You can find SSD's US offerings through their US partner, DK Production Group: www.dkproductiongroup.com/
@lintonrentfro3 ай бұрын
Great work on this one and thanks for the link. Their German site has no "English" button that I could find.
@hecker21043 ай бұрын
Mate can you make video about becker m2 20mm cannon ?? I dont see any vid about it before
@willysmb75143 ай бұрын
It looks like the BD44 will be in 8mm Kurtz... Will they offer a 308 version? I don't see that caliber being very available 🤔
@AndrewAMartin3 ай бұрын
@@willysmb7514 It might be better in 5.56 NATO or maybe in 7.62 x 39 -- it's supposed to be in an intermediate caliber...
@ForgottenWeapons3 ай бұрын
@willysmb7514 If you want one in a non-original caliber, the project for you to watch is the HMG Strumgewehr, now owned by PSA.
@patginni52293 ай бұрын
The fact that you have enough credit and pull in the firearms industry that a company will empty their workshop and let you paw through their stuff is such a silent flex to everyone else in the guntubers community. Everyone else gets an escort in a running shop. You get free rein.
@p_serdiuk3 ай бұрын
I'm sure Brandon is on the same level, considering he himself runs a workshop.
@Ocastia3 ай бұрын
I assume this was filmed on the weekend, and someone was probably outside of view to make sure Ian doesn't take an stg44 for intense cuddling purposes.
@drstrangelove49983 ай бұрын
Indeed 😂
@Kar4ever33 ай бұрын
Vacation season in Europe. Factory prolly closed, and he got the CEO holding the camera. Europe and vacation, specially Northerm Europe, is quite anal. In the good way.
@maxo.99283 ай бұрын
The rest of the guntubers border on being on lists.
@TomSedgman3 ай бұрын
Ian has major “kid in the candy store” vibes in this video!
@Brawler_13373 ай бұрын
He’s exercising much more restraint than the proverbial kid would.
@sorenlilienthal13683 ай бұрын
Exactly my thoughts. Ian is living our dreams for us and is obviously having the time of his life, as well. 👏👍
@alexdornenherz3 ай бұрын
He got the golden Wonka ticket
@Calum_S2 ай бұрын
Imagine if it was French firearms.
@chartreux15323 ай бұрын
As a German i'm always happy to see one of our Companies invite you in! More should do it Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps
@onpsxmember3 ай бұрын
, .
@ripvanwinkle20022 ай бұрын
the world is a safer place because Germany and the USA are friends. cheers from the USA
@highlandoutsider3 ай бұрын
The way Ian is zipping about from room to room, box to box has some real kid in a toy shop vibes😅 "oh!oh! Mum come look at this one!"
@christofincognito45303 ай бұрын
No Ian, we got STG44s at home.
@matthewcoleman19193 ай бұрын
Even the freaking doors look extremely Teutonic and over-engineered. Let's never fight these guys again.
@Gambitt19703 ай бұрын
Made me feel like he had broke in and was making this video as quickly as he could so he could get back out.
@justanothergunnerd81283 ай бұрын
Ian doesn't look like this often - and when he does - it's an awesome video!!! Love his passion!
@justanothergunnerd81283 ай бұрын
@@christofincognito4530 You speaking of the PTR44, wildly expensive transferable machine guns, or the non-existent PSA bastardization trash?
@wes11bravo3 ай бұрын
This is absolutely astounding. And yes, >$6000 is an order of magnitude out of my price range but honestly these are newly made museum pieces, functional industrial art. I mean, you guys would know better than I what an original StG44 is going for - not only is there that five figure price (guessing) but there's the added tax stamp nonsense, so these new ones aren't all that expensive comparatively.
@ForgottenWeapons3 ай бұрын
Transferrable ones are going for 30-40k.
@stonemanofgardnerville11623 ай бұрын
So your saying there is a chance........if i rob a bank @ForgottenWeapons
@Purpmaster3 ай бұрын
@@ForgottenWeapons add rare features/marking, condition and what accessories in included and it can go way over that. 😅 As you well know, but still had to say it lol.
@justanothergunnerd81283 ай бұрын
@@ForgottenWeapons big time, hard swallow gulp on the transferable price... Yeah - I could technically afford that but damn that's a stretch - even for me in middle age and childless with no crazy debt. Glad I shot one full-auto in Vegas years ago - bucket list item scratched off! Anywho - yes - bring these on - I am all over one of the StG variants. Then I won't have to buy a PSA trash impersonation! Win win!
@quinnmclaughlin75373 ай бұрын
I knew that price bracket was coming, just because of the niche market, though for the price, I wish they'd at least put in a binary trigger
@kksmith2443 ай бұрын
When a gun company takes "forgotten weapons" as a challenge. Love it!
@Ghatbkk3 ай бұрын
The ghosts of the Eastern Front moaning in the tunnel as the 44 is fired.
@gregoryfilin80403 ай бұрын
Underrated comment
@justanothergunnerd81283 ай бұрын
best comment here - other than mine - LOL.
@Juan_Doooh3 ай бұрын
@@Ghatbkk I wouldn’t be surprised…
@rambo8wradio2 ай бұрын
Too soon..
