Nice video. Its a very good replica of the real STG44 (MP44). I have handled and looked inside the firearm (a friend had one back in the 1980s), and the Denix is very close. Cheers from Norway

@steelhelmetstan7305

Жыл бұрын

Thanks rube rebel, great info and all the best to you m8....👍👍🙂

You're right mate, the militaria, collecting, world is ruined by greed, I remember back in the 70s, when you could buy a k98, bayonet for £18, or an iron cross 1st class for £40\50, and it was the exchange and mart, the internet of the day, that you had to look for stuff, but I remember when I was maybe 10or 11, we lived a stone's throw away from the public cowp\landfill, I wish I knew then what I know now, myself and my mate's played on the cowp, as there was also what we called the swamp, flooded mine workings which we used to make rafts and go on the water, but the stuff we found,guns, swords, bayonets, medals galore, especially the brass campaign stars, full kit bags with a lot of Canadian patches on the jackets and army coats, loads of British helmets, the only German helmet I saw was found by someone else, but I swapped one of my mates a commando knife for a German ww1, pickelhaube, my mate also found a wooden box with a Lugar and cleaning equipment,I could go on forever and I've not even mentioned the jewellery and other antiquitys, gold and silver pocket watches, rings,lighters, etc etc etc, I once found a leather comb pouch that was stitched at the top and felt like sand inside,so I picked or cut the stitching and it was full of groats, excellent condition, all 1600's, as I said I could go on forever remembering the stuff we found usually ended up selling to an old guy who lived in our street, mostly 50 pence for the stuff we gave him, but the gold and silver pocket watches we took to the local scrappy, £3 for gold and £1.50 for silver was what he told us was the prices for an ounce, the landfill site is now a golf course and the people walking on it don't realise that they are walking on top of a massive treasure trove, because what we found was just drop in the ocean, to what we didn't find.

@steelhelmetstan7305

Жыл бұрын

Great stuff Anthony , wow wouldn't mind metal detecting on that golf course, funny I live near a golf course that was also the local tip... before my time though. My old grandad told a tale of the early 1920s and railway wagons full of luger, rifles and german helmets of ww1...all going to be melted down. People seem to know a lot more nowadays especially with smart phones, buy there's still bargains out there. Yes it is a shame you didn't know what you know now back then. I had a similar thing happen but not to the extent of the stuff you found. The railway station in my town was moved in the late 60s so the old buildings, sidings etc were left to rot...in the 70s we played over there getting old railway lanterns and smashing them up, same with any electrical equipment, telephones and the like....what a waste. I have however redeemed myself as I got two railway sleeper , cast iron brackets...they are called rail chairs...from close by not long ago and they ate old , 188? And 1930s....there might be a video on my channel of them if I havnt deleted it. All the best and thanks for the comment m8🙂🙂🙂

@anthonygallagher1397

Жыл бұрын

Yes,mate my dad told me that when he was a boy there was railway sidings yard full of open wagons full of guns bayonets, helmets etc waiting to go to the foundry to be melted, but the cowp, in those days there was adults,men and women also raking, the word we used for basically scavenging, and they were finding the same stuff, I remember we even found a parachute which we ran with till it lifting up into the air, but like everything else,we lost interest or found something better to amuse ourselves, even a piano broken up and breaking off a couple the felt hammers that hit the strings we would drum on the harp looking frame and strings, and bullets,we found loads and usually broke the bullet off the shells for the gun powder to make long lines of it leading up to a big pile of gunpowder under a paint tin or something with a stone holding it up enough for powder to pass under to the big pile,then fling a match on it haha, what a bang, honestly I even remember the bigger boys seeing who could throw a deactivated pineapple grenade over the roof of the houses where we lived, and the dark brown furniture, real antique stuff we burned in big fires we used to sit around, probably waiting on the next bin lorries coming in more goodies, even silver topped walking canes had the tops broken off for the silver top the scrap merchant usually got, back then, people were moving out of the dull 50s\60's into the bright orange and lemon 70's haha,and were getting rid of all the old stuff, back in the days before the antiques roadshow, when no one knew the value of anything, aw man, another time me and my younger brother were down the cowp and we found 2 pinball machines,no legs but everything else, and being young and stupid,we just burst them open and both of them were full of old halfpenny's, shillings, and ten pence pieces, and other coins, that probably weren't there perfect size to fit the coin mechanism, must have been at least a quarter of a pillow slip full, like I said I could go on all day about that cowp, never a dull moment for us younger ones,I just remembered another mate found a brass flare gun,no ammo, maybe just as well or we could have done a bit of damage haha . catch yi later mate and good luck.

