STG 44 @ Shot Show 2012

[AssaultWeaponChannel]

sell in 2x4 construction crate - sell at exhorbanant price! lol

[wcropp1]

I really want an STG-44, but I'm pretty sure shooting much 7.92x33 would put me in the poor house. I guess this is where they got the idea for a .22 version--I would certainly like to have one, but I'm not sure I'd buy one. Someone needs to make a real one in collaboration with an ammo company to make the 7.92x33, though I'm sure it still wouldn't be too cheap. Nonetheless, I think collectors would rather have a real gun that's expensive to shoot than a replica they can plink with.

[wcropp1]

@wcropp1 In an ideal world, though, we would have the .22 as a trainer, and a real one--now go make the real one GSG. And a real MP-5 clone too, while you're at it.

[AssaultWeaponChannel]

@wcropp1 ah derrp you think they wouldn't if our importation laws weren't so strict? BD in germany makes a real stg44 but can't import

[wnyvideo]

If they - GSG - produced this in 7.62 x 39, used a chrome lined barrel, and adapted it to use standard AK magazines, they would not be able to make them quick enough.... Who wouldn't want that set up?

[biggboysouth]

@wnyvideo I was thinking the exact same thing as soon as i saw this.

[MaseratiChris556]

That's fuckin expensive for a .22 but ight!

[Timespartan111]

I thought it was cool until i noticed it was .22, im pretty sure almost everyone into shooting already has a .22

[hobofactory]

At least year's SHOT show, ATI was also promising a .22lr version of the MP-40, any sign of that this time around?

[playa3232]

Does the current GSG-5 mags work in this rifle? The shooter doesn't seem to like it.

[SchuboxProductions]

I have a GSG5 .22 and it is a piece of crap. looks awesome but doesn't work very good. It jams all the time!

[MrErnest18045]

What is the website to buy the gun?

[khyberpassgunsmith]

stg 44 my dream gun now i can get one

[drainocleanser]

I didn't realize it was a .22 until he started shooting it. They should at least make it 9mm.

[KracknCorn]

GSG uses pot metal for receivers and components... cheaper to produce and will work with .22s only. Bigger calibers require better engineering, better(more expensive) metals, and they need to go through atf's loops and ladders for import regulations.

[BigSean1992]

that magazine looks retarded. i want a 9mm uzi and mp5 dammit

[coyotevigilant]

.22lr is ok but what about 8mm Kurz? That would be better ;)

[hobofactory]

@coyotevigilant Sure, until you realize how hard it is to find ammo and how much it costs! 

[DARIVSARCHITECTVS]

I own an original MP-44, and this .22 version also has appeal for me. Look at all the nonthinking posters here begging for a 7.62x39mm or 5.56mm version who don't realize that the Russian round is too long to fit in an MP-44 magazine. The ignorance is amazing. You COULD make a 9mm version if the barrel were made ridiculously larger in diameter too. The idea here folks, is to make a .22 plinker toy that appeals to people who like historical gun but cannot afford the originals. I'D BUY ONE!

[hobofactory]

@DARIVSARCHITECTVS

Not really. Why use an MP-44 mags at all? They're far from cheap or widely available, The aftermarket repro's are over $100/each and let's not get started on the original ones! If the manufacturer developed a totally new mag scaled appropriately for 7.62x39, it would be cheaper and easier to get than trying to use MP-44 mags! Heck, they could modify the receiver to accept AK mags, either way you'd get to use cheaper, more available ammo that's ballistically superior too!

[DARIVSARCHITECTVS]

@hobofactory If you scale the mags up to accept the length of a 7.62x39mm cartridge, then the appearance of the gun will be altered to the degree that it will not be suitable for reenactment purposes. Sure, you can inexpensively plink with a 90% clone of the MP-44, but if it doesn't really LOOK like an MP-44 to the discerning eye, I'd rather just use my AK-47 to shoot that same ammo. And yeah, reenactors DO care that it appears 100% like the original gun.

[hobofactory]

@DARIVSARCHITECTVS

There's really only a few mm difference in OAL between 7.92x33 and 7.62x39, one's eye would have to be discerning indeed to tell the difference. In any case, reenactors are a much smaller market than people who want to plink inexpensively, this is probably why someone did a .22lr replica, which by the way, can also quite readily be discerned from the real deal, and that didn't stop them from making it.

[DaytonaRoadster]

Y U NO come in 7.62X39 or 5.56??!?!??!

[lambdog76]

@MadBadVoodo Lol

[lambdog76]

Sturm Gewehr Assault Rifle is redundant. Cool piece though, thanks for posting

[MrM2hb]

Did it have a threaded barrel?

[Floridainfidel]

Looks cool, but in a 22. Man would love it in a large cal. 600. a little much for me, when I can get a regular 22 for 50. bucks.

[coffeefish]

The other calibers will probably follow.

[satyrpain]

I need it!

[MadBadVoodo]

What is the MSRP on it???

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★★★★★

[RaytheonPwnsYou]

@MadBadVoodo Looks like it says $599.95

[tfordman223]

The originals MP44's was pretty heavy and was turned down for military infantry use by Hitler Thus creating your Favored AK platform ! would be nice to see different caliber tho

[djgrooveline]

neat as shit - but would like to see a larger caliber.

[WildAndLiving]

@snooch1975 Its not 4 grand I have seen them for 1,900 in the orginal caliber as a semi auto..

[21danger21]

always wanted this gun but in the original one this is cool but not same thing. love guns from that time frame they were made for real men not ones who bitch over every detail of the gun. or everything else in life they just dealt with it.

[TheHossUSMC]

@21danger21 lol true!

[klw22001]

@21danger21

I thought that you could make the 7.92x33 from the 8mm Mauser using a set of form and trim dies. Not easy as you'd have to cut out excess brass in the formed cases mouth but doable.

[YokoWenis]

Make a quality 9mm or 45acp MP5 replica and I'd consider it, but I have zero interest in this.

[TheHossUSMC]

@YokoWenis yea me neither, but some people love this crap.

[67mustangreg]

I will buy one! BUT not for that price.

[caregiver7751]

A 22 for 600? umm no! lol Nice looking gun thou.

[snooch1975]

ohh now thats bad ass there was a company tht made it in the original caliber but the made a limited number and the price was like 4g

[garrettzkool63]

@Acefearkiller GSG basically just makes .22 stuff unfortunately 

[Acefearkiller]

They have to screw it up and make it a 22 , why can't we have the original caliber

[TheHossUSMC]

@Acefearkiller one in 7.62x39 or 5.56 would be cool for sure. GSG is weird.

[Timespartan111]

@TheHossUSMC you know what would be cool? 5.45 x 39mm one.

[MrJp990]

@Timespartan111 What if it was in the original 7.92X33mm Kurz?

[Timespartan111]

@MrJp990 I probably wouldn't like it because ammo would be rare, and when you come across it would be expensive because its rare

[Burnupmaster45]

@Acefearkiller Some Europeain Countries only allow Semi Auto Rifles in .22

GSG is a Europe based company so maybe they were trying to make a product they can sell to the US Market and ones in Europe

[xodspork]

Friggin sic! Might have to add one to the collection.

[Grunt922]

eh. at 600$ i see this as more of a collectors or for fun piece. if it was in the original caliber then sure id pay 600.

[TheHossUSMC]

@Grunt922 retail will be a bit lower, but I agree it is mostly for collectors.

[Hiluxtaco]

So, what did you think of it?

[TheHossUSMC]

@Hiluxtaco It was heavy.