MG42 review

[Spontz]

Hello people!

I would like your opinion about a MG42. It's a Steyr from 1944: http://imgur.com/wRjQs9q
All parts are original from ww2. But I have some doubt about his integrity.

At first there are a 6 digits number on the bolt. It looks like a light electropen marking and it doesn't match the MG serial: http://imgur.com/XG5ksEt (I read 980???)
Other pics of the bolt: http://imgur.com/UYPg7Qt and http://imgur.com/hovDNd9

The stock has a 3 digit serial that doesn't match the MG too: http://imgur.com/ULTdodn
There are 2 WaA77 on the enhancement (the photo is bad): http://imgur.com/YC2x3A6

The rear sight has a 2 digit number too, who doesn't match nothing: http://imgur.com/wdqLrtt

And the barrel has an another number: http://imgur.com/Hs1j0im
I don't worry about that cause MG42 are designed to easily change barrel and this one is a good ww2 for sure: http://imgur.com/3nAp3k7


What do you thing about this MG42 ? It's a good or a bad one ?

Thanks

[robinhood]

Very nice. Looks good to me. Bolt and barrel are super .

[NORDLAND1]

Hello.

This MG42 is from Steyr and was produced ca. in August 1944.
the bolthead and the rollers are from Mercedes (ghj and WaA C10) but the number is postwar.
the boltreceiver is from Maget (WaA 11).
the buttstock looks original to me and i think with the original!!!! metalband!!! i mean the stock is a "hvg 44" from the producer "De Limon Fluhme and Co."the number on it (237) and the markings on the metalband (WaA 77?) are not original!

Please more pics from this Mg42 and the parts and markings!
Then we can say more about this nice exemplar!!


Many Greetings NORDLAND

[Spontz]

Thanks for your answers.

the bolthead and the rollers are from Mercedes (ghj and WaA C10) but the number is postwar.

That's what I thought too. Do you have an idea of the origin of this added serial ? Austria army ?

the buttstock looks original to me and i think with the original!!!! metalband!!! i mean the stock is a "hvg 44" from the producer "De Limon Fluhme and Co."the number on it (237) and the markings on the metalband (WaA 77?) are not original!

In fact I don't see really well the number under the tiny eagle.
It can be anything but I'm sure it's original.


I will put other photos today. But I don't see other strange thing.
It looks like a good mg42 with a barrel and bolt remplaced by a previous owner... For the stock I don't have an explanation.

[Spontz]

Hi again,
Here some more pictures. It was difficult with the bad light right now... but I hope it will help.

http://imgur.com/t7Og7XX
http://imgur.com/qqkL8B2
http://imgur.com/P3aLSS6
http://imgur.com/C7ukrLP (What is this strange thing ?)
http://imgur.com/ocV3wzl
http://imgur.com/u98BZdr
http://imgur.com/vPeZyCs
http://imgur.com/4gDomZp
http://imgur.com/2HHNmKa (The WaA without any number)
http://imgur.com/KumVd4E (strange marking on a screw head)
http://imgur.com/FYgXKPh (It is blued under the paint ?)
http://imgur.com/7tJ8S6y (strange nut...)

[NORDLAND1]

Hello.

O.K.now we can see a little bit more.

The WaA marking on the buttstock at the underside is not original and the markings on the metalband "WaA 77" are not original too.These are fake stamps!!!
But i think its a original "hvg 44" stock! this can you see on the left side in the middle of the stock. Please make pics from all sites and the detail from the left side of the wooden stock!then you can see the contours of the "hvg 44" and the WaA 34 markings.

the topcover,feed tray and gripstick are from Eickhorn (cof and WaA 519) and looks good and original.
the grips could be stamped inside with "G" and a number .
the markings on the pin from the gripstick are yugoslavian stamps but it could be that the pin is maybe original.

the "WaA 77" markings on the pusher and screw from the barreldoor are also fake stamps!!!

the "Staubschutzklappe" could be postwar german army. (Bundeswehr)
but need more pics.

What do you mean with the strange thing???The "L-Kimme"??? its for anti aircraft.;-)

i mean its a good original 42 and with some other original parts you can complete it and make it better.
but why any big idiot stamps this original 42 with fake stamps?!?!?!
he did it so not better but worse!!!


NG NORDLAND

[phil337]

and that rear anti-aircraft sight is about to be lost, its missing it securing pin!

[Spontz]

Thanks for your expertise NORDLAND1

I do not agree with two points:

the "WaA 77" markings on the pusher and screw from the barreldoor are also fake stamps!!!

WaA77 are common on Steyr stuff. And I see no problem with this one. You can see that they were stamped without alter the finish, cause they were stamped before the phosphating at the factory

he WaA marking on the buttstock at the underside is not original and the markings on the metalband "WaA 77" are not original too.These are fake stamps!!!
But i think its a original "hvg 44" stock! this can you see on the left side in the middle of the stock. Please make pics from all sites and the detail from the left side of the wooden stock!then you can see the contours of the "hvg 44" and the WaA 34 markings

I agree. I don't like this number dans the WaA without any number... sad. But I don't see any problems with the metal band ans the waffenamnt on it. That say, I can't prove it...

We can see a rest of a factory code and a date. Really difficult to see them in hands. I will try to make photos this sunday.

I will do more pics of the klappe too.

and that rear anti-aircraft sight is about to be lost, its missing it securing pin!

Thanks phil337 ! I will take care of that.

So, it's an original mg42, with a no matching barrel, a bolt who got a serial number after the war and same with the cross... Too bad things to keep it in my collection

[Paul Ba]

WaA77 are common on Steyr stuff. And I see no problem with this one. You can see that they were stamped without alter the finish, cause they were stamped before the phosphating at the factory

No. WaA77 fake postwar stamping like on wood buttstock. Finish postwar, reblued by Yugo army. Original WK2 MG 42 but like this not special or rare

[NORDLAND1]

[QUOTE=Spontz;7365914]Thanks for your expertise NORDLAND1

I do not agree with two points:

WaA77 are common on Steyr stuff. And I see no problem with this one. You can see that they were stamped without alter the finish, cause they were stamped before the phosphating at the factory


Yes, "WaA 77" stands for Steyr but not at the MG42. you can see these markings on a K98!!!
Please show me only one original MG42 part what have the "WaA 77" marking.i have never seen it.
and two markings on the screw and two of the pusher of the barrel door.Sorry this is not original!!!and for the metalband is it the same.Not original markings!!!

It is how Paul Ba said!!!

Some Idiots mean they make it better and can drive up the price.
But this idiots "destroy" a nice original stock with fake stamps!!!!

in last time i have seen one nice original Mg42 stock with "Adler 63".
Do you mean that this was original too?No, it was a fake stamp too.

NG NORDLAND

[NORDLAND1]

Hello.
When you show more pics please???

Many Greetings NORDLAND

[Spontz]

Hi NORDLAND1,
I don't forgive you and I will do it as soon as possible. Probably this weekend when I will be able to see it again. Your help is really appreciable

[WWIIMARTIN]

Nice mg42