Steyr Solthurn MP34 Dewat on CGN

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John from Wolverine Supplies has this MP34 for sale. It passed over my workbench during it's restoration/deactivation, and all I can say is Wow...talk about a machinist's nightmare. The body appears to be made up from solid 1-1/2 hex stock bored, milled and machined to make the main tube. The front barrel shroud (much like a Bergman and thus like the later Lanchesters, Patchetts and Sterlings) is added after the initial machining process on the main receiver. Rather than issue a seperate magazine loader, it is machined onto the top of the magwell. Even the original barrel was a work of art, with the extra fine threads at the chamber, and the front barrel nut machined as part of the barrel itself.

The gun is overall quite heavy, but, as Jane's (and John) puts it, the Rolls Royce of the SMGs.

Steyr Solothurn MP 34 9mm SMG DEACTIVATED. These were the “Rolls Royce” of pre WWII submachine guns. This model was supplied to Portugal who supplied them to Germany in WWII, this example has both Portuguese and German stamps. Complete with one mag and bayonet. These guns featured a neat charger loading system machined into the magazine housing. $1,750.00 private sale no tax.

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