@MikeZona2 ай бұрын
What is that supposed to mean@@rambo8wradio
@slick31293 ай бұрын
Not only is he making vintage firearms but a lot (not all) of his machines are vintage as well. The quality of the work speaks for itself.
@sinisatrlin8403 ай бұрын
Germans say that one who has shiny new machines works for the bank. AXA and Okuma mills shown here are fairly modern machines. So are some other. Maho mills are oldie but goldie for prototyping and one of the kind parts and tools. Small Schaublin can crank out pins and other small round parts rather quickly. This is a nice shop, it can do many many demanding things.
@ShimadaSharra3 ай бұрын
They are not vintage. Its just the design. You can buy them from the manufacturer today in that look.
@lordtomtom3 ай бұрын
@@sinisatrlin840 we had AXA machines they where primitive (no ATC) but reliable and robust.
@sinisatrlin8403 ай бұрын
@@ShimadaSharra Maho does not exist any more, they are now part of DMG Mori Seiki, (DMG stands for Deckel, Maho and Gildmeister). Schaublin does not produce machines of old design any more. Those machines in this video are genuine machines of European design build 60s-90s, not Chinese clones. Chinese have clones of at least two Maho mills, but not MH900 shown here. As far as i know only Weiler and Kunzmann still produce conventional machines in Germany. There are many manufacturers of state of the art CNC machines in Germany, CH and France, also in rest of Europe. Only few manufacturers of conventional machines have remained. Since there is lately growth in need for those machines many refurbishment shops have emerged. You can now get many historical machines in as new condition with accuracy certificate, factory refurbished by maister craftsmen, but they cost a lot in most cases.
@sinisatrlin8403 ай бұрын
@@lordtomtom Never have heard of unreliable European metalworking machine. From Polish Avia, French Huron, Svedish Abene.....to Serbian Potisje. All good, especially ones made in largest numbers through central Europe. Machines that where build behind iron curtain like WMW, Rhula, TOS and others are also great, sometimes better than most.
@MrBalcer3 ай бұрын
5:54 i think that's supposed to be the US test gun where the took the top cover of a Mg42 and put it on the side of the Fg42. This would later become the M60
@Tunkkis3 ай бұрын
Correct.
@ssupdude553 ай бұрын
That would be a neat and probably incredible expensive repro to have!!
@ShowaEraGaijin3 ай бұрын
Of course in 7.92X57mm... Or would they build it in 30'06? THAT would be a handful even in semi-auto.
@ryanlang15483 ай бұрын
Thank you!!👊 Ian had me feeling some kind of way on that one🤦
@jic13 ай бұрын
@@ShowaEraGaijin WWII era military .30-06 isn't that much different in power to WWII era military 8mm Mauser.
@Getpojke3 ай бұрын
Very cool, I imagine Ian had to keep himself calm wandering around that facility. Thank you to Sport System Dittrich for allowing us to see inside.
@fabiogalletti86163 ай бұрын
Ian's inner engeneer is quaking. And I can understand.
@johnhans29293 ай бұрын
Workers showing up on Monday: who messed with my work station? ;-)
@GigAnonymous3 ай бұрын
An American messing up a gun factory in Germany? AGAIN?
@yowie08893 ай бұрын
@@GigAnonymous Daylight raid.
@taktikbegeistert85063 ай бұрын
Foreman at monday screming through the entire buidling "who to teutonic hell took the STG44 from the quality test samples table and blasted ammo trough it without filling out the forms for live fire test and ammo consumtion...again!
@icecoldrugby3 ай бұрын
He knows because one un-milled blank has moved a few centimeters
@JC-XL3 ай бұрын
German worker on Monday: Zis part waz 3 millimeters to ze right
@TheTequilaHut3 ай бұрын
The Sign on the door at :10:25 says "Military Secutiry Area. Unauthorized entry prohibited. Carefull Fire arms in use." and Ian, not knowing german, just casualy strolling in "Lets see..."
@GigAnonymous3 ай бұрын
"This sign can't stop me because I can't read (german)!"
@davefellhoelter13433 ай бұрын
"he knows!" German, all the Enemies lingo, and the French!
@taktikbegeistert85063 ай бұрын
well, some of those signs are call it practicall jokes... i dont know if that is just in Germany, but well i doubt it, i had seen a sign on a major companys high voltage power supply...well hall-door "you may enter here, step inside by foot, get brought out after sweept on a showel. The Electrician" Translation is bad here the Original: "Natürlich kannst du hier rein gehen. Du kommst zu Fuß hinein und hinaus kommst du zusammengekehrt auf der Kehrschaufel. Der Betriebselektriker" Have a very nice day.
@AGWittmann3 ай бұрын
@@taktikbegeistert8506 Of course you can go in here. You come in on foot and come out swept up on the dustpan.
@RelishForRenaissance2 ай бұрын
None of ya'll looked at the picture on the left at 10:25 though, hu...
@Carnophobe3 ай бұрын
I know it would be a lot of work and no short video, but seeing the entire production process for a single gun, each part, start to finish, would be phenomenal.
