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Here the SGew57 goes for about 750-850 €. The M39 starts at that point.
But fact is, I just don’t like semiautos...
I’m desperate.
Am about to sell also my Stg58...
Got a good offer.

I sinned against my StGew. 57...
Swapped it for this one, an M39.
I’m just not into semiautos...
Forgive me gentlemen!
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Tough gal Ma, isn’t she?:lol:

How are your hands, Pierre? Doing ok?

Yep. I‘ll measure the oal again and decide what to do.
Worst case scenario, I‘ll cut the loads a bit and see.
The difference in length is not a small thing...
But I‘ll test in very very sturdy...

But you got me a bit scared, damn...:lol:

That is the reason why I want to try them in very solid rifles.

Thanks Cinders. That was on my to-do list. Maybe that rifle just needs slightly shorter boolits...

Hi Bruce, thanks for this very interesting information.
It seems he had the same problem I experienced at the range.
I was using plain and simple Hornady HPBT 168 grs. bullets, and they surely are...

I got the field manual of the Fass57 from a Swiss guy who writes on our Italian Milsurps Forum.
Interesting.
I also found the complete German manual.

Now you guys have an excuse to start...

Fact is, I sized, trimmed and chamfered each round. Then I use a manual scale and also put the powder manually in each and every round.
After seating the bullet, I measure again each and every...

Finally I remembered to take pictures of the infamous round that got stuck.
It is not dented at the shoulder, so it really got blocked before completely chambering.
The striker touched the primer...

Thanks guys.
I’ve been in Germany the whole week and will be back home tomorrow evening.
All the time with that thought nagging at me. I really want to understand what happened.
But Saturday,...

Jim,

I had the bolt almost completely closed, just a tad back still.
The hammer would hit the striker, but that was not hitting the primer strongly enough, it just nicked it.
What "****ed me...

I took her out on Saturday.
Didn’t shoot much because I had a minor issue due to the reloaded ammo and, since I don’t like to have live ammo stuck in the chamber (I took off the stock, the trigger...

Hi Hunter, look at this interesting video from Bloke on The Range.
At minute 29:30 approximately it explains what has been done to “demilitarise” the rifles.
Mine is exactly like that.
I guess...

There is everything here. Switzerland is just around the corner. Actually, they are not very expensive here...

Not easy...

Here she is.
What an outstanding technical piece of perfection...
I never thought I’d end up with this rifle, but now it just feels so right here.
650€. The “pusher” asked me to get it from him...

:eek::eek::eek:

K???

I’m there!

Today I went to my local gun shop, aka my pusher...
They showed me a STG57 and offered it to me for 700€.
That is a great price!!!
I know it chews up brass like I like to chew up t-bone steaks. I...