Pretty cool, but not $6,200 cool.
Ammo is scarce and expensive as well, still pretty neat.

It needs to be chambered in something practical like 5.56 or 7.62x39.

But for us purists, it wouldn't be a STG44! For me STG44 has 7.92x33 Kurz written all over it.

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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
It needs to be chambered in something practical like 5.56 or 7.62x39.

No, it doesn't.

The only selling point this thing has is being the most correct semi auto replica of the STG44 that you can buy.

If you want something practical get an AR and be done with it, or a .22 version that is already being sold.

Or wait for the PSA version mentioned in the video that will be chambered in 5.56 and cost less.

Some of you guys must like to look at guns more than shoot them, because I'm not sure how you plan to feed this thing a steady supply of 7.92x33. I'm not seeing any in stock at any of the usual vendors, and even ammoseek has none listed.

While I can appreciate the historical provenance of an original, a replica that you can't shoot is just an expensive paperweight. I'm with Marzy...it's gotta be chambered in something I can reasonably obtain to make it fun.

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Originally posted by DanH:
Or wait for the PSA version mentioned in the video that will be chambered in 5.56 and cost less.

Also in .300 and 7.62x39.

But the PSA one is not all that accurate of a reproduction. It gets the broad strokes right, and looks mostly correct from a distance, but it's not a true replica like this one.

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Originally posted by 92fstech:
Some of you guys must like to look at guns more than shoot them, because I'm not sure how you plan to feed this thing a steady supply of 7.92x33. I'm not seeing any in stock at any of the usual vendors, and even ammoseek has none listed.

As with a number of obsolete milsurp calibers, Prvi does small runs of 8mm Kurz every few years. But perhaps this uptick in demand will cause them to offer it more often.

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As with a number of obsolete milsurp calibers, Prvi does small runs of 8mm Kurz every few years. But perhaps this uptick in demand will cause them to offer it more often.

Would be cool if they do that...would actually make this viable. Just idle curiosity, as there's no way I'll ever be able to afford one of these, but how hard is it to form cases for 7.92x33 if you wanted to handload for it? Can they be made from 8mm Mauser brass?

They can always hold it, shouting PEW PEW PEW!!!

American Tactical Industries made one years ago in .22lr. It’s the closest most would get to one and for a couple hundred bucks when they were available.

It even came in a wood box with rope handles and some spray paint markings like an old war crate.

-Jeff

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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
It needs to be chambered in something practical like 5.56 or 7.62x39.

Both are significantly longer than 8 kurz. I’m on the other end, wondering how much trouble it would be to rebarrel a Zastava mini-mauser in 8x33.

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Originally posted by 92fstech:

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As with a number of obsolete milsurp calibers, Prvi does small runs of 8mm Kurz every few years. But perhaps this uptick in demand will cause them to offer it more often.

Would be cool if they do that...would actually make this viable. Just idle curiosity, as there's no way I'll ever be able to afford one of these, but how hard is it to form cases for 7.92x33 if you wanted to handload for it? Can they be made from 8mm Mauser brass?

back in the 80's, folks used 308 blanks, cut and resized them, tossed the flash powder loaded a 8mm sierra or speer ofthe correct weight with proper powder and done