Sturmgewehr 44 interesting "thingy"

[JMayo]

What is the little thing sticking out toward the front sight ?
Interesting info

StG 44 - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Darwin]

I had no idea so I had to look it up. It’s a stacking rod to stand rifles together to keep them off the ground. In this case it’s also an extension of the gas plug for removal.

 

[M-61]

Been around awhile

 

[JMayo]

Ahh. I didn't know what to look up !

Gas plug. I guess it's where mantaince is done to the gas system.

Element STG 44 - 27 - Original WWII German breech plug for gas port to MP44/STG44.

I'd love to read about the way it works/uses .... Can't find much of anything.

 

[FNSafari]

Hickok 45 he shoots one and does a quick disassemble.

 

[Liven The Dream]

I would enjoy checking one out for a Year or two ?

 

[Pawnee Bill]

Looking at the STG-44, can you see how Kalashnikov stole the idea for his AK-47.

 

[JMayo]

I like reading more than videos. It's a really interesting weapon to me

 

[Fuj]

I have a few cases I picked up at a gun show. The cartridge
is a Kurz 7.92x33 rimless. I found out real quick that they
were Berdan primed. I was thinking 17 cal at the time for a
wild cat.

 

[JMayo]

The case Hickok showed looked allot liked a 30br.
More on these rifles

 

[FNSafari]

Its a 7.92x33mm case....323 cal., the 8mm Kurz. The 30BR, which is not a standard cartridge by any means, is made by expanding the neck of a 6mmBR case to 30, neck turning if necessary, then fire forming. Its generally about 37mm long. There are many "improved" 30BR versions. See cartridges on this website.

 

[D-4297]

Looking at the STG-44, can you see how Kalashnikov stole the idea for his AK-47.

Every gun designer and country "STOLE" something from this beautiful weapon . It is the true Grand-father of the modern assault rifle . And it will stand besides the newest and best made today . If I ever had to go into another "gun-fight" , I'd take one if ammo was available .

 

[Pawnee Bill]

Every gun designer and country "STOLE" something from this beautiful weapon . It is the true Grand-father of the modern assault rifle . And it will stand besides the newest and best made today . If I ever had to go into another "gun-fight" , I'd take one if ammo was available .

That is true. We borrowed the Mauser 98 action from the Germans and called it the 1903 Springfield and also their spitzer bullet design.

 

[Steve Blair]

Looking at the STG-44, can you see how Kalashnikov stole the idea for his AK-47.

They operate very differently and the ideas driving both designs overlapped by several years. While I'm sure Kalashnikov had seen one, design was already underway.

 

[ebb]

Something that needs to be banned, along with barrel shrouds, and those things that go up.

 

[Liven The Dream]

Looking at the STG-44, can you see how Kalashnikov stole the idea for his AK-47.

Check out a M-60 ?

 

[Steve Blair]

Check out a M-60 ?

Yes, MG42, FG42, Lewis. They were not shy about "borrowing" to design the M60. But, that's the true of almost all small arms. Designers build upon what has gone before.

 

[Fuj]

Designers build upon what has gone before.

And John Moses Browning was probably studied more
then most.

 

[FNSafari]

That is true. We borrowed the Mauser 98 action from the Germans and called it the 1903 Springfield and also their spitzer bullet design.

and then had to pay the Mauser's royalty fees. That stopped when WW I broke out.

 

[Conaso]

Beretta 92 series copied the German P38.