@adrianotero79632 ай бұрын
I second that request.....
@ripvanwinkle20022 ай бұрын
YT says NO to "how to build a gun" videos which some clown would certainly flag that for...
@deadmike23 ай бұрын
schön dass es dir gefallen hat
@AdamKadmon-cg5qs3 ай бұрын
10:24 - "And, let's see..." he says as the camera flashes upon a decidedly authentic bit of Weimar decor.
@prince-solomon3 ай бұрын
Yeah it's fantastic, that pinup girl picture makes it an authentic workshop!
@TechNinja_4203 ай бұрын
two things i really want to see is one, what kind of modernisations occured on the new FG-42 version and two, what the designer thought while designed the new version.... and interview and breakdown of the system would be neat
@Rrgr53 ай бұрын
That and the belt fed caught my attention, also, 7.92 Kurtz FG-42, which also is interesting... If I was the designer I would put the gas piston up and convert it to hammer firing, probably use the same hammer as the STG for the sake of simplicity.
@Redmenace963 ай бұрын
Great idea! Like side by side, and the thoughts of the modern designer/builder.
@mwb39843 ай бұрын
Ian was so excited he stumbled over his words, very rare occurrence! Got me excited and looked at DK website - going to be interesting when they post prices...thanks for a fascinating tour of a machine shop cleaner than my kitchen
@PropagandalfderWeiße3 ай бұрын
On their German Page Dittrich posts prices
@petermuller6083 ай бұрын
The prices are posted but website is http only
@dutch14793 ай бұрын
One of the things I appreciate the most about Ian and Forgotten Weapons in general is the ability to understand and convey the perspective of both the engineering and the manufacturing of the firearms involved. Many engineers cannot speak fabricator and many fabricators cannot speak engineer, when in reality the best engineers and fabricators can speak and understand each other's language. How many times have we heard an engineer say "Tell the shop to just make it!" and a machinist say "Tell the engineer to redesign this!"? Although I ended up walking the path of the fabricator, I spent a lot of time in the engineering world when I was in school. I quickly learned that an effective engineer needs some shop experience, and an effective machinist needs to keep an open mind to learning theory and principles that aren't always found on a blueprint. One of the biggest parts of my job now as a manager is acting as a liaison between our shop's workers and our customer's engineers. Communication is key, the best shops and engineering firms promote this above all else.
@GianmarioScotti3 ай бұрын
I've been to a German machining workshop many times during my research days - I agree about the cleanliness.
@longshot76013 ай бұрын
It is certainly not an American machine shop. There was only one pin up girl on the wall.
@leonaluceid23883 ай бұрын
wow it is my fist time see Real Gun Workshop/Shop, Thanks Ian (FW) and Thanks SSD (Sport System Dittrich)
@longshot76013 ай бұрын
Not a real machine shop but a German one. The Germans found a way to alter reality so that metal chips fall exactly the right place instead of flying all about.
@chrisfarr94943 ай бұрын
In New Zealand we had East German Police refurbished STG-44s , that sold as semi-autos at basically $1000 USD in the 1980's , the thing that stopped a lot of people was no ammo for them available , so it was a reloading only type deal to get ammo for them .
@tdhawk72843 ай бұрын
What is impressive is all the jigs they must have for all the stampings.
@8076A3 ай бұрын
I am ecstatic that someone is doing what I always wished for, reproductions of older firearms. I'll take all of them good sir.
@HorstMichel-mh7gv3 ай бұрын
You will have into a surprise for the price to pay for one of them.
@GhettoFabulous993 ай бұрын
@@HorstMichel-mh7gv how much for the STG-44 clone? Is it offered in .223/5.56?
@oliver52303 ай бұрын
@@GhettoFabulous99 $6500 and no they are all 8mm Kurz
@sicsempertyrannis46133 ай бұрын
Problem is this is in Germany for Domestic and Regional Markets… SSD rarely imports kits or full guns into the US. Unless this is solely for the US buyer then it’s not likely to make it here within the next couple years.
@jic13 ай бұрын
@@sicsempertyrannis4613 It said in the video that they started a partnership in the US specifically to import and sell their guns.
@eliduncan46303 ай бұрын
My last job was managing the janitorial crew for the Bangor Maine GE power systems turbine factory. At one point I was told it was the cleanest one in the US. It was about half as clean as this shop. The machines and directly around them/ other workstations we weren't supposed to clean got a bit worse but everywhere else was similar until my CEO decided to keep my staff underpaid when wages went up and then tried to understaffed me when my best employees left after realizing even Dunkin donuts was paying a dollar more per hour
@wills21403 ай бұрын
As the husband of a wife from Schenectady, I would say that sounds about like "modern management" practices at GE... Sorry for your experience. Good luck in your future.
@eliduncan46303 ай бұрын
@@wills2140 GE was fine although I'm sure they tried for the cheapest contract possible it was the CEO of the company subcontracting the cleaning that screwed us. GE was a delight to deal with compared to him
@GrumpyGenXGramps3 ай бұрын
SANTA’S WORKSHOP?? He IS real!!
@dzikijohnny3 ай бұрын
More Like Grampus.
