tutorials about building one of the BRP full receivers it says when the barrel is installed I should have 13mm of barrel bearing out the muzzle end and mine has 12.50. I do not know if this is a problem but the barrel moves easily no dragging recuperator returns it to this spot every time. So far this receiver in my opinion has been a night mare, the square holes that the three ears of the barrel stop are supposed to sit in are in the wrong place and this being my first build did not figure this out until I basically destroyed my barrel stop thinking the issue was with it. The holes were over 1/8th inch off the top and bottom were sort of lined up so I rolled the dice and figured they were correct and modified the large side hole to match there dimensions. After tack welding the stop in found that I chose the wrong ones barrel was to far back and would not go in at all. The big side hole was pretty much right where it needed to be and again after removing the barrel stop again I cut the ears off the barrel stop to see if I moved it forward would that work, low and behold after tacking the stop in again the barrel went in snapped into the recuperator and in my opinion is where it should be. I am now noticing where the front receiver matches the rear receiver is shifted to one side and makes the camming piece set off to one side moreand when the rails are put in I have a shelf or lip that the bolt hits where the rail meets the camming piece. So far for money spent on this item (BRP full receiver) I am not real happy, I feel there could have been a little more accuracy in these areas, maybe I got one that got past quality control. I just wish BRP would have just exchanged this one with a different one hopefully in better specs.

Hi FNG Fleetwood, you have found as I did that making the BRP sheetmetal into a functioning weapon is very difficult. Their dimensions are all wrong, the radii are all way too 'lazy', and as you see, their cutouts are in the wrong place. Their receiver parts are made of thicker steel; this makes building a machine that has a lot of 'stuff' packed inside and fastened outside, pretty tough. Thousandths count here. You can see from the tutorials posted here that a lot of fellows get started very enthusiastically, and post photos of their machinework. Once they get inside, they find that all the components don't easily fit!
It can be done. First, don't modify any of your original parts. If they don't fit, the problem lies in the new receiver parts. Test-fit all the components in the rear receiver. If they don't fit now, no use to continue.
Building from new sheet metal is a lot of work. You could consider following the path of R-gus; that is, purchase a complete cut-up receiver from A.A. and restore it. You know it worked; it used to be a real weapon. Best of luck....Phil

anjongni wrote:Hi FNG Fleetwood, you have found as I did that making the BRP sheetmetal into a functioning weapon is very difficult. Their dimensions are all wrong, the radii are all way too 'lazy', and as you see, their cutouts are in the wrong place. Their receiver parts are made of thicker steel; this makes building a machine that has a lot of 'stuff' packed inside and fastened outside, pretty tough. Thousandths count here. You can see from the tutorials posted here that a lot of fellows get started very enthusiastically, and post photos of their machinework. Once they get inside, they find that all the components don't easily fit!
It can be done. First, don't modify any of your original parts. If they don't fit, the problem lies in the new receiver parts. Test-fit all the components in the rear receiver. If they don't fit now, no use to continue.
Building from new sheet metal is a lot of work. You could consider following the path of R-gus; that is, purchase a complete cut-up receiver from A.A. and restore it. You know it worked; it used to be a real weapon. Best of luck....Phil

Sage advice. I have yet to see a reproduction part for any gun that was toleranced properly like the original. Builders should take note and prepare for a LOT of unanticipated machine work.