I have owned my MG42 for around 20 years. Up to now, I havent really paid much attention to it or the lafette (a future thread) that it sits on in terms of originality - i.e. is it an MG42 or a converted MG53? I bought it as an MG42 and the obvious markings seemed right so i never queried it
These make it one of the so called category 3b recievers as it has the short step front sight mount and the long tripod ramp. Receiver is stamped arz as expected. MU makes it a 1944 production by Gustloff-Werke.
When i bought it, it was converted to 7.62mm rather than 7.92 so i have over time replaced the feed tray and top cover with the correct 7.92 wehrmacht items
It has lots of waffenampts in the places you expect to find them
It also had a post war bipod which I have replaced with the proper wartime item
Unfortunately, it has 2 Yugo items on it that i havent converted back to wehrmacht items
1. The barrel catch, a yugo serialled item
2. The butt stock which is clearly yugo - black paint, 6 wires, hollow release catch, yugo numbers and th shape doesnt look right according to what i have read
However, the buffer seems to be wartime as it has the recessed ring at the end which yugo buffers dont have.
The buffer has no markingts on it at all, no waffenampt, no yugo. The only distinguishing feature is the extra ring at the end which i understand to mean it is wartime.
However, the buttstock fixes on it without any gap between butt and buffer.
So, my question is, how come my yugo butt fits on a wartime buffer or am i wrong, this isnt a wartime buffer. Note, the metal part of my buttstock has no markings either.
My second question is, does anyone out there have a genuine Wartime MG42 stock (and buffer if my buffer isnt actually wartime afterall - that they would be interested in selling so i can bring my MG42 back to original specification.
Thanks for your thoughts
AWD
These make it one of the so called category 3b recievers as it has the short step front sight mount and the long tripod ramp. Receiver is stamped arz as expected. MU makes it a 1944 production by Gustloff-Werke.
When i bought it, it was converted to 7.62mm rather than 7.92 so i have over time replaced the feed tray and top cover with the correct 7.92 wehrmacht items
It has lots of waffenampts in the places you expect to find them
It also had a post war bipod which I have replaced with the proper wartime item
Unfortunately, it has 2 Yugo items on it that i havent converted back to wehrmacht items
1. The barrel catch, a yugo serialled item
2. The butt stock which is clearly yugo - black paint, 6 wires, hollow release catch, yugo numbers and th shape doesnt look right according to what i have read
However, the buffer seems to be wartime as it has the recessed ring at the end which yugo buffers dont have.
The buffer has no markingts on it at all, no waffenampt, no yugo. The only distinguishing feature is the extra ring at the end which i understand to mean it is wartime.
However, the buttstock fixes on it without any gap between butt and buffer.
So, my question is, how come my yugo butt fits on a wartime buffer or am i wrong, this isnt a wartime buffer. Note, the metal part of my buttstock has no markings either.
My second question is, does anyone out there have a genuine Wartime MG42 stock (and buffer if my buffer isnt actually wartime afterall - that they would be interested in selling so i can bring my MG42 back to original specification.
Thanks for your thoughts
AWD
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