If I owned this $150K+ Type E FG42, I don't think I'd have the courage to shoot it.
...Poetry in motion !If I had the resources to get one I would sure as Hell shoot it at least 2 or 3 times.
Just like Larry did.
HDH.
Can't find a lot of info on this, but one of the initial FG 42 prototypes was of a blow forward design. Evidently, the Allies got ahold of it and tested/photographed it at Springfield Armory. Check out that stock!
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Sacrilege here, but I've never understood why the FG is so expensive. They are neat guns, but they really aren't that rare, not 300k rare. I guess it's the look and the whole paratrooper connection. Not sure I'd shoot one if I had it.
Just wondering, how many transferrable FG42s do you think there are in the United States? Or do we know how many there are?
During that last auction they said there were 26 registered And transferable FG-42s. I know there has to be someone who's dad brought one back from the war and its been sitting in their closet for 70 years.
During that last auction they said there were 26 registered And transferable FG-42s. I know there has to be someone who's dad brought one back from the war and its been sitting in their closet for 70 years.
Total production of the first type was 2101 or a little more. Only 77 are known to have survived.
About 6500 of the second model (type G) FG42 were produced - and 112 are known to have survied. First number 2314.