MP44, attic find

[dect]

At the moment Police keep it to examine if it's still fully operational firearm...















And another one among illegal collection discovered some time ago http://ww6.tvp.pl/video/2006/09/04/87309/film.asf


Regards
Jacek

[Andy B.]

Attic find, looks more like under the house find. Anyway, it breaks the heart to see such a fine weapon in this shape. None the less, hopefully you'll be able to keep it.
Sincerely Andy B.

[FestungSpanien]

Nice relic condition
I am very much afraid that this one will shoot no more
Ace

[dect]

Attic find, looks more like under the house find. Anyway, it breaks the heart to see such a fine weapon in this shape. None the less, hopefully you'll be able to keep it.
Sincerely Andy B.

It was found in the attic during demolition of an old house and passed on to the Police. There was also one more magazine and about 250 rounds in clips.

I think no one will even dare to try to fire it ever again

[U-96]

I'd hang it on a tree, put a rope on the trigger and pull.
No seriously, I think this one will never fire again but it's a nice relic though

[sunny59]

Amaze me everytime I hear stories like this. Who knows how much still missing...if only we can imagine why and how this rifle end up in a attic

[dect]

Amaze me everytime I hear stories like this. Who knows how much still missing...if only we can imagine why and how this rifle end up in a attic

The house (now in ruin and being demolished) was built in 1956 so probably it has something to do with the anti communist partisans. House owner and his son have passed away so it will remain a mystery forever...

[paddywhack]

my dad found about 100 odd rounds of rifle and pistol ammo wrapped up in newpaper from a few weeks before the 1916 easter rising in my house here in ireland!! but he gave it to the police though!!
i dont even think you could pull the trigger let alone fire anything through it!!!!
but me likes alot!!!! all good!

[Tim G]

Attic finds

I can easily believe what could be found in attics, No 4T stuffed down a cavity
wall in arnhiem, not a good idea to be found with a sniper rifle.

A couple of EOD guys i know told me one of the more bizzare finds was rung in by the police.
Little old lady in gillingham in kent became ill and was taken into care, lived thier all of her life with her husband who had already passed away. When the house was being sorted the cops were called and then EOD. The attic was totally stuffed with crates of 20mm ammo. Batch numbers were all the same,
1943 production. Husband worked in the Navy dockyard during the war.......
He has already passed away so history will never know the story behind it all. All she knew was that her husband put boxes in the attic years ago and had not botherd with them scince. EOD were wondering why the roof had not caved in after all those years !!

Before you ask .......no sign of an oerlikan at all.

[Grubhy]

I do hope that Police will give it back to the owner. Thanks for pictures and story!

[paddywhack]

I can easily believe what could be found in attics, No 4T stuffed down a cavity
wall in arnhiem, not a good idea to be found with a sniper rifle.

A couple of EOD guys i know told me one of the more bizzare finds was rung in by the police.
Little old lady in gillingham in kent became ill and was taken into care, lived thier all of her life with her husband who had already passed away. When the house was being sorted the cops were called and then EOD. The attic was totally stuffed with crates of 20mm ammo. Batch numbers were all the same,
1943 production. Husband worked in the Navy dockyard during the war.......
He has already passed away so history will never know the story behind it all. All she knew was that her husband put boxes in the attic years ago and had not botherd with them scince. EOD were wondering why the roof had not caved in after all those years !!

Before you ask .......no sign of an oerlikan at all.

iv heard another story (some where on this forum) about a old lady who was going into care and her kids found an mg13 from a plane in the attic! was the ladies husband who was a vet from thge war!dont know what happened to it though!!let us know what the out come is!!!

[jambobbyb]

Jeez cant any of you guys remember the 1st big gun amnesty after Dunblane over here in the UK? they had some TV footage of what had been brought in piles of webleys a few lugers all the usuall suspects and a Panzerschreck Can you imagine finding that baby in your loft? i nearly fell off my chair i mean seriously can you imagine the conversation at the front desk erm hello officer this is my gramps rocket launcher
Heres a link to the 2003 amnesty i believe this one was an RPG7
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2986179.stm
And of course the homemade cannon
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...ds/2986279.stm
Cant find anything on 1996 amnesty tho
Good luck to the finder hope they can get this little rusty beauty back.

[Ben R]

...that fought in the post office, or round the city hall...

my dad found about 100 odd rounds of rifle and pistol ammo wrapped up in newpaper from a few weeks before the 1916 easter rising in my house here in ireland!! but he gave it to the police though!!

I almost choked when I read your post. I'm sure those rounds were meant to be "given" to the police back in 1916. I bet you'll agree that its terrible for a piece of history like that to be swallowed up by the STATE, especially when they originate from an event that was a revolution against the state. the same goes for the sturmgewehr. I realize that in both cases the government is under different managment now, and that what those guys fought for has mostly been achieved, but still the principal remains. Connolly would have kept them

[Ostmark]

Based from the pics i would say this MP44 is worth a restoration when you
can get it. You will need a few springs and a lot of time but i am sure
it will look very nice for a display

[r_hufschmied]

Superb relic condition on that MP44! I would leave it as is but it should also clean up quite nicely, by the looks of it the pitting wouldn't be all that bad.

A good friends father is a retired police officer and has some stories to tell. We've had pretty regular nation wide weapon amnesties in Sweden, the last one was last year. What is usually handed in are rusted hunting rifles and the odd handgun. During the amnesty hand-in in the 80's (what year fails me) my friends father was taking his shift at the reception desk for amnesty weapons. Business had been slow when an old gentleman walks in with something long wrapped in an old blanket. At the counter he unwraps an ... MG34 with a loaded belt of ammo, out the door he goes only to return with two cans of belted MG ammo. The third time he comes back he puts down a crate of potato masher hand grenades with a P38 on top. The fourth and last time the old gent comes back in he has yet another box of hand grenades, he tips his hat and leaves ...

After a frozen moment my friends father locks the front door by remote and reaches for the intercom, slowly and clearly saying "- Ehh ...guys, drop the donuts ... I need EOD in here ... NOW!"

Pictures from last years amnesty:

http://www.polisen.se/mediaarchive/1...amnesti300.jpg

http://www.polisen.se/mediaarchive/1...nesti300_4.jpg

http://www.polisen.se/mediaarchive/1...mnesi300_2.jpg

http://www.polisen.se/mediaarchive/1...mnesti_300.jpg