@ElitePraetorianGuard3 ай бұрын
DK is taking pre-orders for their StG-44 repro, but they want $6200 for it. I want one, but I don't have that kind of spare cash. 😞
@Tunkkis3 ай бұрын
Almost every video about these old oddball guns has dozens of people commenting "They should reproduce this now", without realizing that the pricetag would be exactly like this, if not even higher.
@wastedangelematis3 ай бұрын
Just buying the frame without the internals should provide $$ support & be affordable to have
@XanthosAcanthus3 ай бұрын
Dude, just stop getting Starbucks. You’ll have enough in like a month. /s
@ElitePraetorianGuard3 ай бұрын
@@XanthosAcanthus I know you're being sarcastic, but I definitely have some creature comforts I could discontinue to save money. I probably will start setting aside money for one of these rifles. The StG-44 is one of my all time favorite rifles throughout history. Also, I hate coffee. It is bitter and gross. 😛
@gilde9153 ай бұрын
Is it realy that expensive...if you look at the prices of high quality mass produced guns and compare it to manufactured high quality reproductions, not mass produced with alot more man hours going into them?
@dannythehonestgamer60513 ай бұрын
Ian: Gives the STG-44 copy bedroom eyes. Stg-44 copy: I need an adult.
@Sam217213 ай бұрын
I managed to handle and shoot one of their PTR44s from the early 2000s that was imported and it was a genuine work of art. The owner unfortunately passed away and it was sold at RIA for like 14-15K IIRC. I can't imagine how much one of their FG42s or STG44s would be nowadays because in all honesty these aren't replica firearms they're genuine works of machinist art.
@JMark-zk5pj3 ай бұрын
They look nice, but were junk. Bulged receivers and broken op rods, did not work out of the box.
@Sam217213 ай бұрын
@@JMark-zk5pj that's not even remotely true, the only issues according to the owner had was the ejection port was cut incorrectly and lead to malfunctions. That was it.
@JMark-zk5pj3 ай бұрын
@@Sam21721 Bullshit, my friends for instance has a bulged bottom receiver from incorrect heat treating / lack of, after less than 1K rounds. He is not the only one. Also, many have had broken OP rods. Don't tell me this is not true, there were gun smiths advertising years ago their services to get these things working, some not even out of the box. The guy who runs the company in KY knows full well. I dont know who you think you are talking to.
@JMark-zk5pj3 ай бұрын
@@Sam21721 They are luck they are in Germany, I know of many that would love to do a class action on them, most likely too late now. Its no secret that the PTR's were junk out of the box. You have zero idea what you are talking about.
@JMark-zk5pj3 ай бұрын
@@Sam21721 Before you run your mouth more, go google PTR issues for a wake up call. Mags not working, bolts breaking after 400 rounds, and even more issues that I detailed. More On.
@itsapittie3 ай бұрын
I'm really glad someone is doing this. I'm really sad that I almost certainly won't be able to afford any of them.
@mikepj673 ай бұрын
It’s nice to know they exist
@PropagandalfderWeiße3 ай бұрын
If you are able to save 50$ a month, thats 600$/Year. So depending on the model in 5-10 years you can buy it.
@Deepwang843 ай бұрын
@@PropagandalfderWeißeThey will go up in price
@PropagandalfderWeiße3 ай бұрын
@@Deepwang84 probably. I am not in the US, so I could buy them anytime, if only the German Government allowed me to. Sadly I have to get a hunter's licence first which takes half a year at least, If I don't want to spend around 4k on a special course, and then about 2k for a special safe and then I need a hunting ground, which also costs several hundreds to a few thousand per year. As a sport shooter, I would need to join a shooters club and attend training every week for a whole year and then I could only get those guns that are allowed to be shot in my shooting clubs discipline catalogue, which excludes a lot of guns.
@olerothemberg38693 ай бұрын
@@PropagandalfderWeiße you dont have to attend to weekly training. To get the permit you have to train once a month or 18 times in a year, and when you are enjoying shooting that should really be the hurdle. Otherwise whats even the point having a gun like this when you dont enjoy the sport ^^. Finding a club where you can shoot these guns can be kinda hard, most only shoot air rifles and .22lr. The one near me where you can shoot ordanonce rifles is always completly full and it's very hard to find a slot where you can shoot. Living in the east can make it even harder since sport shooting was forbidden in the DDR there arent many clubs. I highly doubt that you can have any of this guns as a hunter. The mp's caliber is far to small, and i highly doubt that 8mm kurz is a viable hunting round neither
@davesimmons86403 ай бұрын
I'm glad you got out of there before Herr Ditrrich arrived! (You were rushing around like you weren't supposed to be in there, but I know it was simply your excitement.) Great video!
@recoilrob3243 ай бұрын
Wow....the muzzle flash in the darkened shooting tunnel was impressive!! Shows the need for a good flash hider even with intermediate cartridges.
@wills21403 ай бұрын
Yep, this is so true. A good flash suppressor and / or "compensator" can really help ease use of a weapon - just ask Cutts '(;
@richardturk71623 ай бұрын
STG 44 has been a bucket list gun for me for a very long time. I got to shoot one that a WWII GI brought back at the Knob Creek machine gun shoot back in the mid 90s. Loved the gun.
