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by JBaum
Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:30 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: 1944 German Weapon and Shooting Technical Book in English
Replies: 0
Views: 118

1944 German Weapon and Shooting Technical Book in English

NEW: WAFFEN UND SCHIESSTECHNISCHER LEITFADEN FÜR DIE ORDNUNGSPOLIZEI - Weapons and Shooting Technical Guide for the Order Police. The 1944 edition of the German Police Weapon and Shooting Technical Guide (Leitfaden - pronounced LITE-Fawden) is now fully translated and in print. This book is now 700 ...
by JBaum
Thu Feb 22, 2024 10:41 pm
Forum: MG42 General Discussion
Topic: MG42
Replies: 2
Views: 65

Re: MG42

What size nozzle are you running. You could try a slightly smaller nozzle to increase the recoil pulse. Try that and see if it helps.
by JBaum
Sat Feb 17, 2024 12:46 am
Forum: Wanted
Topic: Looking for an original MG AA tripod with a MG34 cradle
Replies: 4
Views: 907

Re: Looking for an original MG AA tripod with a MG34 cradle

Look at the date on the message the guy left, Bob (11 months ago). I can only guess, but if he hasn't answered by now, he probably doesn't want it.

I'd suggest gunbroker, with close up pictures of the waffenamts to prove it's authenticity.

John
by JBaum
Fri Feb 09, 2024 9:56 pm
Forum: MG42 General Discussion
Topic: To New Members
Replies: 7
Views: 27749

MG42 and steel cartridges

Do be careful with steel cased ammunition. It corrodes from the inside, can look just fine on the outside. It would be embarrassing to blow up your gun due to cheap ammo. I've seen the receivers get split just below the barrel extension, and barrel gates blown out and bent from blown steel cartridge...
by JBaum
Wed Jan 03, 2024 8:54 pm
Forum: MG42 General Discussion
Topic: German reasoning for the MG42 high rate of fire
Replies: 0
Views: 746

German reasoning for the MG42 high rate of fire

I'm translating the 1944 edition of the German Order Police "Weapons and Shooting Technical Guide" book (about 700 pages). This book has information that I've never read anywhere else, and will be available in a few more weeks (I'm proof reading it now). One matter that has always been questioned, i...
by JBaum
Sat Dec 30, 2023 6:58 am
Forum: MG42 Accessories
Topic: MG42 buttstock parts
Replies: 1
Views: 597

Re: MG42 buttstock parts

email sent.
by JBaum
Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:42 am
Forum: MG42 General Discussion
Topic: heart attack
Replies: 33
Views: 5131

Re: heart attack

My mother died at 96, so I'm hoping to at least match that.... that means I'll be hanging around for another 25 years. :wnana:
by JBaum
Sat Dec 02, 2023 5:55 pm
Forum: MG42 General Discussion
Topic: heart attack
Replies: 33
Views: 5131

Re: heart attack

Yup, doing OK. The electrical inspector wanted to know if it was OK for him to recommend me to other people (just got done upgrading a 100 amp service to 200 amps). I told him no, I'm trying to retire, I'm just not successful at it so far.
by JBaum
Thu Nov 30, 2023 9:44 pm
Forum: MG42 Build It Yourself
Topic: Top Cover parts issue.
Replies: 4
Views: 407

Re: Top Cover parts issue.

Take both connecting levers off and compare them side by side. It looks to me like the pawls on the two covers are mounted in different locations (one more forward than the other) and that the connecting levers are the same.
by JBaum
Tue Nov 28, 2023 3:46 am
Forum: MG42 General Discussion
Topic: heart attack
Replies: 33
Views: 5131

Re: heart attack

I'm doing OK, I just can't do OK 10 hours a day anymore. 3-4 is more like it I'm still translating German stuff - working on a 650 page 1944 German Police Weapons and Shooting Technical Instruction book. All about shooting theory and proper use of a bunch of guns and police accessories and equipment...
by JBaum
Thu Aug 03, 2023 9:16 am
Forum: MG42 General Discussion
Topic: heart attack
Replies: 33
Views: 5131

Re: heart attack

Doing well here. I wasn't doing badly before the heart attack. Laying in bed for a few weeks after the bypasses and getting out of shape from that, was the worst thing I had to get over.
by JBaum
Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:19 pm
Forum: MG42 General Discussion
Topic: heart attack
Replies: 33
Views: 5131

Re: heart attack

I did the mile walks for the first couple months, but I've got too much work to do to manage walking every day too. My mother lasted until she was almost 97, so I figure I've got another 25 years to go since my heart got a rebuild :)
by JBaum
Wed Jun 21, 2023 7:07 pm
Forum: MG42 General Discussion
Topic: 8mm barrel and carrier sold for $1025.
Replies: 5
Views: 879

Re: 8mm barrel and carrier sold for $1025.

US prices for a semi-auto MG42 are about half of your example, although that gun is exceptionally nice.
A full auto MG42 that can be privately owned is about $50,000 here.
by JBaum
Tue Jun 20, 2023 3:39 pm
Forum: MG42 General Discussion
Topic: 8mm barrel and carrier sold for $1025.
Replies: 5
Views: 879

Re: 8mm barrel and carrier sold for $1025.

For that kind of money, it should be gold plated.
by JBaum
Mon Jun 19, 2023 10:21 am
Forum: MG42 General Discussion
Topic: 8mm barrel and carrier sold for $1025.
Replies: 5
Views: 879

8mm barrel and carrier sold for $1025.

If you think prices have gone nuts, you're right.

A new in wrap German 8mm Mauser MG42 barrel, in a carrier, sold on Gunbroker for $1025.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/990647528
by JBaum
Thu May 25, 2023 9:31 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: MG 81 manual in English
Replies: 0
Views: 631

MG 81 manual in English

For those with an MG81 interest, I've translated the German Luftwaffe's 1944 operating manual for the MG 81.

See the ad on my website:

https://www.germanmanuals.com/manuals.html

A very thorough and well illustrated manual.

John@German<remove this>Manuals.com

http://www.GermanManuals.com
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by JBaum
Thu May 11, 2023 2:46 am
Forum: MG34 General Discussion
Topic: Old postcard
Replies: 1
Views: 813

Re: Old postcard

A very fine post card. Thanks for sharing.

John
by JBaum
Tue May 02, 2023 2:18 am
Forum: For Sale
Topic: Original MG81 manual
Replies: 5
Views: 895

Re: Original MG81 manual

All prices are insane lately. My $180 98K? $900 now. An MG 42 goes for $60,000 now. I paid $900 for my first machine gun. Those sell for $18,000 now. If you don't like the prices now, wait a few years and you'll want today's prices back. The German Weapons and Shooting Technical Guide book I'm trans...
by JBaum
Mon May 01, 2023 8:42 am
Forum: For Sale
Topic: Original MG81 manual
Replies: 5
Views: 895

Re: Original MG81 manual

Expensive? yes, but manual prices are higher than ever. An MG34 Butz manual is frequently in the $200 range, and they're common. The most expensive manual I've seen was for a German tracked howitzer. It sold for $1300+ There has to be at least two people who want it badly for any auction sale to be ...
by JBaum
Mon May 01, 2023 8:38 am
Forum: MG34 Accessories
Topic: Ammo belt I’d please MG34?
Replies: 2
Views: 852

Re: Ammo belt I’d please MG34?

The links that fully surround the cartridges like that means that the cartridge had to be extracted from the belt by pulling it rearward. The only German guns I know of that do that are the Maxim series - the MG08 and MG08/15.