MG42 What to look for?

[Mat Holloway]

Hi all
i have been offered an mg42 to buy at a good price and was looking for info on what to look out for? I do not want to buy a piece of postwar junk converted to resemble a ww2 version
Any info is greatly received as i have no idea on these!
cheers
mat

[Mat Holloway]

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The seller also says that all numbers are matching except for the butt.
Thanks to everyone who has pm'd me and emailed me im very gratefull!

[reidmuller]

i know of the one for sale and trust the source
it all looks ok to me ask if it has 2 waas on the trigger and a waa on all the parts and not a long number like s-3434-4355 even so its a good price if it isnt

[theinglebaby23]

Post war reassemblies will always be mismatched or it'll be so shady you'll know immediately. I also wouldn't worry about the stock being the [U]only[U] mismatched part. A lot of these collectors get too hung up into the matching thing to remember that these did actually go through several years of war!

Also be sure look for any internal mismatched parts, and for any markings that are suspicious as to not being the original German ordinance marks. Pretty basic rundown, but the reassembled junk usually follows the same traceable patterns.

Good luck, looks like fun!

Rich