Comments by "mpetersen6" (@mpetersen6) on "FG-42: Perhaps the Most Impressive WW2 Shoulder Rifle" video.

  1. The video or videos of Ian shooting FG-42s are very impressive. One I think is titled Is the Hype Real? The answer was yes. In one portion he fires a full magazine and all if the expended brass lands forward and to the right in about a six foot circle. That shows just one small detail that the designers thought out. Regarding any possible fragility of these weapons. Just what was the expected amount of service for one of these weapons. If it is only expected to last x number if hours in combat or x number of rounds building them to last 10x's as long is a waste of resources. As a side question. I'm sure there is probably data in the various archives. How many rounds did the average rifleman fire total in WWll?
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  2. It's not just the manufacturing cost. There's the engineering and development work. It's not just a matter of copying an existing item. Then there is the tooling and ma CV hinerh costs. Company A decides to build and market lets say a semi auto version of the Johnson LMG. And they don't have the machine tools needed to ro the job. And the reproduction will have limited sales. The cost if all of this has to covered somehow. And in any liability insurance. Plus th hey are planning on making a profit. After all. It's a business. Not a charity.
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  3. ​ @JohnHughesChampigny  I can think if two specific areas of shooting sports where a reproduction is useful and probably highly desirable. Cowboy Action events and re-enactments. After all would someone really want to risk damage to his possibly expensive antique firearm.
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  4.  @JohnHughesChampigny  Not really. The re-enactors I'm thinking of are Civil War and earlier.
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  5.  @JohnHughesChampigny  Yes I have seen it. As Ian pointed out with the FG-42 repos SMG iirc put as much work into the magazines as the rifle.
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