@jongrossardt75422 ай бұрын
For the U.S. enthusiasts, DK has had tables set up at the annual Show of Shows in Louisville, KY for the past several years (in February) where you can buy parts and see some of their goods. Very nice people and informative.
@Tam0de3 ай бұрын
Seeing ian in that setting is like seeing a child allowed to roam free inside a candy factory without any adults in sight 😂
@marcusbelli16633 ай бұрын
Would love to see more of these in the future!
@andyloebrown82503 ай бұрын
A very clean shop. Nice.
@Eulemunin3 ай бұрын
Yes the cleanness of that shop is impressive. I wish the shop I worked in was that clean.
@AlexLee-dc2vb3 ай бұрын
"if you know, you know" WAS THAT AN M60 PROTOTYPE CLONE???? I know it was based on a FG-42 blended with an MG42
@Del_S3 ай бұрын
Really does look a lot like the T44 prototype version to me as well....
@christopherw.98413 ай бұрын
Saturday morning episode of Ian. Gotta love it
@jeremy22552 ай бұрын
These German Masterpieces are built better than the war-time originals!!!
@maxfalconi69952 ай бұрын
Ian's excitement is the icing on the cake of this video
@MravacKid3 ай бұрын
So neat to get a glimpse behind the scene :)
@thatkidredhead3 ай бұрын
As Ian was touring the shop I was half expecting to hear “hey! Who are you? What are you doing in my shop?!”
@ThePummel893 ай бұрын
Got my BD44/STG44 a while ago, love it greetings from Switzerland
@villainousmaximus87753 ай бұрын
The fact you tried going full auto, shows how authentic the rifle looks and how often you’ve had the chance to fire full auto. Great pieces to see, thanks for all you do to bring us such fantastic content.
@chicorodriguez39643 ай бұрын
Nice shop reminds me of mine half the machines are dinosaurs and half are newer but sometimes the older machines are better running and better built than new ones
@bruceinoz80023 ай бұрын
Yep! Nothing quite like a vintage Bridgeport J series Mill with all the fruit, in action in the hands of a good operator. Or a Pratt and Whitney dual-gang deep hole drilling rig purring away. Machinist pron!
@Gary-Seven-and-Isis-in-19683 ай бұрын
Ian found Aladdin's cave, that smile pushed his ears back by 4 inches. ☺ What a brilliant upload. 10/10
@bristleback36143 ай бұрын
Girl : "i bet he's thinking about another women" Me : (imagining myself walking through a room full with antique weapon and admiring its beauty)
@TheClaytong3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for creating the consistently highest quality videos of it's kind in the world.
@TheAlexagius3 ай бұрын
I do wonder if that ATF BS surrounding open bolts will last given the SCOTUS case around Chevron deference, after all its a not banned in law, rather by ATF policy.
@josephmckinney96603 ай бұрын
Same with “once a machine gun, always a machine gun”.
@bitfreakazoid3 ай бұрын
Technically open bolt semi-autos are actually not illegal. They can be legally made right now. They just can't be "easily converted" to full-auto.
@TheAlexagius3 ай бұрын
@@bitfreakazoid "They just can't be "easily converted" to full-auto." - And that's the rub, what is "easily converted"? Its up to ATF, and thats exactly what the overturning of Chevron deference would effect.
@Kriss_L3 ай бұрын
We need the unconstitutional NFA, and GCA, to go away. That would solve many problems.
@Seany16163 ай бұрын
An Excellent Comment.
@clone363226 күн бұрын
I like the idea that Ian just broke into DK group's shop and started filming after hours
@innerlight70183 ай бұрын
I always knew, seeing his enthusiasm, there's a little german inside of Ian. 😁
@rayb90533 ай бұрын
Ian, your enthusiasm is so infectious! It absolutely made my day 😊
@theayeguy52263 ай бұрын
If they want to expand their katalog of Teutonic goodness, an MP28 (ummm, "BD28") would be *so* awesome...
@jasongarland31653 ай бұрын
Ian's enthusiasm is infectious. You can tell he's like a kid in a candy store here. Won't it be cool to be able to add semi-auto German weapons made to gnat's ass detail to our collections along side the Mausers, Lee Enfields, Mosins, and M1 Garands?
@Arendvdvenk3 ай бұрын
Fan of his work, been meaning to order a repro from him for a long time. Hope he picks up the G43 one of these days.
@PsychopathicV23 ай бұрын
Shit man. Depending on the price it might just be cheaper to buy an original. I saw one for sale for $3000 a few weeks back. If I wasn’t already $4000 in the hole from buying rifles I would’ve bought it.
@Arendvdvenk3 ай бұрын
@@PsychopathicV2 its expensive yes (hence the years of holding off) but I only hear great things about his work.
@georgewhitworth97423 ай бұрын
@@PsychopathicV2Idk, originals are pretty finicky and prone to shearing op rods. Having a repro might be better to have in terms of shootability and parts.
