If you've ever wondered if the MP40 could be shorter

Posted by majula_kirijo@reddit | Firearms | View on Reddit | 18 comments

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ByteGuns@reddit

This thread gets worse and worse, i love it

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Shotgunseth29@reddit

At that point just put the magbin the grip and go full uzi

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TacTurtle@reddit

Now your charging handle hits you in the teeth every shot.

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Shotgunseth29@reddit

There you go, just gotta add a little butt pad/ somewhere to shoulder it.

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majula_kirijo@reddit (OP)

I think this might be the worst thing I've ever created

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TacTurtle@reddit

MP40 had a one night stand with a High Standard Model 10 shotgun

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majula_kirijo@reddit (OP)

I like the idea. If I ever have the motivitation, I'll try to make a somewhat plausible edit of that.

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I didn't make a mockup of it but I'm pretty sure it would be doable to either shorten that long bar in the middle or leave it out completely somehow (with some redesigning of the trigger and the top part of the fcg)

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UH1Phil@reddit

Look at the Sterling SMG maybe? That thing has the grip approximately where your redesign has.

I also would love to see that little cute folding stock folded right behind the pistol grip lol

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majula_kirijo@reddit (OP)

I had to cheat a little bit by shortening the stock even further.

Also the sterling smg is a suggestion. I somehow forgot about it when searching for references of other open bolt smgs from that era.

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UH1Phil@reddit

Awesome lol!

Yeah the Sterling doesn't have that weird linkage from the trigger to the bolt, they just placed the sear and bolt right above the trigger and called it a day. But the Sterling has the magazine on the side though, so it can be even more compact.

Then they butchered it by having the longest, gorilla arm-sized ass-backwards stock they could make. I've held a replica and it's just such an odd decision.

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