Shooting a WW2 German Sturmgewehr / MP44 Rifle

Today, we shoot a WW2 MP44 rifle!
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[@Tuxedo512]

what monster would neuter a beautiful piece of history like that 😭, all stgs should be left as is and have full auto.

[@werre2]

The Bible does no mention semiauto StGs

[@paulbourgeois4491]

I totally had that same thought as soon as he said it I even turn the video off because I'm not interested in seeing an STG shoot in semi auto. I wonder who raped and neutered that piece of history

[@codaalive5076]

They can be converted back if needed, many have non original parts anyway.

[@czwarty7878]

Yeah especially since one of unique advantages of this gun is how controllable it is in full-auto. By modifying it to semi you lose that entire flavor

[@MaximMachineGun]

This gun had to be cut up and rewarded into a semi auto. You can't just "clip" it. So it was cut up receiver and parts or a semi auto. No legal way of making it FA for the private market.

[@JayMathern-ob4ko]

If not registered before May 19, 1986 the reciver had to be cut to ATF specifications, personally id rather see it rebuilt (even if it’s only semi auto) than being melted down and turned into a shitty magic chef microwave, just me though

[@simonjones6128]

Shame it's not automatic but still what a rifle good to see some shooting on your channel Tom. More please

[@marcusrogers213]

A beautiful piece of equipment.

[@joshuagibson2520]

WE ALL WANT TO SEE TOM WHITEMAN DOING THESE RANGE VIDEOS.

[@Hidalguense]

I want to see Tom doing the shooting.

[@daverobb8897]

Absolutely!!

[@joshuagibson2520]

Yeah. I'm totally let down by this video.

[@jerryakbar6147]

Bad for the Botox..

[@Nick_B_Bad]

Definitely up there on my dream / goals to have in my collection eventually.

[@glenstg]

An 80 year old firearm and it still looks the business, like many of the German weapons, FG42, MG42, Luger, PPK (Tom’s favourite !)

[@daveharden5929]

DAM! 8mm Kurtz are no joke. Fast, hard hitting and accurate. I've never seen a stg-44 tested at an indoor range. It revealed the stg's stout recoil, esp slow motion. Even with gas operation, it was still delivering a good shoulder kick. I would think on full auto, such recoil would be uncontrollable. Perhaps not an issue as ww2 combat ranges were typically less than 100m?

[@garyzanghi9272]

Sweet for a 79 year old weapon

[@jensenwilliam5434]

Thank you for your videos!!!

[@MGB-learning]

Great gideo.

[@WAFFENAMT1]

This reminds me of the Wolfenstein Videogame for some reason...

[@korbyn49]

This guy pointed the rifle directly at the cameraman. Treat all firearms as if they are always loaded.

[@cbroz7492]

...dentist friend of mine has an Mkb42...

[@jimmystecher5214]

It is a shame it was neutered. I would still take it. I am looking forward to getting one of the replicas from PSA soon.

[@Jreb1865]

Hopefully they're not in 8mm Kurtz. Something like 7.62x39 would make much more sense if you want a shooter...

[@WhiteBirdPlays]

I have always been wondering if these mags can be reloaded by pushing ammo through the feed lips like a magpul/any ar mag. Is that the case? I saw you pushing them under the lips but I was not sure if you needed to or not

[@glenstg]

Yes they can be reloaded by pushing the ammo through the feed lips. The magazine is a double stack double feed. I have a clip guide that slots onto the rear of the magazine enabling 5 round stripper clips to be used

[@WhiteBirdPlays]

@@glenstg thanks for the comment! Good to know, I have never seen them reloaded with stripper clips so that is also interesting. I didn’t know they put kurz on stripper clips but they’d fit the same clips other 8mm would so it makes sense

[@cognitivedisability9864]

@@glenstg interesting never knew this, I was actually thinking about this the other day since most other mag fed weapons outside subs in ww2 were usually reloaded with stripper clips and only mags for emergencies, and a soldier would generally only have a couple mags. Makes alot of sense as carrying strips are a pretty neat way of carrying extra ammo if you dont have alot of mags.