@PsychopathicV23 ай бұрын
@@georgewhitworth9742 Depends when it was made. Late war production yeah avoid those like the plague. 43 and to a point 44 should be fine if maintained properly.
@Jdaminbf43 ай бұрын
The g43 is on Dks website listed as the K43
@JT666132 ай бұрын
I remember finding them years ago and even emailed about when they'll be able to start importing these. They replied that they were working on it and I'm damn happy they're succeeding in this, I've been wanting to order their stuff for easily 10 years now!
@billmccrackin88253 ай бұрын
The vises are so awesome!
@justinjones90423 ай бұрын
I enjoyed you showing where all the magic takes place , I have a background in manufacturing and enjoy seeing the firearm side , I concour that is the cleanest machine shop I have ever seen. I love it. 😊
@SpartanONegative3 ай бұрын
It looks like a very clean machine shop. Iv done metal fabrication with robotics and hydraulic breaks. Im also a ammunition feed systems specialist. You never want a gun to jam or run out of ammo 😎⚡
@o2wow2 ай бұрын
Ian's brain is saying, one of each, One of Each, ONE OF EACH!
@Meerschwein3 ай бұрын
Most of the SSD guns are not available to sport shooters in Germany. Our law only allows hunters to own the cool replicas.
@innerlight70183 ай бұрын
Und das ist schon ziemlich verrückt, da die meisten Jäger nie auf den Gedanken kämen damit zu jagen. Ich schätze wenn unser hiesiger Forstoberaufseher einen Jäger damit auf dem Ansitz sehen würde bekäme er vor Wut einen Herzkasper. 😁
@PropagandalfderWeiße3 ай бұрын
@@innerlight7018Mache bald meinen Jagdschein und werde mir ein Halbauto MG42 holen, einfach weil ich es dann darf.
@MrEnginerd3 ай бұрын
They actually are available to sports shooters in germany. Just google BKA BD43 and you will find documentation by the BKA, officially approving its use for sports shooters. Likewise for the BD38. You are restricted to 10 round magazines, though.
@no1DdC3 ай бұрын
@@MrEnginerd Thanks for dropping some actual knowledge.
@OhBoy2353 ай бұрын
@@no1DdC there used to be a time where guns like these where banned, we had something similar to the assault weapons ban over here, guns that where used in war or look like military weapons like the AK or AR15 where essentially banned until 2005 i think. now a few years ago we got a ban on rifle magazines larger then 10 and pistol magazines larger then 20, if you own an AR in 9mm that takes glock magazines all your glock magazines now turn into rifle magazines and are restricted to 10 rounds, but if you only own a glock and not the 9mm AR then you are allowed to have 20 round glock magazines again. A lot of people are now getting a hunters license because the law is a lot more lenient on hunters, however there are allready calls to limmit new people getting those by politicians and NGOs here in germany.
@Chopper7313 ай бұрын
We are so lucky to have Ian. Thank you for helping keep the history of these firearms alive.
@hanktorrance68553 ай бұрын
Absolutely beautiful, with craftsmanship to match
@claywurzlow84872 ай бұрын
This one of my all time "Favorite" videos from you. Appreciate it !
@Ruhrpottpatriot3 ай бұрын
I still got a few copies of the registration documents for Dittrich's registration of their StG44 reproduction on my disk drive from back when they they first applied for a registration. Always wanted to buy one, but they were too expensive for me back then.
@deancarr45073 ай бұрын
THIS IS ALL SO UNBELIEVABLY COOL, what a time to be alive
@orcwordlaugh13603 ай бұрын
If they're making full auto STG44's but "not for the civilian market", then who are they making them for? Surely militaries aren't buying them?
@maximilianmustermann57633 ай бұрын
Gun dealers and gun smiths in Germany can acquire full-auto licenses, and they usually just do it for their own amusement. He can certainly sell a couple dozen to those people.
@davem23693 ай бұрын
Movie prop house would also find uses for a good few full auto Stg44s etc. obviously they'd do work on them for blanks but having a platoons worth of guns in the safe for rental would be useful
@no1DdC3 ай бұрын
@@davem2369 I don't think movie production companies need more than one or two hero guns of each type that can actually shoot blanks these days. Even those are increasingly less common now, for safety reasons alone. No director would equip an entire squad's worth of actors and extras with functioning blank firing firearms anymore. It just doesn't make any sense.
@GigAnonymous3 ай бұрын
If I know anything about gunsmiths in general, and German gunsmiths in particular - they're not doing *anything* for the civilian market. They are making guns because they WANT to, and maybe they'll sell some to pay the bills. So why not make them cat. A in the first place? I mean after all they can...
@HenryHardinge-c3j3 ай бұрын
You can buy them as a collector in Switzerland. Despite the misinformation
@s.b.46812 ай бұрын
Ian, as always, you manage to find THE most interesting of historical items, and kudos to those guns being brought back to life.
@zeroxception3 ай бұрын
10:24 typical machine shop decoration
@canadagoof3 ай бұрын
Not in North America anymore 😅
@petergrose-jones91872 ай бұрын
This is awesome. He's building what so many people want. I bet it's a dream come true for you Ian.
