Anyone getting a STG-44 (22 LR) carbine?

sheepherder · 02-28-2013, 07:35 PM

The GSG Forum is rife with complaints about the GSG StG-44 shooting way low...Nobody from GSG or ATI will say why...Whether it's the .22LR HV ammunition here in US being weaker or or the profile of the .22 rifle being faithful to the more powerful 7.92mm Kurz round...(IOW, they copied the 7.92 rifle sight)...

Some are jacking up the rear sight base ~1/4"; a very few have filed the front sight down...

Anyone here have any problems with it shooting low???

(I haven't fired mine...I'm afraid if I carry it outside anywhere, I will have black SUV's coming out of everywhere)...

padredan · 02-28-2013, 09:43 PM

you bet ,it does

sheepherder · 02-28-2013, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by padredan

you bet ,it does

I've read of one owner stacking three 1/4" flat washers under each rear sight base screw (under the sight leaf flat spring)...Another put two 1/4" nuts under the sight base...

The ideal 'fix' would be a black Delrin rectangle under the sight base...It might look a bit odd...Or maybe not...

sheepherder · 03-02-2013, 10:06 AM

ARFCOM thread (with pics) on shimming the rear sight base -

http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_41/39...SG_StG_44.html

sheepherder · 03-03-2013, 09:59 AM

...And Mark Serbu has a video on YouTube (one of many on the StG-44!) comparing an original StG-44 to the GSG .22LR StG-44...

http://youtu.be/vrxyx4XF0B4

I was surprised at how slow a rate of fire the original 7.92 x 33 caliber StG-44 has, in full auto mode...

02-28-2013, 07:35 PM	#1
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,208 Thanks: 1,425 Thanked 4,474 Times in 2,343 Posts	The GSG Forum is rife with complaints about the GSG StG-44 shooting way low...Nobody from GSG or ATI will say why...Whether it's the .22LR HV ammunition here in US being weaker or or the profile of the .22 rifle being faithful to the more powerful 7.92mm Kurz round...(IOW, they copied the 7.92 rifle sight)... Some are jacking up the rear sight base ~1/4"; a very few have filed the front sight down... Anyone here have any problems with it shooting low??? (I haven't fired mine...I'm afraid if I carry it outside anywhere, I will have black SUV's coming out of everywhere)... __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

02-28-2013, 09:43 PM	#2
padredan User Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: louisiana Now, but from the Rebublic of Texas Posts: 937 Thanks: 429 Thanked 316 Times in 182 Posts	you bet ,it does __________________ In this world nothing is free, except the grace of God

03-02-2013, 10:06 AM	#4
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,208 Thanks: 1,425 Thanked 4,474 Times in 2,343 Posts	ARFCOM thread (with pics) on shimming the rear sight base - http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_6_41/39...SG_StG_44.html __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

03-03-2013, 09:59 AM	#5
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,208 Thanks: 1,425 Thanked 4,474 Times in 2,343 Posts	...And Mark Serbu has a video on YouTube (one of many on the StG-44!) comparing an original StG-44 to the GSG .22LR StG-44... http://youtu.be/vrxyx4XF0B4 I was surprised at how slow a rate of fire the original 7.92 x 33 caliber StG-44 has, in full auto mode... __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...