@steelhelmetstan7305

Жыл бұрын

@@anthonygallagher1397 cheers Anthony m8....well there's plenty of all that old stuff on my channel for sure!!.. Hope you keep watching, I did have over 400 videos up at one point but I took my channel apart as I was going to pack it all in. I decided to carry on but I hadn't saved the videos I took off, so I'm down to 87 videos....I will have to do them all again!!!🤣🤣. That brought back memories of burning old furniture. When I was 13 or 14 we moved into a big old victorian house in our town, stunk of damp etc, anyway the place had a couple of real old heavy wooden victorian or edwardian wardrobes, a bureau and some 1920s or 30s chairs and cabinets.....I can remember my old man giving me a great big axe....and we burnt the lot!!!...good fun , but what a waste. Yeh I remember the yellow and plastic world of the 1970s, a lot of old buildings round here bit the dust at the hands of progressive local councils....they did more damage than the luftwaffe could of hoped for!!!, thanks again m8, all the best 🙂🙂

Looks really nice Stan the only denix I've got is the M1 Rifle and that seems really well built.

@steelhelmetstan7305

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Chris yes there's a place for denix in any collection 😊

That part was lose on mine too... That screw wont tolerate much tightening.. And yes they will take a K98 sling. I found a new replica of great quality one in the mix bin at the local AN store... I concur- these are perfect replica guns for anyone on a budget and not wanting to spend 1000s on a deactivated weapon. I wished they had have added the dove tail rail scope mount. I would put my original ZF4 sniper scope on it for display.. I also have their MP40.. Its a bad replica but Ok for the wall..

@steelhelmetstan7305

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Ivarr yes they have their place in a collection, but the odd thing about denix is there always seems to be some quality issue with the guns that's different in each model...don't know why that would be 🤔

Great review. I would say that this is a really nice substitute for those who can’t get their hands on the real thing lol. Looks extremely accurate!

@steelhelmetstan7305

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, m8 great stuff....I'm half way through your first tank video, will finish tonight after I get in 🙃🙃🤗🤗

@resistanceremembered

Жыл бұрын

@@steelhelmetstan7305 Awesome! I hope you like it!

Hi Stan thanks for the review as you say it's worth getting if you can't afford a real one, the quality of the build looks sloppy as to the points you pointed out.

@steelhelmetstan7305

Жыл бұрын

Cheers yeh there always seems to be something off with a denix replica ,🙂

One of denix better weapon copies...I think denix slings are horse leather!!! rather than moo cow!, sadly repro denix mags do not fit original stgs..on the real stg theres a pin which holds the rear stock to the metalwork,pushing the pin out released the stock and gave access to the mainspring,the denix is slight heavier than a real stg...on a real stg simple finger pressure on either side of the main body would render the gun unfireable,as would hitting the side...they look like robust pieces but the real stg is a fragile piece of kit. Only east germany continued making the ammo for the gun from 1951 to 61...when russia recalled all east german stgs they gave them to their communist allies in Yugoslavia...in 1990 when Yugoslavia upgraded and declared their stgs surplus they sold them all to uk dealers and in 1990 2,000 guns in two shipping containers arrived in the uk where the guns were sold onto the deac market...with some going to the usa..almost all the deac stgs in the uk are from that one source...on a real stg what looks like an old fashioned stacking hook above the barrel is actually the entry to the gas port,unscrewing it gave access to clean the crud out ..original nazi period rounds are rare due to the quality of the steel used in the case,most deac rounds in the uk will be the better quality east german...in the butt of the stg.....tho probably not reproduced in the denix....is a lift up flap inside which is kept a take down tool and a small rolled up care and maintenance booklet...the stg takes the standard mp40 or k98 sling..I have seen some aged denix stgs around the shows and they look really good...unfortunately it's a bit too late to invest in a deac,ironically a current eu spec deac prob costs five times the price as what an old spec cock n click one cost back in the day. another nice piece for your collection,thanks for showing

@steelhelmetstan7305

Жыл бұрын

Cheers CJ and thanks for the comment...good in depth stuff. I'd read a bit about the fragility of the stg 44 but I was unsure of its truthfulness as it was postwar allied assessment stuff...but you have confirmed it. I remember your video on the ammo ww2 v DDR stuff so again good info. Didn't know that about the source of the UK deac market and the 2,000 guns. Yes its a good replica and as the prices of the EU spec are far too high for me....well denix it is. Cheers CJ m8 , all the best 🙂🙃

Another option ,if you can find one,is a shoei production replica from the early 2000's.They are an exact replica and can chamber and cycle 7.92 kurz and also be fully stripped.

@steelhelmetstan7305

10 ай бұрын

Ah ok, thanks for that, I think I've heard of those 🙂🙂

Weather is good here on the coast! On the minus side, I don't have an STG44 and I'm jealous.

