Mr. Scratch
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- Apr 17, 2014
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Hey guys. Back in 2020 I came here after I had a beautiful MP-30 parts kit get mangled in the rebuild. To recap:
After some pressure and arguing on his home forum, the builder refunded half my fee. I was so sick of dealing with it and not prepared to go legal, so I just took the money and put it toward the repair. "Repairing" (for lack of a better word) the damage ended up costing more than in did to have the work done (at original price); I had the receiver interior rewelded so it was smooth, had the fake waffenampts welded over, and had it reblued. There were limitations to what could be done. Because the filler metal on the waffenampts was not the same as the surrounding metal, my gunsmith was unable to restore the lighter blue finish it originally had without the spots showing, so he just went dark. It also has a matte finish that I'm not satisfied with, but it is what it is now.
I took it home, stuck it in the safe, and didn't take it out again for a few years, because everytime I saw it it made me sad. This weekend I decided it was time to get over it, so I took it too the range. It had a lot of ejection problems, but I think it's probably fixable. I don't have high expectations on the performance of these shop-done subgun conversions, I was mostly into it for the history and appearance to begin with.
Anyway, some photos of what it looks like now, for better or for worse.
My MP-30 Build Disaster: Don't Let This Happen to You.
Longtime lurker here. I'm stopping in to give y'all a warning and tell my tale of woe. Hopefully I can save someone here the heartache I've experienced at the hands of a bad gunsmith. *cue mournful Country Western music in background Last year, I obtained an Austrian police MP30 (later to...
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After some pressure and arguing on his home forum, the builder refunded half my fee. I was so sick of dealing with it and not prepared to go legal, so I just took the money and put it toward the repair. "Repairing" (for lack of a better word) the damage ended up costing more than in did to have the work done (at original price); I had the receiver interior rewelded so it was smooth, had the fake waffenampts welded over, and had it reblued. There were limitations to what could be done. Because the filler metal on the waffenampts was not the same as the surrounding metal, my gunsmith was unable to restore the lighter blue finish it originally had without the spots showing, so he just went dark. It also has a matte finish that I'm not satisfied with, but it is what it is now.
I took it home, stuck it in the safe, and didn't take it out again for a few years, because everytime I saw it it made me sad. This weekend I decided it was time to get over it, so I took it too the range. It had a lot of ejection problems, but I think it's probably fixable. I don't have high expectations on the performance of these shop-done subgun conversions, I was mostly into it for the history and appearance to begin with.
Anyway, some photos of what it looks like now, for better or for worse.
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