What the heck is this?
- Thread starter Steppenwolf
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death-junky
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Moose Jaw SK
wow thats sweet even know it is not yours but hey try and get it off the guy if you can 
beg borrow or........steal hahahahahaha lol
ttyal
Riley
beg borrow or........steal hahahahahaha lolttyal
Riley
Coyote Ugly
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A very nice find indeed.
Here's some action shots of the G41M, G41W and G/K43.
http://www.gewehr43.com/battle.html
According to the book Hitlers's Garands by Darrin Weaver, G41M production was between 15,000 and 20,000 rifles. Yours is the 12,269 G41M made.
Very nice and too rare to shoot, you'll never find replacement parts.
I have some old gun books from the 1950's, G43 was $39.00, G41W was $49.00 and G41M was $69.00!
Here's some action shots of the G41M, G41W and G/K43.
http://www.gewehr43.com/battle.html
According to the book Hitlers's Garands by Darrin Weaver, G41M production was between 15,000 and 20,000 rifles. Yours is the 12,269 G41M made.
Very nice and too rare to shoot, you'll never find replacement parts.
I have some old gun books from the 1950's, G43 was $39.00, G41W was $49.00 and G41M was $69.00!
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Very nice rifle. A friend clued me on to this forum and thread, since I'm a nut for all things German and Semi-Auto.
Fair pricing for a G41(M) is round abouts $8000 USD these days. I've never followed the Canadian market on any guns, so its value in Canadian dollars is anybody's guess.
They are hard to find in any condition. Coyote Ugly got it right when he said around 14,000-ish were produced.
The G41(M) is a very interesting rifle. When it was designed, it was done to the specifications listed by the German military command. They wanted a semi-automatic rifle that could also be used as a bolt action should the gas-operating system fail.
Two companies, Walther and Mauser, competed for the contract. Mauser's design stuck true to the required specifications. Its bolt handle is used to charge the rifle after initial loading as well as cycle rounds in the event of gas system failure. It might sound like a good idea on paper, but in practice it turned out a ridiculously complex rifle that was cumbersome, overly-complex, and prone to failure.
The Walther design - G41(W) - used a "more conventional" semi-auto only action, locked by horizontally-opposed flaps. Ironically, it had no provision for emergency bolt action operation, yet it won the contract for field trials and production. Once it reached the full-fledged production phase, the (W) was dropped and it was only referred to as the G41.
Unfortunately, the G41's design wasn't very handy at the front either. It's delicate gas system needed constant cleaning and maintenance in order to function in combat, which is not something that was popular with the troops. Later, the SVT-40's gas system was copied and grafted onto what was essentially a modified G41, and that ultimately became the G43.
Either way, the G41(M) is hard to find and I'd love to hear more info about that one and/or see more pictures. (And, ideally, add one to my collection. )
Fair pricing for a G41(M) is round abouts $8000 USD these days. I've never followed the Canadian market on any guns, so its value in Canadian dollars is anybody's guess.
They are hard to find in any condition. Coyote Ugly got it right when he said around 14,000-ish were produced.
The G41(M) is a very interesting rifle. When it was designed, it was done to the specifications listed by the German military command. They wanted a semi-automatic rifle that could also be used as a bolt action should the gas-operating system fail.
Two companies, Walther and Mauser, competed for the contract. Mauser's design stuck true to the required specifications. Its bolt handle is used to charge the rifle after initial loading as well as cycle rounds in the event of gas system failure. It might sound like a good idea on paper, but in practice it turned out a ridiculously complex rifle that was cumbersome, overly-complex, and prone to failure.
The Walther design - G41(W) - used a "more conventional" semi-auto only action, locked by horizontally-opposed flaps. Ironically, it had no provision for emergency bolt action operation, yet it won the contract for field trials and production. Once it reached the full-fledged production phase, the (W) was dropped and it was only referred to as the G41.
Unfortunately, the G41's design wasn't very handy at the front either. It's delicate gas system needed constant cleaning and maintenance in order to function in combat, which is not something that was popular with the troops. Later, the SVT-40's gas system was copied and grafted onto what was essentially a modified G41, and that ultimately became the G43.
Either way, the G41(M) is hard to find and I'd love to hear more info about that one and/or see more pictures. (And, ideally, add one to my collection.
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- Location
- Tucson, Arizona
Taken from a german who no longer needed it.
