Spring 2025 Premier Firearms & Militaria Auction
May 8th, 9th, 10th, & 11th, 2025
This auction will feature an outstanding collection of items spanning multiple categories including Modern, Military, Sporting, & Antique firearms & militaria! Below is just a small grouping of select highlights from the massive offering to be featured in this upcoming sale!
ORIGINAL WWII MAGET WWII ERA GERMAN MG34 MACHINE GUN. PRE 86 DEALER SAMPLE (KEEPER)
03-1840
Cal. 8mm
S# 1840E
Bbl. 24″. 1942 dated “cra” marked German MG34. The MG34 is one of the most recognizable of the German WWII era MG’s. Designed by Mauser on order of the Waffenamt, it was manufactured in the early days where German tolerances & quality were front & center, over the later guns all nations involved would be forced to manufacture which placed the focus on quick & inexpensive. The MG34 can easily be described as functional artwork. 109 Different parts were manufactured from bar stock, obviously before the pressed & stamped manufacturing processes would eventually take over. Before WWII was over, almost 500,000 MG34’s were produced by 5 different firms. The trigger mechanism of the MG34, though complicated in design, was extremely simple for the operator since no external selector was necessary to switch between semiautomatic & fully automatic fire. The elongated trigger could simply be depressed at the top for semiautomatic & squeezed at the bottom for full automatic fire. With an overall length of almost 48″ & a sight radius of 21″, neither accuracy nor the ability to lay down an enormous amount of lead would pose to be a problem. Front sight is a folding blade, rear sight is a graduated notch from 200 to 2000 meters. Visible Waffenamt markings in several locations. Heavily knurled cocking handle. Ventilated barrel shroud with AA sight base doubling as front sling swivel, currently sporting AA “spider web” front sight. Integral folding bipod locks correctly in retracted position. Correct barrel booster locks into position with a spring loaded mechanism built into the front sight mount. Matching numbers “1840e” on several visible parts such as receiver, stock & barrel jacket. Several German Party symbols scattered throughout as typical of period German manufacture. Lafette tripod is painted dark green and appears to be functional in all aspects. Trigger mechanism is smooth, as is the traverse & elevation mechanism. This tripod still retains the frnt pads & coverings.
UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: Lafette Tripod, 5 lengths of non-desintegrating belt links.
NATIONAL FIREARMS ACT MG REQUIRING BATF TRANSFER BEFORE TAKING POSSESSION
PRE-86 DEALER SAMPLE (KEEPER)
MUST BE AN FFL W/ SOT IN ORDER TO TAKE POSESSION
PROVENANCE: From the Lifelong Collection of Brian Linde
STATUS: CLASS III