@randyhavard60843 ай бұрын
Probably better quality than war time production
@michaelleibrock9673 ай бұрын
No! Metalworking in germany is only perfect or scrap metal. Today or 100 Years ago at any circumstances.
@randyhavard60843 ай бұрын
@@michaelleibrock967 what? Germany is like any other country when it comes to manufacturing. Good stuff, bad stuff and everything in between
@michaelleibrock9673 ай бұрын
@@randyhavard6084 It's very easy to understand. You manufacture within the specified tolerances whether it is the barrel or a small screw. Everything has a standard and a certain quality. The same applies to all machines and tools with which the parts are processed. No part will be installed if it does not meet the quality specifications. This always creates the same perfection today as it did back then. There is nothing between perfect and crap. And last but not least, the machine you work on must always be clean according to a certain standard.
@randyhavard60843 ай бұрын
@@michaelleibrock967you may not have access to milling machines, lathes, or presses but you can do a little research and when you do you'll realize it's not magic that you dream of a number and the machine just spits out a part. Material, tooling, speed, quality control, and assembly very wildly depending on the needs of the customer and manufacturer
@randyhavard60843 ай бұрын
@@michaelleibrock967 if you need examples to help you understand, all you have to do is look at rifles and Small arms produced by any country before world war II during the first couple years of the war and the last couple years of the war and that might help you understand how time and resource strain affects the quality of a product?
@vaclav_fejt3 ай бұрын
10:25 - from what I've seen in machine shops, one (rather tasteful) spicy calendar is the tame end of workplace decorations.
@DSS-jj2cw3 ай бұрын
Wow! Amazing reproductions! I will buy them all and get a second mortgage!
@0ddsmanАй бұрын
It's nice to see Ian happy like this!
@Sgront3 ай бұрын
typical german workplace, lol - always clean up your workplace........greetings from Germany, funny to see your enthusiasm going through the stations ! 😆
@wolverine86583 ай бұрын
Indeed as I learned it during my apprenticship, our Instructors where checking the workshop and machines everyday befor we were alloud the leave and later when I was responsible for the workshop and the younger apprecntices I did the same to ensure they learn to keep everything clean.
@FiniteEntity3 ай бұрын
Thanks so much, Ian! The machine shop tour was awesome!
@sgtbuckwheat3 ай бұрын
I can hear Brandon Herrera's bank account crying right now.
@canadagoof3 ай бұрын
It's not in .50, so he won't care
@GigAnonymous3 ай бұрын
@@canadagoof STG50 and FG50 when?
@canadagoof2 ай бұрын
@@GigAnonymous Never, because the Germans aren't retarded.
@larkenkuznetsov34133 ай бұрын
Guys, the MP3008 is a last ditch late war gun, it'll be cheap to buy, riiiiiiight?! Honestly the fact I'll probably never get to have a semi auto MP3008 PCC is a little sad, but really neat thatbthey actually make them. The MP38 as an MP38/40 lover also looks like an absolute master piece, with all of those cool little early war points to tickle the sensibilities. Huge props to SSD for making all this cool stuff.
@stephenrickstrew72373 ай бұрын
Good Day ..I Really enjoy your show.. as always .. but I have a question about the m1941 Johnson and its sharp recoil .. has anyone shot it with a bayonet to see the effects of the mass on the recoil .. I figured this would be the place to ask .. Thanks to all …!
@137michas3 ай бұрын
if you are in germany, you have to visit the wts (Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung) in Koblenz. Its some kind of a weapon museum for members of the army to inform there self about weaponsystem (specially handguns). They have some kind of museum (for public) and a really big archive (not for public) of handguns.
@robertfelty72902 ай бұрын
If the STG40 Is being sold for $6,200 they don't plan on making very many. Therefore one of two things will happen. First they will go belly up or secondly they will come down out of the clouds and sell them at a significantly reduced price.
@Koernex.3 ай бұрын
Dittrich makes great reproductions. The reason for the ten-round magazine is that in Germany, since the last change to the weapons law in 2020, any self-loading rifle magazine over ten rounds is banned (except with a special permit or in the 22 LR).
@seculartapes3 ай бұрын
Was that an integrally suppressed MP-38 on that table? I’m very interested in seeing some of the oddball stuff they’re making.
@JordanFlayer3 ай бұрын
yes it was
@juvofirme3 ай бұрын
its for silence, silly
@saschapulkowski44132 ай бұрын
Rarely do I watch a video 3 times over. But as a gun loving machinist and Forgotten Weapons fan, I had to divide my attention. Thank you Ian!👌
@saintpaulsnail3 ай бұрын
I wonder if the reproduction magazines are compatible with the corresponding historical arms.
@ForgottenWeapons3 ай бұрын
Yes, they are.
@wes11bravo3 ай бұрын
@@ForgottenWeapons it seems to me that manufacturing a reliable magazine would be one of the most difficult aspects to get right in the manufacture of any rifle - add to that the relentless adherence to historic accuracy and the entire project is even more impressive.
