STG44

**shooternz** · 07-11-2018, 12:41 PM

https://www.hmgunworks.com/product/h...mgewehr-stg-n/

**Cordite** · 07-11-2018, 12:55 PM

Kurz

**Burb122** · 07-11-2018, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by shooternz

https://www.hmgunworks.com/product/h...mgewehr-stg-n/

Oh my!! For a replica too. Dam I think I will focus on a G43 or SVT

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**systolic** · 07-11-2018, 07:12 PM

I shot one years ago in Palmerton North. Not mine and you had to return every fired case after shooting it.
Cases were formed from anything with the .473 case head size.

**Burb122** · 07-11-2018, 09:44 PM

Originally Posted by systolic

I shot one years ago in Palmerton North. Not mine and you had to return every fired case after shooting it.
Cases were formed from anything with the .473 case head size.

Hi Systolic

You had to return the cases because they are rare?? For reloading??

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**tonyd** · 08-11-2018, 06:54 AM

Gunworks had one for sale last time i looked for 6500.

**NZShoota** · 08-11-2018, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by tonyd

Gunworks had one for sale last time i looked for 6500.

According to their website its been sold.

**Burb122** · 08-11-2018, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by NZShoota

According to their website its been sold.

I cannot believe they are worth so much. Pretty iconic gun I suppose. Mbk42 all the way to STG44. Bloody hard to find.

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**Burb122** · 08-11-2018, 12:26 PM

*Mkb42

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**Russian 22.** · 08-11-2018, 12:31 PM

There's a 22 or replica available from gsg arms in USA. Only E cat though.

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**systolic** · 08-11-2018, 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by Burb122

Hi Systolic

You had to return the cases because they are rare?? For reloading??

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Not rare, but the owner had to make all his reloadable cases. It cost him quite a bit of money to import the dies.

Anything with the .473 case head size like the .308, 8x57mm, 30.06 worked, but he had to individually cut, form, trim and, I think, neck turn each case.

Factory ammo, except for a few surplus military rounds, was impossible to get.

**csmiffy** · 09-11-2018, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by systolic

Not rare, but the owner had to make all his reloadable cases. It cost him quite a bit of money to import the dies.

Anything with the .473 case head size like the .308, 8x57mm, 30.06 worked, but he had to individually cut, form, trim and, I think, neck turn each case.

Factory ammo, except for a few surplus military rounds, was impossible to get.

It makes the HMGunworks rejig look like a good buy. Not the history behind it, but at least the ammo is a lot easier to come by so not so much pain reloading.

**canross** · 10-11-2018, 10:23 PM

Another option are the SSD (sport systeme dittrich) BD44's - they're supposedly built using original tooling and are as close to identical as you can get. Marketed as PTR44's in the US. Only issues with them are that SSD had issues with their heat treating so hammer and trigger sears tend to break along with small springs. I've heard of the lug shearing between the bolt carrier and bolt but don't really think that's an issue with them. I had one and really liked it - lucked into one that had been heat treated properly. The 8mm kurz is a fantastic cartridge - hornady makes brass and dies for cheap.