The French Hotchkiss SMG.

[Flying10uk]

Here are some pictures of my U.K. deactivated Hotchkiss SMG or as I like to call it "the folding-up SMG". U.K. collectors will know what I mean when I say that this item has been deactivated to the "old new spec" U.K. deactivation which when translated into plain English means that most of it has been welded up as part of the deactivation work apart from the folding stock and mag housing/mechanism, as can be seen from the pictures. At the time when this SMG was deactivated sometimes even the magazines got deactivated, by some dealers, and this is one such example. A deac stamp can seen near the base of the lower part of the mag in the close up picture. I purchased this deac in late April purely because of the interesting design of folding stock and mag housing, nothing more.

I don't really know too much about the Hotchkiss SMG other than the unique way that the stock and mag housing fold-up and I thought that any other Forum members who may have more knowledge of the Hotchkiss SMG may like to provide some further background information to the thread, please.

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