original 3-cut receiver 1943 MG42 parts all german

[vulcan762]

Question: I have a complete MG-42 parts kit I picked up from Angola Armory years back. Its an all german kit with a nice 3-cut receiver dated 1943 cra, german stamps all over. Looks like all parts are ww2 german as everything seems to have nazi proofs. Bipod is 1944 and it has a bakelite stock. Nice kit but I dont need two of them so Im going to be putting this one up for sale somewhere. prices on GB seem to be all over the place and I would really like to get a good idea of what I should be asking for the kit. I didnt want to ask too much and I dont want to ask too little. I realize pics would be a big help but it looks like all the rest of the AA kits from 4-5 years ago. Any thoughts are appreciated.

Vulcan762

[Bil]

Is it the type with the buffer tabs intact,cut just in front of them,and the front cut leaves the entire front 5-6 inches intact?Thin cuts instead of slag monsters? If so,$1200-$1500,leaning toward the upper end ,depending on how nice the markings are. ---bil

[Blanksguy]

vulcan762,
Your Parts kit sounds like one of "Angola-Dans" nice 3-cut DEMILed MG42 receivers that someone added in a parts-kit.
Depending on what the condition of the parts are in, "caliber" for barrel/feed-tray, and possibly top-cover), and if any "Yugo" parts are mixed in...........should bring about $1,100 - $1,250. More likely to get several lower offers, and pssibly a partial-trade.

A good example of this is the 3-cut Parts-Kit on GunBrokerAuctions that has been sitting there for many months at $1,495 (?-exact-price). The "spare-cash" for "toys"/"projects" just doesn't seem to be available out there.....and higher-priced items just sit.......others lower there prices to move items left sitting for months.

Depending on "condition/photos/price"...and possibly what partial-trades you may be looking for....... I may be interested. You can contact me at my below listed e-mail address if you like.

Regards, RichardS in MI.
Blanksguy2001@chartermi.net

[vulcan762]

This is one of those Angola Dans kits. I bought two from them directly some years back. Buffer tabs intact, front end good, etc. Still a torch cut receiver but not bad. Heres some pics of the buttstock. Someone had asked about it. Thanks for the info.

Is it the type with the buffer tabs intact,cut just in front of them,and the front cut leaves the entire front 5-6 inches intact?Thin cuts instead of slag monsters? If so,$1200-$1500,leaning toward the upper end ,depending on how nice the markings are. ---bil

[rocco1911]

There all wrong sorry to tell you its a fake and only worth around $200.00 I will take it off your hands for $200.00 if you pay the shipping to me...

[Dan@AngolaArmory]

Sorry, thats not a waffenampt. Its a Portugese acceptance stamp, the parts sets came from INDEP.
Dan

[vulcan762]

Dan, Thanks for clarification on that. Can you give me a little more information on how/why the receivers were marked they way they were? I thought the date (1943) and the "cra" letters indicated the maker as Maget, Berlin.

Also, On 3/29/09 you made the below statement at 1919a4.com. In your experience how has the price of these kits changed in one year?

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03/29/09
If it is a three cut, well it came through me, INDEP Portuguese acceptance stamps. Complete parts sets I sold for $585.00 in '06 are now being sold for $1600.00 + Is everyone happy now?
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Angola Armory LLC
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270-618-7694

[Bil]

Not Dan,but having gone through a number of these through the last few years,I would say it is because people aren't spending money as freely.2 years ago I paid 1500 for one like yours without the porty stamps,on gunbroker they went for more.I bought one for 900,and sold it within 1/2 hour and made 300,and had it shipped direct.Now there are several I know of,including one of mine,not as nice,that are just sitting in FS posts,everyone wants one,no money.The yugo kits go faster,are cheaper to buy,but then the receiver costs come in.I have another just like yours that I am keeping,I think the prices will recover if the economy either goes up or down! Now back to Dan. ---bil

[Dan@AngolaArmory]

Vulcan, you are correct, Maget '43. The Portugese received these from various countries after WWII (war reperations) converted them to 7.62x51 (MG1 + MG2). They were deployed by colonial troopers to quell the native uprising in the Portugese colony of Angola, Africa during the 1950's.
Prices have fallen somewhat, due to the wiselite M53, the economy and lack of interest in building a '42, which has fallen off in the last four years.
As an aside, the Portugese made cast aluminum buttstocks to replace the wood which rotted out quickly in the jungle. I have had/sold about three dozen making this are rare variant/oddity.

[Michael J]

Hmm aluminum cast buttstocks? That sounds very interesting, I kind of want to sand cast my yugo-stock now, and see how it turns out...
Do they look identical to the wooden german mg42 stocks, or even better, do you have any pictures available?

[Dan@AngolaArmory]

Pics won't post "bmp not allowed". They are the exact same profile as any MG42 stock.

[Michael J]

Pics won't post "bmp not allowed". They are the exact same profile as any MG42 stock.

Oh okay, thank you

[PvtJoker]

Vulcan, do you still have the kit for sale, and did you ever settle on a price for it? I might be interested to see what we could work out on it. I've got my hybrid M53front/German42rear project, but it needs a LOT of work on the welding to finish it out and it might be worth the time and trouble to find a good 3-cut all German kit to use all my PBB semi-auto parts on instead. I've also got one of the center sections and a good rear that are torched on the 3-cut kits, so with a kit like yours I could probably do a pretty nice build out of it. But like everyone else, I am pretty tapped out on cash these days. But perhaps we could work something out on it. Can you get some pictures of the rest of the kit showing the cuts, etc. to see where and how bad they are? (Assuming you even still have it for sale, that is) I've had this project going for too long already, and I may just go ahead and try to finish out what I already have, but I'm trying to look at all my options to see what I can afford to do, or if I should just sell it all and get a Wiselite version instead for the money. Thanks.

[vulcan762]

Been real busy. Send me an email at vulcan762@yahoo.com. Then I can send you some pics of everything including the three-cut receiver.