Blast From The Past

alanint · 05-21-2017, 03:08 PM

I've been digitizing old photographs and came across this one, which is somewhat pertinent to the hobby.
Range day with the MKb42(H).

sheepherder · 05-21-2017, 03:14 PM

Very nice! Is that model with the 'bulging' grip the late-model or early?

alanint · 05-21-2017, 03:15 PM

Prototype for the MP44, but the site here insists on posting it upside down!!

sheepherder · 05-21-2017, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by alanint

Prototype for the MP44, but the site here insists on posting it upside down!!

That is a known problem but offhand I forget what the fix is...Just copy it, flip it, and re-post...That's what I did...

alanint · 05-21-2017, 04:41 PM

I took your copy and saved it over the one I had. Hopefully that wiped out the old code!
Thanks!

sheepherder · 05-21-2017, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by alanint

I took your copy and saved it over the one I had. Hopefully that wiped out the old code!
Thanks!

I think all will see it right-side up.

Chubby little guy but he seems happy. Your son?

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Originally Posted by alanint

Prototype for the MP44...

D'OH!!! I should have known that from the long gas tube - I thought it was a folding bayonet, ala FG42...

alvin · 05-21-2017, 07:40 PM

I am thinking about getting a ZB-26... it costs nowadays. Not rare, but I like it.

stg44fan · 05-21-2017, 11:36 PM

Very nice, I approve. Must have been a fun day. Do you still own it?

alanint · 05-22-2017, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by stg44fan

Very nice, I approve. Must have been a fun day. Do you still own it?

Never mine. It was turned into ATF by a veteran who never registered it, along with 500 rounds of ammo. Since we are very friendly with ATF around here, we got to shoot up the ammo at a range day before the rifle was donated to the Springfield Armory museum. It is on display there today.

stg44fan · 05-23-2017, 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by alanint

Never mine. It was turned into ATF by a veteran who never registered it, along with 500 rounds of ammo. Since we are very friendly with ATF around here, we got to shoot up the ammo at a range day before the rifle was donated to the Springfield Armory museum. It is on display there today.

Very cool story. Not every day you get to see a piece of history like that, let alone shoot it. I will shoot one some day.

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05-21-2017, 03:15 PM	#3
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Prototype for the MP44, but the site here insists on posting it upside down!!

05-21-2017, 04:41 PM	#5
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	I took your copy and saved it over the one I had. Hopefully that wiped out the old code! Thanks!

05-21-2017, 07:40 PM	#7
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	I am thinking about getting a ZB-26... it costs nowadays. Not rare, but I like it.

05-21-2017, 11:36 PM	#8
stg44fan User Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Portland OR Posts: 81 Thanks: 42 Thanked 49 Times in 27 Posts	Very nice, I approve. Must have been a fun day. Do you still own it?