After watching ForgottenWeapons’ video on the MP-40 vs PPSH, I made my choice

Posted by SerjeantMesser@reddit | Firearms | View on Reddit | 32 comments

This was my favorite purchase from last year, an all matching, transferable MP-40. It’s such a joy to shoot. It feels like firing paintball gun rather than an actual firearm.

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SerjeantMesser@reddit (OP)

Nope! Nowhere near that haha. It was a fairly expensive though, it was a post deployment gift to myself

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TheHancock@reddit

As a transferable? I feel like that’s great!

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SerjeantMesser@reddit (OP)

I think it was a good deal, at least in the modern market (:

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He-She-We_Wumbo@reddit

Don't tell me that. This is racing towards an achievable goal with deployment money.

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Grumpymrpuggy@reddit

That’s actually really good considering the circumstances of their manufacture. I’d assume they’d be more because they haven’t been manufactured since the 40s.

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CockpitEnthusiast@reddit

I bought a car that I put 40k into and then sold for a 30k loss

I think you invested your deployment money better than I did

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sirbassist83@reddit

Typical soldier experience though, don't beat yourself up

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CockpitEnthusiast@reddit

Someone's gotta do it.

Car was badass. Worth it.

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Sensitive_Box_@reddit

That's like mint condition M16 price. I've seen shitty Macs for like 3-6k before though.

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GamesFranco2819@reddit

My jealousy is immense. An MP40 is the only subgun I want enough to consider buying.

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SerjeantMesser@reddit (OP)

They’re absolutely worth it! It’s something I’ve wanted since Call of Duty: WaW. I will warn you, you’ll burn through ammo so fast! I’ve put over 10k rounds through it so far

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Lavits_Crestfallen@reddit

The question is have you spent more money on ammo yet than you did the mp40?

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SerjeantMesser@reddit (OP)

Not yet! Thankfully 9mm is still fairly cheap

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ecodick@reddit

Hell yeah man. I'm jealous, but you're feeding it well, you deserve it.

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Every time my dad sees one of these he tells the story of him and his college friend cleaning out a closet for his aunt and a couple of these were stashed in the back. Apparently my great uncle served in the war. My dad didn’t even know till he asked his aunt.

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zelenisok@reddit

Neither. M3 Grease gun, Yugoslav M56, and Skorpion vz61.

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sprout92@reddit

awww I want one...

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firearmresearch00@reddit

The mp40 is wild. A guy I know has 7 post dealer samples he uses for movies and reenactments. The thing is though that he doesn't even care to shoot them anymore because they are almost boring to shoot. Nothing really happens they just chug along. Perfect for the military purposes, and super easy to keep on target, but personally I wouldn't buy one. I know it makes no sense and is counterintuitive but if I was to drop 70k on a transferable I'd buy something a little more obnoxious and hard to control for the challenge. A 12yo conscript can be completely effective with an mp40 but it takes some cahones to rip an mg42 from the shoulder, or keep a ppsh41 or akm on target

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