Maschinengewehr 34 Incoming!!

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We should have a dueling tree blast off... :)
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My WW2 factory loaded 250 rnd belts cost me $32.20 each
But lets not derail the dealers thread :d
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8mm mauser: love the round & love the gun but unfortunately ammo availability in bulk / decent pricing sucks.

As blasphemous as it sounds what about one in .308win ? They were available at one point if I recall correctly.
 
Good morning all, it is pleasing to see all the comments on this shipment of TNW MG 34 semi auto “rifles”. I will try and answer the questions posted.

We cannot confirm what comes with these guns until they arrive here. We only have five coming and rumor has it this will be the last ones available. I will be able to provide one belt with each rifle at no charge.

Belts, these guns use a non-disintegrating metal link belt in 50 rd lengths, these can be joined together for as long as you require. There is a “starter tab” that is normally fitted to the first belt, nice to have but not essential. With the starter tab the gun can be loaded with the top cover down, very handy if it is cold and you are wearing heavy gloves, if loading with no tab leave the first few links of the belt empty, open the top cover and lay the belt in. The side mounted “assault drum” takes one belt and starter tap rolled up and the regular ammo can took 5 belts and a tab for 250 rds.

Warning if purchasing surplus belts make sure they are WWII and not post war with a NATO stamp as these would be prohibited! 

Spare parts, I will check with the importer but I will be surprised if they have any. Parts are available but can be very difficult to export and import. We have a few parts from original guns here but I am holding them to for any in house repairs and customer support.

Conversion to to .308 is not to difficult, I know of no .308 conversion kits that are currently available. I had an original CA gun for many years, which I used a lot, I had her converted to .308 with no problem. I had a .308 barrel blank turned down to the same profile as an 8 mm barrel and then swapped over the barrel extension. We made a spacer for the feed tray as the .308 is shorter and one longer feed pawl (not sure if that is the correct name for the part as I don’t have it in front of me) We changed the cone in the muzzle boaster but my gun worked well with the 8 mm cone.

As others have said these guns can be fussy, but once tuned up and operating they will run for ever. Remember they were designed to feed FMJ not soft nose ammo. I never had any problems with my original gun once I had her tuned up and never needed any replacement parts.

They are a neat historical piece, the first true GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun) she was in use before anyone came up with the term GPMG. Beautifully machined they demonstrate pre-war craftsmanship that no one can afford today.
 
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There are 308 conversions available, one of the site sponsors brought some in late spring of this year
If you want to stick with the 8mm Mauser round your best bet is to reload your ammo
If you reload you can use normal softer primers and then you can ditch the flat coil wind firing pin spring that tnw uses and put the original German spring back in
The gun will run 1000 times better and you will lighten up th trigger pull quite a bit
Mr Wolverine, do you know anything about the tnw mg42s that they are going to start producing next year?
And if you will be selling them if they do import them up here
Thanks for any info
 
308 conversion parts are easy to find but suck to import from the US. google "MG34 308 conversion". Bergflaks has parts like bolt rollers, ejectors, ejector plates and other things if they cant be found in canada. alot of the older MG34 were plagued with assembly issues. each part has to be hand fit and there didn't seem to be any warranty or support in the past unless you shipped it across the border to TNW. Wolverine offering "in house repairs and customer support" is a huge bonus!

heres an old picture before i was totally obsessed with accessories. which there are a lot of.
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VancouverS4 said:
what are the chances of bringing some of this?

h t t p s://www.sargesmilitarysurplus.com/product/8mm-mauser-boxed/
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The chances are not good, assuming it is on our approved list to retail I would guess it would be over $1 per rd by the time it is in Canada.

Anyone who is looking to shoot one of these a lot should really consider the .308 conversion, 8 mm ammo is only going to get harder to find as time goes on or reload.
 
Spare parts:

I have requested a price list for spare parts and will post it here when I have it, so anyone who wants to stock up can do so.


MG 42:

I will also enquire about the possibility of any MG 42 in the future. She may be a problem for Canada due to the receiver design, time will tell.
 
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