FG42 Blank Firer...

Not PFC but here is some youtube of my mate firing a custom built blank firing one !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnEHQd0cbAo

It fires 7.62 and close up makes one hell of a pop

DOC

One for sale here.... not cheap though.

http://www.wwiireenacting.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=151&t=51292

These are all real guns

Funny enough I have one of those Blank FG42s at home waiting for some repair work ( it belongs to another member of our group )

When they are made they are done in semi auto and need altering to fire fully...yes they do make a hell of a pop !

edit : Mitsubishi, thats one hell of a picture.. do you know what country this amazing collection is in ?

DOC

All these look brand new...so I assume all these are newly made "semi-auto only" version (probably by Germany's Dittrich)...

Nice pic Mitsubishi, I think there is even one of the Scandanavian versions of the FG, far left. Thanks JJ

pitfighter wrote:

Nice pic Mitsubishi, I think there is even one of the Scandanavian versions of the FG, far left. Thanks JJ

Hey there, did i hear Scandinavian FG?? Do tell!

Erm, Scandanavian, I meant Swiss, sorry.

http://9x19mm.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=374

Sorry about that, and on looking up the link, I don't think it is the same rifle, probably shouldn't have made the comment in the first place.

Swiss FG42 - Ken Lamont had one for sale, it attracted a bit of attention because it was selling for about $15K, compared to the $100K + that a German FG sells for, but they really are not very similar. Discussions of that sale had stuck in my head, hence the late night post.

JJ

pitfighter wrote:

Erm, Scandanavian, I meant Swiss, sorry.

http://9x19mm.com/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=374

Sorry about that, and on looking up the link, I don't think it is the same rifle, probably shouldn't have made the comment in the first place.

Swiss FG42 - Ken Lamont had one for sale, it attracted a bit of attention because it was selling for about $15K, compared to the $100K + that a German FG sells for, but they really are not very similar. Discussions of that sale had stuck in my head, hence the late night post.

JJ

Gee man, shame on you!

Swiss: chocolate and watches
Sweden: blondes, Ikea and Volvo

The Swiss version is called an FG52 (Swiss) not Fg42 (German).
I believe there is one in the fireplace collection photo.

Found this on wikipedia ...

The Sturmgewehr 52 was an assault rifle manufactured by the government-owned W+F Bern of Switzerland. It was chambered in the 7.5mm Kurzpatrone cartridge and later the 7.5mm Swiss Service round as the Sturmgewehr 54, which was fed from the right hand side. The Sturmgewehr 52 was heavily patterned after the German FG42 as it was fed from the side from a 30 or 40 round magazine and was also fitted with a muzzle attachment capable of launching rifle grenades.

One question - can the FG42 be belt-fed like the M60 or other LMGs? I reckon technically all side-fed longarms can be belt-fed (Sterling incl. only nobody will do this for pistol calibre)...

jim wrote:

One question - can the FG42 be belt-fed like the M60 or other LMGs? I reckon technically all side-fed longarms can be belt-fed (Sterling incl. only nobody will do this for pistol calibre)...

Apparently there is a proto(?) known as the T-44, i think this is an American made proto, made from an MG-42 and an FG-42. Which eventually turned out as the M-60, the feed cover, and mechanism, is very similar between the MG-42 and the M-60.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/T44.jpg

Anything can be made belt-fed, Sweden did experiment with converted BAR (Kg M/37)

http://www.gotavapen.se/gota/artiklar/kg/kg_bilder/kg_band.JPG

http://www.gotavapen.se/gota/artiklar/kg/kg_bilder/kg_se.JPG

And the super-cool "M-16" by Colt or Ciener:
http://www.c3junkie.com/m16/ciener_bf/oldbeltfed.html

But it will take quite a lot of modifications, as stock the FG-42 will not accept beltfeeding.

The Stoner M-63 is the only system i can think of right now that could be easily modified to allow either magazine or belts to feed it. Easily as available in modular form.

Stoner:
http://world.guns.ru/machine/mg41-e.htm

http://home.comcast.net/~sfischer397/stoner/index.htm

Also, the HK21 - belts or mags.

pitfighter wrote:

Also, the HK21 - belts or mags.

Good catch