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Tour of Sport Systems Dittrich: Reproduction WWII German Rifles (Ad-free)
🕑 Added 2024-07-06 12:00:32 +0000 UTCI recently had a chance to visit Sport Systeme Dittrich, a firm in Germany that manufactures high quality reproductions of German World War Two small arms. They were the manufacturers of the PTR-44 Sturmgewehr copies about 10 years ago, and they are now working with a US partner (DK Production Group) to import their guns into the US. The first one to be ready here was the BD-38 (copy of the MP38), and the StG-44 will be the next one coming...
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P Adams
Excellent to see. Some great machinery there too.
Forgotten Weapons
I don't know...there's probably a good chance that the material standards are different today than in the 40s, and so while steel grades are functionally equivalent they probably aren't actually identical. Romania, for instance had to change the material specifications for some of the guns at Cugir when they moved from Soviet standards to Western ones - not a chance in actual performance requirements, but finding the right grade in a new set of standards.
Retired No Bad Days
Considering that these are reproductions, how much of the original alloys and the materials are used?
Greg Gritsch
$6200 for the MP44 clone is going to kill a lot of interest. It looks fantastic, and unless you're Musk you'll never be able to afford an original. If they concentrated on just a few "clones" they could make more at a lower price. But, you'd win the "Bring & Brag" contest!
Ed McEneney
Wow that is amazing.
Guido Schriewer
who would NOT want one of those...
Guido Schriewer
and those are damn expensive! alas. the ONLY sten option, geraet neumuenster, in germany. but for how much... the FG is like 8000€. I mean if I could sh.. cash in a heartbeat. alas... WHAT! what modernized FG?! man this is torture!
Risto Alanko
I see a buying frnx fro 8 mm Kuz in the future...
Chris Alexander
This was like getting a tour of Santa's workshop!
Terry
I think the only thing that would make Ian more excited than this is if the French reopened MAS.
Niel Greeff
Would love to see a gew 41 and gew 43 out of that shop
