Comments by "Gaza is not Amalek" (@Ass_of_Amalek) on "Romanian Orita Model 1941/48" video.

MP41 uses a stamped receiver, a simpler bolt, and probably other simpler parts, so I think it was cheaper. ian's video on it states that it was mostly made for export to romania, to be used alongside the orita.
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6:25 that levered firing pin also strikes the cartridge at around twice the speed (depending on where the pivot point is) that it would if it was fixed in the bolt. maybe it made a difference to fire whatever ammunition they were using more reliably, or to combine reliable firing with a relatively controllable recoil?
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just guessing, but I would think that this is much less of an issue with a shouldered gun than with a pistol
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-overly complex design -manufactured after 1948 -finish kinda still looks like wartime production these guys made some weird choices
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@dollabz777 not extra force. the firing pin strikes with higher velocity, but less force.
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@dollabz777 I don't know how that's calculated, maybe. I think if the primer cap is soft enough, the lever apparatus is going to result in the firing pin deforming the primer compound at a higher velocity, like a sharper impact sort of thing, and faster impacts are generally better at setting off impact-sensitive explosives. though that may not have been necessary at all, and maybe it was just for the purpose ian explained (preventing out of battery firing by only making the firing pin protrude from the bolt as the bolt closes).
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