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Gun Smoke
01-05-2020, 07:39
Not rare but not real common either.

Thought some of you might enjoy the detailed pictures.

https://www.gunauction.com/buy/16904457
free1954
01-08-2020, 02:51
Not rare but not real common either.

Thought some of you might enjoy the detailed pictures.

https://www.gunauction.com/buy/16904457


some great close up pictures there. thanks for posting.
bruce
01-08-2020, 06:17
Great STG-44 / MP-44!!! Excellent design. Just about ideal. About like the MG-42. Everything else is just imitation following art. Sincerely. bruce.
free1954
01-08-2020, 07:20
not being too familiar with these, does anyone know what that trapdoor on the buttstock is for?
JimF
01-08-2020, 07:47
I think what you think is a “trapdoor”, is actually the end of the sling as it is passed thru the butt stock . . . .similar to the K98 Mauser.
free1954
01-08-2020, 11:03
I think what you think is a “trapdoor”, is actually the end of the sling as it is passed thru the butt stock . . . .similar to the K98 Mauser.

no sir it is part of the buttplate top end.
JimF
01-08-2020, 11:32
no sir it is part of the buttplate top end.

My mistake, Free . . . .(didn’t scroll down thru the photos far enough)

I now see the trapdoor . . . . for an Oiler, me-thinks?? (Really don’t know these weapons)
EO1
01-09-2020, 12:07
not being too familiar with these, does anyone know what that trapdoor on the buttstock is for?

I went thru the pics and just dont see a trapdoor. Could it be the crude buttplate ?
gpb
01-09-2020, 06:19
According to Ian at "Forgotten Weapons", the trap door is to hold an oil bottle. He shows the trap door at about 8:40 in the video.

Link to video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnXBshjGFo8
Gun Smoke
01-09-2020, 06:28
I went thru the pics and just dont see a trapdoor. Could it be the crude buttplate ?

Top portion of steel buttplate. See video.

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According to Ian at "Forgotten Weapons", the trap door is to hold an oil bottle. He shows the trap door at about 8:40 in the video.

Link to video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnXBshjGFo8

Thanks for posting. Now we know why the trap door is vertical.
free1954
01-11-2020, 04:15
According to Ian at "Forgotten Weapons", the trap door is to hold an oil bottle. He shows the trap door at about 8:40 in the video.

Link to video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnXBshjGFo8



thanks for that link.