MP44 STG44 Charging Handles

I had a few people interested in new manufacture charging handles. After doing some preliminary costing, we could do a pre-sale for $21ea, I'd like to have at least 20 spoken for.

Anyone else interested?

As a side note, we have firing pins and extractors in the works, if you have any interest in those please let me know.

Just so people know, I bought an SSD handle and the shank was a different diameter (larger) than the one on my original Haenel. Parts assemblies may be same size as originals but that doesn't mean all of the small bits are dimensioned the same.

WallyG. said:

Since original spares are not always available and my replacement stock is low I’d be game for fp and extractor. PM details please.
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Firing pin's won't be available till later this year, most likely november/december. I'll post more when we are closer. Extractors may either happen this fall, or early 2026, it depends on a couple of other projects/products that use the same 5160 spring steel. If they will mix into the production schedule with our other parts, I will post here.

Everyone, myself included, hates pre-sales, but for a our tiny business, we have to cash flow projects, and pre-sales help move the project along.

Wilhelm said:

Just so people know, I bought an SSD handle and the shank was a different diameter (larger) than the one on my original Haenel. Parts assemblies may be same size as originals but that doesn't mean all of the small bits are dimensioned the same.

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Making any replacement parts for honestly any German gun can be challenging. The greatest German propaganda success is related to their manufacturing "perfection". Some of it can be challenging as Germany was just implementing DIN and ISO standards, which don't always align with modern standards. Sometimes you don't know what you don't know. Sometimes the parts don't match the drawings. Sometimes the parts don't match the parts. Sometimes the original parts were made wrong.

By the way, I really appreciate your photo comparison thread. I've used it several times looking at parts. I unfortunately don't own a MP44, so it can be a little troublesome.

Edited to add: in regards to the extractor, we could make them from 4140, that would be cheaper, easier, faster, and it really does not need to be made from 5160. The originals were essentially 1018 with a thin medium hard case. We can do that too. I have a habit of making things so that I never need to make another one. Not particularly a good business model.

It looks like we are going to proceed with the first small batch of parts. This will include the Extractor, Extractor Spring, Charging Handle, and Firing Pin. I'll take these to SOS and see how we do on sales. If sales are moderately good, we will continue to add more products.

Now for the important bit. Like many of the late war products, the machining on these parts are garbage. I am assuming you guys want nasty, rough, tearing, smearing, feed lines, burrs? Do you want them hot salt blued or in the white? Offer both? Parkerized? Let me know your preference when you order. Do you want me to make up a "riveting" kit? Let me know.

Here is the pre-sale.


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