New toy

[Drache]

No it's not a real STG-44 but it is made by a German company. It's a GSG STG-44! Chambered in 22LR! It's all metal and wood (except for the plastic magazines). Arrives in a week!

[68CoronetRT]

Nice. I just picked up an Enfield no4 Mark 1 last week.

This .22LR rifle is on my to buy list as well!

[Charger_Fan]

Looks like it should be a fun pew-pew gun. Are they cheap/inexpensive?

[Drache]

Looks like it should be a fun pew-pew gun. Are they cheap/inexpensive?

Canadian Price is around $650 give or take where you buy it.

[John_Kunkel]

I got a GSG STG-44 when they first came out in a wooden crate, I heard they don't offer the crate anymore?

Pretty close in appearance to the original Nazi Sturmgewehr 44 in 8MM Kurz.

[draftingmonkey]

Very nice  . Something that I won't be picking up in Cali though, oh well.

[Drache]

I got a GSG STG-44 when they first came out in a wooden crate, I heard they don't offer the crate anymore?

That is true, only the first run had the wooden crate. Then there was a green fake wood crate.

I've had the pleasure of holding a real STG-44 once and when I first held one of the GSG ones it was really close to the original.

[John_Kunkel]

Very nice  . Something that I won't be picking up in Cali though, oh well.

The new round of semi-automatic firearm restrictions only relates to center-fire rifles, 22LR is rim-fire. There is a 10-round mag for the STG 44 to make it California compliant.

[MoParJW]

There was a time when people tried to get rid of leftover third reich ''trash'' in every way possible, and nowadays all kinds of German equipment is being reproduced  .
I've never seen one before, I knew the mp40's were reproduced, but I like this better 

[John_Kunkel]

They're still out there, story of a woman who turned in a real STG 44 to a firearm buyback program.  

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2245749/Officers-stunned-woman-drops-40-000-WWII-German-rifle-destroyed-police-buy-program.html

And a recent pic of one in action somewhere in Africa; apparently there are still a lot of the originals around over there.

[Drache]

They're still out there, story of a woman who turned in a real STG 44 to a firearm buyback program.  

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2245749/Officers-stunned-woman-drops-40-000-WWII-German-rifle-destroyed-police-buy-program.html

And a recent pic of one in action somewhere in Africa; apparently there are still a lot of the originals around over there.

http://www.armoryblog.com/firearms/rifles/free-syrian-army-captures-5000-stg44s/

[MoParJW]

Mind boggling stuff! very interesting 

[John_Kunkel]

Before the current .22 caliber replica there was the semi-auto PTR-44 in the original caliber, pretty rare now and they bring big bucks. As usual, I never heard of the PTR-44 until it was unaffordable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCyD9hrqK84

[Drache]

Before the current .22 caliber replica there was the semi-auto PTR-44 in the original caliber, pretty rare now and they bring big bucks. As usual, I never heard of the PTR-44 until it was unaffordable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCyD9hrqK84

There is a company doing a run (currently preorder) of STG-44 rifles, semi auto only, in various modern calibers (223, 7.62x39, .300 BLK) with a nice hefty price tag of $1800 USD a piece.

[Drache]

[DixieRestoParts]

Very cool! I was in a pawn shops last week and looked at one. I thought it was kinda heavy to be a .22LR. would love to have a real one. I've been helping my Dad clean out a few things the past few Days and he gave me this. He bought it (and a lot of other stuff) in 1970 from a former American GI who had married a German girl. The lady had a pic of herself and Hitler when she was a young girl giving him flowers. My dad tried to buy the pic, but the lady wouldn't sell.

I have a couple of K98's. One is a Russian Capture, the other I'm not so sure about, but probably is.

[Drache]

I thought it was kinda heavy to be a .22LR.

They matched the weight of the original which I thought was a nice touch.

I used to collect a lot of militaria and should do so again. 

[Drache]

Well took it out with a few friends and after sighting it in I'm happy with how it shoots. Can't really use it with a rest due to the massive magazine but at 50 yards it grouped well





We even broke a few clay pigeons at 200 yards with it!

[John_Kunkel]

What scope mount?

[Drache]

What scope mount?

replaces the rear sight.

[Charger_Fan]

I expected to see a black scope on there, you know...gotta keep up the "evil black gun" theme.
Nice grouping!

[Drache]

I expected to see a black scope on there, you know...gotta keep up the "evil black gun" theme.
Nice grouping!

Had an old German scope on it but it wasn't that good so I threw something modern I had kicking around in the parts bin.