@steelhelmetstan7305

Жыл бұрын

Weather calmed down now here....its a good replica...good for display

@oldspec3006

Жыл бұрын

@@steelhelmetstan7305 I have had a fair few Denix replicas and they're all quite good display items really. The worst in my opinion is the M1A1 Carbine as the folding stock is really fragile. The M1 Carbine is great and I used one for a few years on the reenactment circuit. After a few coats of Walnut stain on the stock and a going over with wire wool you'd have sworn that it was an original one from 10 feet away

@steelhelmetstan7305

Жыл бұрын

@@oldspec3006 cheers yeh thats the thing I reckon you've got to put some work into a denix 🙂

It looks really awesome Stan bro ! I've only ever stripped an SMLE in my day .. and an L1A1 SLR ..and a few of my ex-wife's girl friends when they were drunk which did put a SMLE on my face !! lol 7:30 'Get inside it.. and put a bit of rubber on' THat's a line straight out of a Carry On film !! 😉😉😉😉 😉😉😉😉

@steelhelmetstan7305

Жыл бұрын

Timbers!!!!...cheers Jim m8 , all the best 😊

Hi Stan. Really interesting review, thanks for the upload. Have you ever seen PFC firing replicas, they are sort of like adult cap guns and function like the originals. If you put MGprops into a search engine and check them out you will see what I mean. Back in the day (pre VCR act) I purchased a couple of pieces from them and they are still working fine. Take care mate.

@steelhelmetstan7305

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Will m8, yes I've seen them , but I will check out the site. Nice that you have a couple of them , great fun I'd imagine ....I reckon the prices of these PFC guns would be high now?

@worldwarwill1278

Жыл бұрын

@@steelhelmetstan7305 No worries. Yeah they are great fun and function like the real thing, the shells eject, there is a bit of smoke and the 'bang' is not that loud. Some of the prices are quite high, but when you look at the prices of deacts you can get something that is very close in appearance for a lot cheaper.

@steelhelmetstan7305

Жыл бұрын

@@worldwarwill1278 cheers Will, I'm a member if a living history/re enactment group , would I have the necessary 'defence' to buy one ?

@worldwarwill1278

Жыл бұрын

@@steelhelmetstan7305 Yeah, you would be covered to buy from them being a member of a reenactment group. This is what they say - In order to purchase you will have to confirm you are registered with a re-enactment group or living history group / skirmishing group or the purchase is for film / theatre or re-enacting purposes. This could be done via your re-enactment/living history membership card, your UKARA registered, letter from film/TV company. If you cannot provide proof of your defence then 51% of the replica would have to be painted in a bright colour (as specified in the UK-VCRA) in order to make it a imitation firearm. We offer a painting service for people who do not have a defence.

@steelhelmetstan7305

Жыл бұрын

@@worldwarwill1278 cheers Will, thanks for that 🙂🙂

I was thinking about geting one

@Howling.Wilderness.Alaska

Жыл бұрын

You should before the overlords outlaw them..!

@steelhelmetstan7305

Жыл бұрын

Go fir it John 🙂🙂

@steelhelmetstan7305

Жыл бұрын

I hope they don't 🤔

They look great.

@steelhelmetstan7305

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Anvil, yes its a nice bit of kit....never could afford a real one in deac form 😊

@anvilbrunner.2013

Жыл бұрын

@@steelhelmetstan7305 You & me both.

I really like it mate !! I smell of hydraulic oil too as I use it as a deodorant !! lol Have an awesome weekend bro !!

@steelhelmetstan7305

Жыл бұрын

Cheers jimbers... Yeh 'essence of timbers' aka castrol gtx!🤣🤣🤣

Can it be completely disassembled? As in can bolts, rods and screws be removed to see the inside working mechanics of the rifle, or is it welded shut?

@steelhelmetstan7305

8 ай бұрын

As far as I can see you can't take it apart. There are videos on yt of denix models being stripped and i suppose its been put together so could maybe be taken down , but denix models are made of soft alloy and i dont think they would take much fiddling with so I'm leaving mine as is....cheers and all the best 🙂

@davidhui7369

8 ай бұрын

@@steelhelmetstan7305 and if im correct they are made of diecast, so they are difficult to be fiddled and modifed, thanks!!

@steelhelmetstan7305

8 ай бұрын

​@@davidhui7369yes indeed m8 definitely 😊

Hi! Can Denix replicas be disassembled like real weapons?

@steelhelmetstan7305

Жыл бұрын

The ppsh41 will open up but the mp44 seems to be a solid lump that can't be stripped. Although I suppose they've been put together so i suppose they could be taken apart but the metal isn't the best so carefully does it , I think 🤔

@Gremovmuzej

Жыл бұрын

@@steelhelmetstan7305 Thanks for the information!

more guns - more tears :) onya cobber

@steelhelmetstan7305

Жыл бұрын

Cheers Steve m8, yeh another replica to fill a gap on the wall, 🙂🙂🤔