Heads up! Marstar has posted pricing on repro STG44's, etc.

[mtallman]

The prices were actually a little lower than what I had imagined. Still, if I had that kind of cash laying around I would have invested in that M1D at the Brandon show. Maybe we'll get to see a couple of these at the next milsurp shoot in Shilo.

I was just thinking how ironic it would be if one were to convert one of those 3008's to sten configuration.

[Adolf Galland]

I like them,The price is a little steep for me.

[Claven2]

Bear in mind, if you're big into german stuff, a collectible K98k is up into the $1000 to $2000 mark. Some guys (even guys on this forum) buy the right K98k's all day long in that price range. To someone into those items, 3K on an STG44 they could never have owned before now isn't so much of a stretch.

If the maker was making many thousands of these, the price would be much lower, but as I understand it, they make, at most, dozens - perhaps hundreds. This means the price is high due to volume being low compared to tooling costs.

For comparison's sake - go price the Ohio Ordnance VZ-2000 clone of the VZ58. It was something like $2000 US and used some surplus parts too. It's also a cheaper rifle to manufacture on a small scale than an STG44 as you can do it all in a CNC mill except the barrel. An STG44 requires a steel forge and a complex stamping die setup for multiple operations. If you make 100,000 units of something, stamping is cheaper - but the tooling costs are MASSIVE. On a small scale, it really drives the costs up.

[The Queens Medalist 86,87]

Got to fire the real Sturmgewehre and Schmisser during my army days on the ranges. They are cool!

[Garand]

Gee George, you were in the Army?? You had to love those days that the RCMP had there annual shoot in Chilliwack.