German MP-40

[jimmyj]

Hi:
Visited an old friend from years ago yesterday. I had forgot exactly where He lived, but finally located it.
During our conversation he announced "Jimmy, you are going to be able to hold a piece of history today". He then bought forth a WWII German MP-40 SMG in awesome condition ! WOW ! I owned a German MP-38 SMG along with a U.S. M-2 Carbine plus a U.S. M-3 SMG many years ago. I remarked that this German SMG was heavier than I recalled ? Then I remembered that this was well over fifty years ago. Before I could ask, he said "Its legal, I am a Class 3 Dealer." I imagine this weapon has a interesting history.

 

[67tempest]

A friend of mine had one and I always enjoyed firing it.

 

[italiansport]

I test fired one after a customer brought one into gunsmithing at my club that needed a tuneup. The like just about any submachine gun are fun to fire.
Jim

 

[Houlton]

We had 2 in our arsenal. No one knew where they came from. Both had functioning problems. A friend worked on them for me and cobbled parts from them to get one firing. I took one to the range and had a ball. Don't think they have been fired since. Also found a 1928B in canvas with all accessory's tucked away in the corner. The administration wanted to trade it off. I pi--ed them off and registered it with ATF. That meant it could never be sold.

 

[Arik]

Ill take 4 please!

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[jdlii]

Our resident gun guru wrote a wonderful article on this weapon for the Blue Press! Y'all may have read it but, if not, it is worth the effort to find it and read it for a complete, yet concise, history.

 

[triaxle]

I new a guy who s dad brought one back home I said tell him I will give him 1000 bucks for it . I forgot about and about a month later phone rings and he said dad will take it . I went right down to a old Archery Bunker type house and their was a mint Styer code 660 MP 40 all matching numbers everywhere , stock ,barrel . sights . Thing under the barrel . I was not going to jail for 5 yr I dont know what happened to it .

 

[Richard Simmons]

Friend of mine has one built on an ERB tube. Looks and functions just like the original. After some time with his Uzi the MP-40, with its slower rate of fire is very pleasant.

 

[pmanton]

I had one in my hands when I was in Viet Nam. No magazine so I never got to fire it.

 

[Stirling]

A friend and I used to test WWII submachineguns for a local gunsmith. He used to convert them to semi-auto to make them legal here. We would test fire for function before and after the conversions. Mostly he used to convert MP40s and various Sten models. We would download our 9mm ammo so we could legally fire the guns with full house ammo but still get the full auto kick with the soft loads.