Playing German BD42H at store

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STG44 is my dream gun which impossible to have here in Canada, I know we can have a GSG STG44 but it is never be the same feeling as the real deal.

The closet one we recently got is this BD42H which is made by DITTRICH and yes it is restricted! It is copied from Maschinenkarabiner 1942 (machine carbine) AKA MKB 42(H).

The STG44 was after MKB 42W and leading to the famours AK47.

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Shot open bolt and trigger pull is heavy! But I sure like the feeling of this baby!

 

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I thought these were made prohib. I remember drooling over them before I even got my PAL surfing the marstar website. Then they took it down from what I remember.

If they are still available I would love to get one now.

What's the story on SSD are they still around?
 
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rambones said:
I thought these were made prohib. I remember drooling over them before I even got my PAL surfing the marstar website. Then they took it down from what I remember.

If they are still available I would love to get one now.

What's the story on SSD are they still around?
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The prohibited guns you are thinking of were the SSD BD38's (MP-38 repro) which were reclassified after they were determined "easily converted to full-auto" and were seized by the RCMP back in 2012/2013.
 
Milspectacles said:
The prohibited guns you are thinking of were the SSD BD38's (MP-38 repro) which were reclassified after they were determined "easily converted to full-auto" and were seized by the RCMP back in 2012/2013.
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Thanks, I did some research to jog my memory and yes a huge shame to have them reclassified.

More important question is are they still in production and available?

A while back I saw a bd42 for sale for $12k from a site vendor. If my memory recalls I thought these were going for around $3-4k when they were available at marstar.

Which tells me these are high ticket collectibles now.
 
A friend of mine owns one and have shot it a couple of times. It’s pretty cool firing from an open bolt. When you squeeze the stiff trigger pull then the bolt travelsforward and fires. That is a weird feeling.
Even with all that it was accurate enough to hit a 8” gong easily at 100m.
 
When I still had my MP44 CA and were allowed to take them to the range we ( my shooting buddy and myself ) could easily hit the 500 meter gong with iron sights and 125 grain hand loads. We were shooting offhand but leaning sideways with the other shoulder on a tall post to steady us a little. My eyes were better in those days
 
rambones said:
A while back I saw a bd42 for sale for $12k from a site vendor. If my memory recalls I thought these were going for around $3-4k when they were available at marstar.
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No, it was the BD44 (Stg 44 copy) that was in the price range you mention. The BD42 was ten grand when the first ten rifles were available for sale. About a year later two additional rifles showed up and I recall they went about a thousand dollars higher.
 
P0WERWAGON said:
its the ammo that kills this. pretty much have to roll your own.
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Does that really kill it for anybody?

I've never been able to figure out why every serious shooter doesn't have at least some capacity to handload. It makes no sense to me why one wouldn't. Single stage press kits are cheap, and fit into a modest duffle bag.
 
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