[@glenstg]

The simple clip guide works very easily and it fits in the butt trap along with other bits like the takedown tool and even a little manual, the Germans think of everything! The ammo often came pre loaded in clips, ready straight out of the box

[@Joe93819]

The fedarov avtomat was the real first assault rifle

[@Lungorthin666]

4:41 >"works really solidly" >"It jammed a couple times" ...Wat

[@alexm566]

For an 80 year old gun I'd say that's pretty good

[@chill5159]

Die Mutter aller Automatischen Waffen 😉

[@uraigroves7898]

best looking rifle ever...

[@martinlewis967]

We had one in our atc squadron in the 80s , two long springs in the butt if I remember right

[@dutchvoornik6401]

Halten Sie Ihren Ellbogen unten und zucken Sie nicht zusammen, wenn Sie das Gewehr abfeuern.

[@Jreb1865]

Same thing I thought...lol Don't chicken wing...

[@RealTuckered]

Bigger than I thought they were. The US trashed this gun when it first came out, they were just jealous!

[@lavida57]

That's my dream gun. Thanks

[@remko1238]

So why didn’t “the old guy” shoot it 🙄

[@alexander1902]

Tom is a very busy man. Although he probably would’ve loaded the magazine right.

[@christianvik3400]

You seem so accurate and correct (likenthe vgegmdns also are) but then you say it is in 8mm calibre. Now, it is in 7,92 mm. You should honour the corrret spesifications.

[@alexm566]

8mm Mauser and 7.92mm Mauser are the same thing tho. Similar problem exists with 9mm Makarov and some French ammo as well.

[@joeguzman3558]

Imagine if Germany had waited 5 more years to go to war and this was the standard military rifle?

[@grayparatrooper]

they deff should have waited 2yrsa at min

[@k1ngp1n66]

This was lame! I was expecting a full auto display. What a letdown.

[@joshuagibson2520]

And also Tom shooting.

[@marktaniguchi7901]

Is this on sale on your site?

[@jsquinlan]

*No trigger control was used in the making of this video*

[@paulwiggins183]

Lame weapons handling demonstrated here... may I recommend Vickers Tactical for a real review.

[@nickg0411]

so its not an NFA item then?

[@eloygagogonzalez7330]

😍😍😍😍😍

[@joakimblomqvist7229]

MP44? Stg44! Sturmgewehr is not the same as Maschinenpistole. Same year, yes. Different calibres. The MP uses 9x19 Para, the Stg uses 7,92mm. Different fields of use since the Stg was the 1944 new battlerifle while the MP was used exactly like the other MPs.

[@MaximMachineGun]

Sorry, that is not correct. These guns were labeled MP before being changed to STG. German politics...

[@joakimblomqvist7229]

@@MaximMachineGun Yep, checked the litterature. Stg44 had another variety, MP44. My bad. Same calibre, 7,92mm short. They were both developed from the MP43 but the reason for hiding it was a Sturmgewehr and not a Maschinenpistole didn't exist after 1939. And at that point there were no Stgs.

[@MaximMachineGun]

@Joakim Blomqvist there was a MP38 and a MP40 both in 9mm. The MP43, MP44, STG44 and a few other variations were in 8mm kurz (short). Then the K98, semi auto rifles, FG42 and MGs were in 8mm mauser the full size rifle cartridge.

[@alexm566]

You're confused. MP40 was a different gun but MP44 and STG44 are the same gun.

[@ronhoney]

10 yds? WTF?

[@tomhenry897]

Indoor range

[@Goffas_and_gumpys]

Was looking forward to this, but 0:49 ruined it so I left. Pity.

[@jcooley74]

Yes, dude was being a D bag.

[@jcooley74]

I'm sorry, are you filming a clip? Here, let me shoot while you are talking.

[@bigmal1690]

Bet it still feels like u could invade russia with it

[@Jreb1865]

Chicken winging...

[@RickJZ1973]

Not very cool. Neutered history.

[@davidellenbaum1229]

what a waste of a firearm

[@ironclad4288]

I don’t know what’s worse: - Having the ATF melt it for scrap metal, as many Sturmgewehrs have met that fate before - Or have it converted Semi-Auto

[@davidellenbaum1229]

@@ironclad4288 feeling the pain

[@jodiehighroller9820]

No full auto so no thumbs up