@hummerskickass3 ай бұрын
I’ve spoken with them a couple of times, every single one of their magazines are exact copies of the originals and are completely interchangeable. It’s the same way with all their guns, a considerable amount of the components from the modern production rifles can be used as replacement parts for originals. Even though they haven’t had the complete guns available here yet they’ve had parts for various models listed on their website and available for sale for years just for that reason.
@no1DdC3 ай бұрын
@@wes11bravo I wonder if they knowingly include engineering/manufacturing flaws for authenticity.
@matteolaborg3 ай бұрын
I really liked this video, it's like Ian snuck into the factory over the weekend and just poked around for a couple of hours!
@FlextaMcSignalz3 ай бұрын
Pretty exorbitant prices to boot, but hope to see these guys flourish in the US market and see those prices drop to a bit more reasonable state in the years to come.
@no1DdC3 ай бұрын
Sorry to burst your bubble, but since these are limited production runs, they won't ever drop in price. Companies like SSD only make small batches of one particular type (or obscure sub-variant) and then move on to another interesting project. Limited and ultimately fixed supply, increased demand over time. You do the math.
@starcoloneldunadansonoft5013 ай бұрын
Don't hold your breath.
@kentcruz26023 ай бұрын
That is so cool that someone would tackle the monumental challenges of so finely reproducing a single model but amazing at the scope of doing it for so many different models. Thanks for showing us. Looking forward to watching you use them at a match when available.
@s4n714g0003 ай бұрын
I've never seen how guns are made so it's really interesting to see the shop with the tools and the parts in different stages.
@TheOz913 ай бұрын
I wonder who is buying full auto reproduction Stg 44. I can think of people with machine gun licenses (like there are ranges that specialize in sort of thing) and the film industry (though this point is tenuous at best since movie guns would be blank-firing guns). I can't think of any modern military or law enforcement that would want an Stg 44 unless they are time travelers.
@ForgottenWeapons3 ай бұрын
I think the full auto ones are made largely because Dittrich wants them himself. Wouldn't you, if you were in his position?
@maximilianmustermann57633 ай бұрын
@@ForgottenWeapons He probably also has friends in the gun business, gun smiths and gun dealers, who can acquire full auto licences. The owner of my favorite gun shop recently got his full-auto license, and I don't think he intends selling any full-auto guns. He just wanted one for himself.
@TheOz913 ай бұрын
@@ForgottenWeapons Oh if I'm allowed to make full auto guns, I definitely would, at least for the fun factor as well as research purposes. Personally, I don't "believe" in full auto outside of machine guns (as in things like the M240, FN Minimi, etc.) though it would be interesting to see how full auto is handled by different rifle designs--we can see how a lot of full auto select fire rifles seem to be an ad hoc addition to "enhance" its capability. The Sturmgewehr is definitely one designed for automatic fire, though I wonder if there are German reports about its effectiveness in full auto (since the idea was to find the sweet spot between the power of a rifle cartridge but the handiness of a submachine gun.)
@kawazl6272Ай бұрын
Wie immer ein tolles Video, vielen Dank! Aber leider fehlt das wichtigste: Bernd Dittrich. Bernd Dittrich und auch das ganze Team von SSD sind super nett, hilfsbereit, absolut kompetent und freundlich! Habe noch nie eine Person wie Bernd kennen gelernt der so sehr mit seiner Arbeit verschmolzen ist und so viel Herzblut darin steckt. Es wäre wirklich schön gewesen von ihm auch ein paar Bilder und Kommentare zu hören. Für mich ist er der "Daniel Düsentrieb" des Waffenbaus. Lieben Gruß, Martin
@mirekkusibab27413 ай бұрын
As a Pole I'm starting worrying🤣
@johnanon69383 ай бұрын
Seriously cool behind-the-scenes kind of access, its so cool that I swear Ian is a bit giddy. Sometimes you get what you pay for and Ian said these are seriously high quality.
@schweinehund34973 ай бұрын
basiert
@twinkdeathoftheuniverse3 ай бұрын
basiert auf was
@Kaktus9653 ай бұрын
Yow. This is going to be expensive. I already have a BD38. Can attest, it is a thing of beauty.
@WorldCupWillie3 ай бұрын
5:18 I'm imagining an alternative history video game where WW2 continued till the 21st century. The Germans are using those and the Americans are using Ohio Ordnance HCARs
@kanejakejimmy3 ай бұрын
Damn. That shop is cleaner than my kitchen.
@politirel23 ай бұрын
MP38 $3,800. 'On Sale' Wow, practically giving it away. MP 44 Magazine $500. What a bargain. MP 44 Grip $820. So Cheap. MP 44 Operating rod $700. What a steal.
@bitfreakazoid3 ай бұрын
I was actually expecting the MP38 to be quite a bit higher.
@M4xXxIkInG3 ай бұрын
well thats what happens when stuff is handmade in a country with hight living standarts, not front internded. if a machining master (its like higher education upgrade to the regular machinist) is milling a part the cost per hour alone is 200+€
@natanreb3 ай бұрын
That magazine is original, repros are 80.
@starcoloneldunadansonoft5013 ай бұрын
@@M4xXxIkInG Yeah, yeah, we've heard it all before.