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    Reinforcing Wire wrap on MG42 stocks

    Is wound steel wire wrap on the MG42 wood stock typical of German WW2 guns, or Yugo post war re-works?
    David
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    David its common to find wire bound but on period Mg42,s there are some variations on this steel bands etc but wire is a wartime feature too.

    Sean

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      #3
      Originally posted by sean weber
      David its common to find wire bound but on period Mg42,s there are some variations on this steel bands etc but wire is a wartime feature too.

      Sean

      Sean, thanks for your comment. I have a Gustloff manufactured , 1943 dated MG42, that has the wire wrap on the wrist of the stock, ..very neatly done.
      There was some discussion on the Machine Gun forum a while back on this subject, and the question of whether this was more typical of Yugo post war re-work or German WW2 , was debated ,..with little in the way of conclusions.
      David

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        #4
        Got an MG-42 with a wooden stock and wire bound. It's wartime.

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          #5
          Originally posted by Dallas
          Got an MG-42 with a wooden stock and wire bound. It's wartime.
          Dallas ,thanks for your response. Which manufacturer, and what date is your gun??
          David

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            #6
            Hi David

            No problems, I draw my conclusions from owning a Steyer Mg42 , the butt stock is wire bound and has matching serial numbers to the gun. I also have a pair of Cra (maget) 42s one has a wire bound stock one has a steel band ,both are correct WW2 manufacture. I two have gone through dialemas about period and post war Mg42 gear but the more you handle the more the post war Yugo/Bundeswehr stuff becomes easily identifiable.

            Hope this is of help to you.

            Sean

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              #7
              Originally posted by sean weber
              Hi David

              No problems, I draw my conclusions from owning a Steyer Mg42 , the butt stock is wire bound and has matching serial numbers to the gun. I also have a pair of Cra (maget) 42s one has a wire bound stock one has a steel band ,both are correct WW2 manufacture. I two have gone through dialemas about period and post war Mg42 gear but the more you handle the more the post war Yugo/Bundeswehr stuff becomes easily identifiable.

              Hope this is of help to you.

              Sean
              Thanks again Sean.
              David

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