I like how absolutely none of these restoration videos tell us where they source the guns from

Aw. She restored. And just in time for round 3.

Make sure to add the speed holes

Restoring this old gun is more complicated than building a new one! These people are all-around mechanics. Great jobs!

The metal in these old relics must be awfully pristine. I had a 15 year old door hinge that took me three hours to get apart.

This is not reconstruction, this is brutal sculpture.

This gun along with its sisters is absolutely terrifying….the speed at which it fired is insane..the mg crews were insane…. 2 minute barrel changes….crazy

Well first off this definitely isn't an original MG34/41 as the parts do not match what the Bakelite variants used. The barrel and grip are both incorrect.

So this is easier a replica made to look rusted, beat up, and broken or it's a post-WW2 variant created from parts and then used in following conflicts.

Additionally, looking at the part of the video that has the stock in full view, it is missing the required waffenamt inspection stamp that is done to indent into the material. Therefore the stock is either again a replica post-WW2 or a faked piece.

Great work the gun looks amazing! History is being preserved

Firearms that I find that need restoring are almost never in  original condition. I do this because this hobby is truly addicting and enjoy every moment of it.

I retired from making and fixing surgical equipment so I can appreciate all work like this.

Our gunsmiths had a thing they made called a barrel spinner for polishing the barrels.
Nice work. You did a great job on what you had to work with.

Now this is a video that I like

Im waching this at 2 am. Its gold

I would have left it with the natural wood stock and grip. Still a good job. You brought it back to how you received it. Just different taste for others. Maybe the person who sent it wanted the same as you got it. Thanks 😎🤓😝😛😋🤔😅🎳🎺

Am I the only one who drinks beer and watches the clip?

These videos are so addicting. Wish I could get my hands on crusty old rifles vice buying new $$$ Lilja barrels etc.

So many pieces! A truly complex restoration. congratulations

This kind of restoration is much more difficult than manufacturing a new gun!

Even today there must be tons of these MG34 parts kits that were torch cut by the ATF when imported into the USA years ago.  Then put together on Aluminum recieves for dispalay in peoples houses.   I remember seeing these things for sale. Mint condition, deep blued, all matching, brought in by at Century Arms.  God only knows what happened to all of them.

Brilliant Work