Its happening, semi auto 9mm MP40

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haha , I like the first comment from original blog:
"How many dorks are going to call their local gun shop to order a MP40 and end up with a S&W handgun? "
:D:D:D
 
Looks pretty cool, its neat that they're doing that. I'm not going to get too excited though until I hear what outrageous price they ask for it, other period replicas like the FG42 and STG44 cost as much as I paid for my car(yes I buy used).
 
I think these were introduced at the SHOT Show in 2015. Good to see they'll finally be importing them into the U.S. Original WWII magazines go for $50 to $70; hopefully the new MP40s can use them.
 
The version being imported is the pistol without a stock. Adding a stock makes it a NFA short barrel rifle. Also you would need to add US made parts to comply with 922r.
 
It will have a niche---probably about as big as the niche for the semi auto M-3 Grease Guns. If I'm reading correctly and they've used zinc castings in the construction I
would take a pass. They will make someone happy....
 
I was lucky enough to have shot a transferable real German WWII MP-40 in December in Arizona. We shot ten different full auto guns that day and polling the group I was with, teens to oldsters, the full auto MP-40 was the most fun gun to shoot overall. Smooth, ran like a sewing machine, accurate, easy to hold on target in FA. When I move to Arizona, if they are still semi-affordable, I will buy a transferable.

That said, semi-auto, neutered versions of sub-machine guns are always disappointing. I had a semi auto Uzi, shot it once, sold it. Heavy (11lbs!!!), clunky with a 16" barrel and wood shoulder stock, it was super boring to shoot so I sold it to someone who wanted it to teach kids how to shoot at a gun club. Uzis are great as sub-machine guns but super boring as neutered, semi-auto, 16" barrel carbines. I would think the MP-40 would be the same way. And if these are made of zine alloy/Zamak, that stuff is junk, pass.
 
Huh...my semi auto Uzi experience was completely different...I had a blast shooting the 10" steel plates at my rifle club with it. We have rows of swinging plates ranging from 40 to 100yds, and I could work them rapid fire easily.
It was just a lot of fun.
The only reason I sold it was to fund a CMP M1 carbine.
 
That said, semi-auto, neutered versions of sub-machine guns are always disappointing.
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I guess that depends on A) what gun you are talking about and B) what you are doing with them.

Something like an HK UMP is probably best used on semi. Something like the Vector seems sensible on the 2 round burst but the 1200+ RPM rate of fire makes its full auto less than ideal IMHO. An MP5, the fullauto I have the most trigger time on is more useful on full auto than some others IMHO. It is fairly controllable and short controllable bursts that keep all round on target are doable at sensible ranges. On most sub guns anything outside of about 10 yards and full auto becomes even less useful. For social use many people seriously overestimate the usefulness of full auto IMHO.

Now for giggles, fun and turning money into noise, sure semi probably wont measure up, at least if you don't have regular access to a full auto firearm.

Since we are talking about civilian owned guns here, if you took one guy who paid $18K for a full auto MP5 and another guy who spent $2k on an MKE semi auto gun and $16K on training and ammo I know who I think would be more effective by a VERY wide margin.
 
Sounds cool. I just hate that in order for it to look right, it has to be either a pistol or an SBR. If it's an ATI, it 'should' be affordable.
 
I have to admit I think that's pretty cool. Can't think of a use for it without a stock, but it's cool.
 
A big, bulky, 9mm PISTOL with no stock and no full auto capability is really cool . . . as in not so hot.

I wonder how many 9mm Glock (or Browning, or S&W, or Ruger, or SIG or Springfield) pistols one would be able to buy for the cost of one of these neutered MP40 pistol imitations . . .

Now, an SBR - even one that's SA rather than FA - would be more interesting. (Hmmm . . . maybe an SBR with a SlideFire stock mechanism?)
 
It's easier to sell a pistol that can be easily SBR'd by the end user than it is to sell a firearm that needs a $200 stamp just to go home.

The whole point is not to shoot a big, bulky 9mm pistol but to be able to own an MP40, even a neutered one, without spending thousands of dollars for an NFA toy.
 
Finally I see a real use for a bump fire stock. Still on this platform it's a pass. Give me an stg44, sten, others... not an mp40. Just opinion. I'm sure they are good guns, just not for me.
 
Price is supposed to be around $650.

Sure, I wish is was a real SMG, but a semi-auto MP-40 that I can afford is a lot better than the full-auto that I will never be able to afford.

I'll wait to look at and handle one before I make a final decision (and find out what magazines are going to cost), but, right now, I'm thinking this will be something I'll buy.
 
If the price actually ends up under $700 I will be seriously tempted, I think I'll be watching reviews.
 
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