Tactical FG-42 to be entering production

[Wheelbrain]

Information available here, along with hideous pictures.

No, your eyes aren't deceiving you. A German firm ("Tactics Group") is developing it, and it's straight from the WTF files. To me, a collector who adores the more innovative and rarer WWII-era German firearms, it's an abomination.

What I don't understand is, if it's not a modern reproduction of the original, why bother chambering it in the obscure (edit: not so obscure after all, I guess...) 7.92 x 57mm round? It's like developing a tacticool'd Sturmgewehr and chambering it in 7.92 x 33mm, as opposed the more modern and affordable 7.62 x 39mm or .223/5.56. Freakin' lunacy...

 

[Neot]

I saw this today too...I'd prefer if they made on that looked original and not so "tacticool"

 

[ericoak]

8mm is an obscure round? First I heard of that.

 

[Duck]

Keep the 7.92 x 57 and dump the rails. I wonder how much they will sell for.

 

[leroygibbs]

I don't get it.... The FG-42 was way ahead of its time, and so futuristic that a hundred years later (don't get your panties in a bunch, it's hyperbole) we get to "modernize" it by making it look like a steaming heap of dog poop with a rail????

 

[SKIP]

The German paratroopers disliked the 8MM recoil and lack of control on FA.

 

[Duck]

Very true Skip.....

 

[ericoak]

The German paratroopers disliked the 8MM recoil and lack of control on FA.

Better than a k98 though or having to carry around an mg34/42.

 

[StantonCree]

It looks like a drunken hipoint

 

[vin]

It looks like a drunken hipoint

I totally agree. Hipoint was the first thing that ran through my head when I saw the pic.

Hi point will be a better value.

 

[Duck]

What was worst carrying the 42 or the ammo?

 

[ericoak]

What was worst carrying the 42 or the ammo?

I think everyone carried ammo, if they didn't their MG would be out of ammo wayyyyy to fast.

 

[Sev89]

I can understand why this would receive such a bad reception here. But as much as I want to be a purist when it comes to anything relevant to the FG-42, I'm just happy to see someone finally decided to breathe new life into it. The thought of even being able to own a semi-auto copy is enough to make me want one.

 

[jimbobborg]

I didn't realize from the posted picture that the magazine is side mounted.

 

[Indiana Jones]

I hope that's not an original they messed with. Now we're gonna see tacticool shooters holding this like they do ARs with their arms straight out to the front site post. Leave the German weapons the way they were, actually do that with all WW2 firearms and antiques.

 

[BFMIN]

I want one!

 

[Nemesis]

I can understand why this would receive such a bad reception here. But as much as I want to be a purist when it comes to anything relevant to the FG-42, I'm just happy to see someone finally decided to breathe new life into it. The thought of even being able to own a semi-auto copy is enough to make me want one.

i fully agree...and to be honest...take the rails off, and i bet it would actually look pretty good with just the synthetic furniture.

 

[browning guy]

I would buy one

 

[jimbobborg]

8mm is an obscure round? First I heard of that.

Have you tried finding ammo for it lately? I just got an 8mm Czech Mauser, I can only find the ammo through other shooters selling their excess.

 

[ericoak]

I hear it is getting harder to find good surplus but obscure? 8mm Kurtz is obscure but I have shot over 600 rounds of 8mm in the past 2 weeks. My friend has an online source selling 50 round bags for $15.