Nobody
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Been watching this for a couple days.
Went for $42K.
*If my link is not right, someone help me out here, please.
MG34 just sold on GB -
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Been watching this for a couple days.
Went for $42K.
*If my link is not right, someone help me out here, please.
mostpeople
Senior Member
Seems relatively consistent with German WWII LMG prices I’ve seen recently, maybe a tad on the high side.
Nobody
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Sorry, on the missidentification. I knew that from actually looking at the auction. (Doh)
I visited GB forums this am, saw this thread and just linked it.
Thank you for the correction. (I am correcting my title.) These are not in my wheelhouse, but I thought some here would appreciate it.
I visited GB forums this am, saw this thread and just linked it.
Thank you for the correction. (I am correcting my title.) These are not in my wheelhouse, but I thought some here would appreciate it.
heavy_mech
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Actually the price was just north of $48k. It did come with 4 barrels which is nice.
AN-94
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It's crazy to think that MG prices are as much as a new car these days and a lot of enthusiasts/collectors will never be able to afford them with the way prices keep climbing.
Justinian
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Most of the collectors I know become 02s and just do build services as their business… and then build the MGs they want.
Helps if you can make it profitable, but the cost of a transferrable… I’d rather buy a house at 48K as a downpayment. Which, it would be nice to actually get a MG if it wasn’t as ludicrous in value.
The ComBloc market has gone the same as well.
The info on this piece is ...misleading, to say the least. The maker is Brno, which is very, very common. But it was sold or given to Portugal during the war. For some reasons, the pieces that went to Portugal had an additional "Rheinmetall-Borsig" mark and a consecutive number on top. The finish is authentic indeed, Portuguese authentic, that is. They hit the collector market some years ago. And many were sold as a complete set, as shown in the pic.
Nevertheless a nice piece, of course!
Nevertheless a nice piece, of course!
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mostpeople
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Agreed, I have completely lost the bubble on these. I am seeing $80k as the new average for an Mg42? Do I have that correct!?
CRH113
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I thought they were in the 40-50k range
biggymu
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The fellow who bought my Mg42 was a machinist for a power company on the west coast of Fl., he was also a Lieutenant Colonel in the National Guard and had German reinactor group. He made weapons that worked off oxygen/ propane all the way up to an 88mm anti aircraft gun. He had quite an armor collection.
Anyway, he made a gas gun for me in partial trade that I still have. I saw these crates and had to make one for my Mg. I now keep my gas gun in it. I reverse engineered it from photos and used as much period hardware as I could glean off Ebay.
mostpeople
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This is relevant to my interests.
biggymu
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The MG 42 he made me is almost impossible to tell from the real thing. He was a very interesting and intelligent man. RIP Pete. Damn. No telling where the Grossfuss is now.
He committed suicide. Gees.
Officials: Army Reserve Officer Killed Himself
An Army Reserve officer who volunteered to return to active service for Operation Iraqi Freedom committed suicide last year, an official said Monday. Army Reserve Lt. Col. Peter Winston, 56, died N…
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mostpeople
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Wow I just looked the fellow up. He died in Germany after something that happened to him in Iraq non combat related. No wonder I never heard from him again.
The MG 42 he made me is almost impossible to tell from the real thing. He was a very interesting and intelligent man. RIP Pete. Damn. No telling where the Grossfuss is now.
He committed suicide. Gees.
Officials: Army Reserve Officer Killed Himself
An Army Reserve officer who volunteered to return to active service for Operation Iraqi Freedom committed suicide last year, an official said Monday. Army Reserve Lt. Col. Peter Winston, 56, died N…www.theledger.com
Wow
All I’m gonna say is that is far - far more common than it should be in the military.
AN-94
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I agree, the 48K is a good down payment on a house or buy land that I'd use to escape IL. What's the fun of owning an MG if you have nowhere to shoot it?
I don't really track MG prices, $80k would be completely ludicrous if that is the case, I though $40k-$50k was the range as far as I remember.
heavy_mech
RKI- Reasonably Knowledgable Individual
Sadly, there was a lot of that going around. One of the worst things to ever come out of GWOT.
