Repairing and Testing an FG42: The MOST EXPENSIVE Gun of WW2

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6:53 I never knew how much I needed to hear an Italian man say “bollocks!”

I'm so glad he leave in the 'ping' followed by 'Bollocks!' at 06:53, after telling us how disassembling trigger groups is a pain in the ass. Kind of really drove the point home in a humerous fashion :D

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It seems like its largest hindrance was the 8mm cartridge. A smaller, lighter cartridge would have been easier to hit the design goals.

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The STG57 also had similar requirements other then it was also designed to fire huge rifle grenades however wasn't designed to be dropped on a paratrooper. There are similarities I think between the two as well. The FG42 is probably my all time favoruite small arm from WW2, very much ahead of it's time only really being overshadowed by the STG44. The 57 is the superior design in terms of reliability although at the cost of weight.

The design of these older weapons always intrigues me and even more so when you consider they’ve been designed and manufactured during wartime with the massive added pressure that obviously comes with it.

Don't know how it happened, but I bet since the disconnector prevents the gun going full auto the"malfunction" was some one tinkering with it ,messed it up and the gun doesn't fire at all

Thanks for the background history on the battle of Crete. What an interesting firearm. Nice to see that even professionals have springs go flying ;-)

6:33 I really appreciate how safety-first you are. Guns are awesome, and historical firearms even more so, but they are still lethal weapons, and very precisely made machines (for the most part) that require a good foundation of knowledge to understand the more complicated bits, like trigger groups and gas piston systems.

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As far as it's doing double duty as a light machinegun the manufacturer suggests this the FG42 rarely be used in that manor. I'm sure you read the book, Death From Above. which includes the manual where it states, "The weapon fires single-shot and in emergency, in the full-automatic mode." I enjoyed your video! I fell in love with the FG42 so long ago because of CoD and the like. When the opportunity to acquire one (a repro) happened I jumped on it. I bought the ZF-4 scope before the rifle actually. There was a limited run by Meopta, the direct descendant of the original scope maker. I heard they made a 1000 unit run of the scope and didn't want to miss the opportunity for one of theirs rather than a Chinese knock-off. There is/was a gentleman in Auburn, WA machining the mounts (cool!). Got one. A correct reproduction sling was ordered. I picked up a magazine loader and ammo clips to feed the loader. I'd like to find some more magazines though. Luckily I have a VERY understanding wife!

Please post more content like this . Your presentation was very clear and interesting

Outstanding presentation! You really did a very thorough presentation that taught me a lot about this firearm. Thank you. Great job.

Imagine if WWII saw wider use of things like the FG42, the Colt Monitor, and the SVT 40

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Excellent analysis! I think the FG-42 would have been a far more viable rifle had they used 7.92x33 Kurz or maybe a similar variation. The Mauser cartridge was too much for it's intended purpose, and as you noted in this video, too much to deal with in the design of the rifle. I love the appearance of the FG-42, and I think that modern repros should be made to chamber 5.56....which would require an internals redesign...but with CAD it shouldn't be too hard to do, considering the ease of machining today. Maybe not cheap...but certainly doable.

That was a good take on the FG2, giving detail that other channels have not covered.

Brilliant video presentation mate. Really informative. Keep up the good work!