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A new addition to the collection. This is a Shoei built replica of the Haenel design which went up against Walther, whose competing design was the Mkb 42(W). Both weapons were chambered to use the new intermediate rifle round, the 7.92mm Kurz (7.92X33mm). The Haenel design won out after some 12,000 examples were manufactured and put to the test. The MkB 42(H) would evolve into the MP 43 (Maschinenpistole 43) which would soon become the MP 44 which was renamed the StG 44 (Sturmgewehr 44). These weapons are considered the first assault rifles.
Shoei (Shoei Seisakusho Inc.) has been making highly detailed replicas since 1967. They primarily do German weapons. Each are practically hand built and break down exactly like originals so their attention to detail is well known around the world and many are used by museums for displays. This particular model has a serial of 91, making it one of the early MKb 42(H) replicas Shoei made.
Shoei (Shoei Seisakusho Inc.) has been making highly detailed replicas since 1967. They primarily do German weapons. Each are practically hand built and break down exactly like originals so their attention to detail is well known around the world and many are used by museums for displays. This particular model has a serial of 91, making it one of the early MKb 42(H) replicas Shoei made.
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Woah, how does that compare with the reproduction Sturmgewehr's made by HMG arms? Is that actually full auto?
https://www.full30.com/video/09bf11.....1e7ecf9e55f817
https://www.full30.com/video/09bf11.....1e7ecf9e55f817
The Shoei is a display weapon and is non-firing. They did make a "high impact cartridge" model which simulated firing, to include dummy round ejection and recoil, and there is also a 6mm airsoft version. Shoei doesn't produce actual weapons due to the immensely restrictive gun laws in Japan where civilians can't own anything but a shotgun or a air gun and even then, the process to get a license for such weapons is so difficult and purposely time consuming, nobody really bothers. To illustrate this, Japan has some 127 million people in it and there are under 500,000 people who have licenses for a shotgun or air gun. Less than 27,000 have licenses for rifles, grandfathered in after the ban on transfers in 1971. This means when the owner of the rifle dies, the rifle is turned over to the police.
I am sure it has something to do with the fact that an actual Mkb 42, at least the last one I am aware of which was fully transferable, sold for over $120,000. Just a magazine for the weapon stamped Mkb 42 gets over $500 each or more.
So, yea...if you can drop that kind of money on the real deal, knock yourself out. Otherwise, collectors like me who want it and can't afford a price like that can have a top quality replica. That is why Shoei continues to exist in business today.
So, yea...if you can drop that kind of money on the real deal, knock yourself out. Otherwise, collectors like me who want it and can't afford a price like that can have a top quality replica. That is why Shoei continues to exist in business today.
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