WW2 MG 34 Headspace Gauges

[Fishpaw]

I was recently offered these items. They are very expensive however. I think the seller also has MG42 and MG08/ 08/15 ones available as well. What is a fair price for these items?

[JBaum]

You can figure $100, maybe $120 tops, for the headspace guage. Tough to find, yes, impossible to find, no. There was a full set of 12(?) headspace guages that went for around $1,300 recently, but that was with the original wood box, and as a full set it's a lot harder to find or put together. Singles sell between $100 and $120 if they have the little wooden holder for them.

The extractor tools are kind of like the recoil spring tube I have for sale. Neat to own, but without much practical purpose. They're for tolerancing extractor manufacture, and outside that, don't really have any use. I gave $100 for my MG42 extractor tool. The MG34 tools are more common. In Europe there have recently been MP43, MP44, MG34 and MG42 extractor tools offered. $100 is about average for the tools. One for the MKb went for $130, but that's because of the gun it was for. Anything for an MKb is higher.

[Reichpapers]

Comeon JBaum...the spring tube has loads of uses...storing pasta, bulk Pez dispenser...all jokes aside, the spring tube makes the spring alot more manageable in the E-Tin.

[JBaum]

Agreed, the tube does serve its purpose well. I don't generally take a tool kit with me when I shoot in my side yard, so having one is just for looks. It's neat to own, but I admit that it's not worth what I had to pay to get it. I just hope 2 more people have enough want to own them so I can get rid of the two I still have left. Ebay takes my ad off, but leaves top covers, bolts, and other actual gun parts sell. it's nuts.

[Reichpapers]

If you do get the gauge, would you post mic measurements on the gauage? I have a nagging feeling, they are different from SAAMI.