Blast From The Past

alanint · 05-21-2017, 02:08 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, 02:14 PM

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

alanint · 05-21-2017, 02:15 PM

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

sheepherder · 05-21-2017, 02:19 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, 03:41 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, 03:47 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, 06:40 PM

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

stg44fan · 05-21-2017, 10:36 PM

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

alanint · 05-22-2017, 08:46 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 · 05-22-2017, 11:34 PM

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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.

05-21-2017, 02:08 PM	#1
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Blast From The Past I've been digitizing old photographs and came across this one, which is somewhat pertinent to the hobby. Range day with the MKb42(H). Attached Thumbnails

05-21-2017, 02:14 PM	#2
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,195 Thanks: 1,411 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	Very nice! Is that model with the 'bulging' grip the late-model or early? Attached Thumbnails __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

05-21-2017, 02:15 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, 03:41 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, 06:40 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, 10:36 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?