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What exactly does the recuperator do (purpose?) :roll: after a round has been fired and the barrel and bolt recoil together , they are separated by the trunnion . the bolt continues rearward but the barrel gets pushed forward by the recuperator. this is a pic of a mg 3 recuperator , notice the "tai...

pardon the poor graphics but try to visualise
red as the trunion , blue as the pistol grip , and brown as the buttstock.
the recuperator (a mg42 one) in the picture would lay on the bottom of the reciever as it is it the picture.

i just saw a member mention this book in a post and thought I'd post about it here so others could add their opinions and comments. i enjoyed the book and the history but found it to be heavily one sided (80% +) about the mg34. I'd personally have to say that as a reference book for building a SA mg...

heres a link to a description
http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg58-e.htm
heres one place that has them for sale.
http://www.aimsurplus.com/acatalog/CZ52 ... istol.html

nice guns , cheap ammo , alot like a .45 in size ,weight , and power.

anyone else buy a CZ-52 to go with their mg42 :?: the mg42 is issued with a pistol for the machine-gunner so, i thought they'd make a nice pair together , being that they are basically the only two guns that use the same operating system. I'm not the only one out there thats going to include one in ...

I have read that some builders of the SA42 weld the trunnion to the receiver. I understand that this was to help the receiver from splitting at the trunnion area. my opinion is this is a bad idea . there is enough metal to get a good weld without worrying about the receiver separating under the tru...

http://www.robertrtg.com/mg.html
along with a bunch of other mg42 goodies