As promised here you go.

Today was finally the day. We ended up shooting 75 of the 90 rounds of the 7.92x33 Kurz out of two MP44s. Again only have one magazine for the two. The gun I'm shooting was found inside of one of Saddam's palace's here in Baghdad and is in excellent shape for being 60 years old. The second is in lesser shape but both fired flawessly. One failure to fire (good firing pin hit, fired second time). Ammo was East German manufactured in 1961 and was said to have been found in Uday's palace. Seems they liked MP44 too. Very controlable when firing 2-3 round bursts. Cyclic rate is 500rpm and I was even able to fire single shots on auto. Taking the gun apart it is very aparent which parts the Russians copied for the AK and how CEMTE and HK developed their guns from her. The dust cover is almost copied the same for the AR15/M16. The first assault rifle was very advanced for its time. Had a great time shooting the guns only need more ammo now. Enjoy the pics.

Here Saddam's MP44. Persian Mauser 98 below.


Here I'm firing a 2-3 round burst off. Yes that's a M1911A1 in the holster.


The cartridges



CD

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Neat! Keep 'em coming!

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MikeG

i'm really glad you guys have a job perk like that, and that you share the fun in the form of info/pix. the only full auto i've played with was an old thompson (loads of fun, but a genuine antique).

monty

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Hey Diver,

Good to hear from you, and hope you and the boys are taking care of yourselves out in the sandbox.

Be careful, and we'll be looking forward to seeing you back in Hop-town. Let me know if I can do anything for you.

Steve

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