Introducing the BD-38: A New Production Copy of the German MP-38 

I hope he does the STG45, I am obsessed with Roller Delayed Blowback weapons.

This is much better than the raffles, imo, but I know it probably doesn't bring in as much money.

Ian is a veteran war hero

So pistol brace is that allowed now or no

“Not just another drop shipper”,no one would ever say this about anything other than a drop shipper.More subtlety required

considering 21st century advancements in manufacturing.............just reverse engineer an original, you don't need no stinkn blueprints............the Chicoms reverse engineer everything............

SSD has offered all of them for many years now though....

​@@Hurricane2k8still waiting for him to make new G43's, but yes he basically has them all.

Adding a semi automatic feature to any open bolt is very difficult to do as all of a sudden you need the firing pin to move, stove bolt simple if it is full auto always !

Designs tend to get rushed along when the alternative is ...death.

What are you talking about, it's nearly 2 o'clock in the afternoon here in the UK!

I'm so early, Newton has no fear of falling fruit.

I was so early that Molotov was still taking vonnRinnentrops phone calls…

I was so early that I stole Lee Harvey Oswald's Carcano before he could even pick it up.

Still waiting for the cyanide to kick in

In some you are fortunate sir. In other ways perhaps not.

So you're just rolling the dice that you don't get caught? Or is there an exemption for historic pieces? Remember what they did to the 3D gun guy in Germany. "Accidental Heart attack", so if you're under the radar, I'd stay that way by not posting about it on one of the worlds most popular websites. Stay free, stay armed, stay alive.

@@mfallen6894 no, the gun is "safe" to german gun laws... and i own it now for over 10 years...

@@ejharbet6390 yea, german gun laws are quite "complicated"!

@@mfallen6894 There's a decent amount of legal gun ownership and enthusiasm in Germany. It was obvious in this case that this dude is a legal gun owner, especially since Ian started the video talking about these guns being available in Germany.

I had the exact same thought :) Seems more fair and logical somehow than faking an existing factory. Both the original german guns and the new american manufacturer could have their own code :)

An MP5SD is over fifty grand today.

@@sqwk2559 Are you my subconscious's burner account?! I've been saying exactly what you said FOR YEARS NOW! No other President in American history took more Second Amendment RIGHTS away from us than that gun-grabbing POS traitor Ronald Reagan! The anti-gun legislation that he signed into law in 1986 IS THE ONLY PERMANENT GUN BAN IN AMERICAN HISTORY! The ban on the sale of ANY machine gun made after 1986, and also any machine gun made BEFORE 1986 but not registered with the ATF gestapo. Not only did he sign the only permanent gun ban in American history into law, but he played a HUGE role in getting the only other federal gun ban in American history passed as well! Reagan specifically called multiple Republican Senators and told them to SUPPORT the 1994 "Assault Weapons Ban". That ban DID NOT have enough Republican support to get past the filibuster in the Senate. Reagan personally called individual Senators and told them to support it...which they did. If I'm not mistaken, the 1994 AWB passed the Senate by just ONE vote. If not for the 10-year sunset period that 2A supporters managed to include in that bill, Reagan would have SINGLE-HANDEDLY been responsible for BOTH of the only permanent federal gun bans in American history! So Reagan, who prior to Trump (yet ANOTHER "Republican" gun-grabber of a President!) was held up by pro-gun Republicans as the "Golden God" of American Presidents, is BY FAR the biggest gun-grabber of a President that this country HAS EVER SEEN! And make absolutely no mistake about it, the ban on machine guns that he signed into law in 1986 is something that will literally never be overturned in this country! Not by ANY President...Democrat OR Republican...or by ANY SCOTUS...not even the one we have right now. You could put two more far-right Justices on SCOTUS tomorrow and I will still guarantee you that they will NEVER give us gun owners back the RIGHT to buy and own machine guns. That right is gone FOREVER! Thanks SOLELY to Ronald Reagan!

Didn't SSD stop production of the BD-42?

Didn't know SSD moved to Kulmbach... Last time I've heard of them they were in that shitty village that was nothing but a doorstop.

@@Eluderatnight They are also not in the middle of a war on two fronts.

As far as I know they've been in Kulmbach for some years (which is the city I mentioned) and they still produce the BD-42.

​ Small and medium sized businesses are the backbone of the German economy. In particular, family businesses in rural areas are most particularly important. It is also important (before launching snide comments) to note that the huge majority of these businesses are funded from their own private means and not as in certain other nations funded from bank loans Foreigners please note that this helps give a crucial european partner enhanced economic stability. Some foreign places might learn from all this.

I think that the Bergmann is perfect for my smg needs. But I want a full copy that giggles.

My buddy got one of the Stg 44's made by this company and man is it a work of art, even though it's the .22lr version. He won it in a raffle... Lucky s.o.b.... When I first got to play with it I spent 3hr carefully taking it apart and admiring the work. Would have been even cooler had he gotten it in the original caliber, but knowing him he wouldn't have ever found any ammo for it. I'm not even sure if it's still legal as I'm pretty sure the barrel isn't 16in, though I didn't get out a rod a measure it properly so it may just be a trick of the eye making it look like it only has a 12 or 14in barrel. Told him he might want to check and he's like "nah, they'll never catch me". The stupid thing is he's probably right as I've never met anyone with better luck. When we're all out shooting one day someone else will be holding it when a game warden rolls-up and they'll go to jail instead, lol

@@mfallen6894 SSD has never made a 22 MP44

The fluting on the reciever is what I like the most

@@Gameprojordan Yessss! I'd love to have one of these with the wooden stock.

Welcome to RU-vid. I have a solution coming soon!

It will. The stocks are MP38 and MP40 spec.

Non gun question Have you had to stop traffic because of a tornado?

Ah yes, another piece of history being destroyed...

How could you hand it over to the Nazi SS like that?

@@bobjohnson1633 NKVD. The SS would have saved an MP38.

I guarantee that one was never destroyed.

Nice idea. If you don't already know C&Rsenal then you will like it.

If you can't afford one of these, you'll have zero chance of affording the black leather trench coat and monocle.

they are incredibly expensive to make in small numbers.. a machinist makes 20+ an hour. overhead on metal working isnt cheap.. the reason many guns are cheap is the size and finances of the manufacturer..

Worth every penny so you can convince people to show you their papers

Suppy small and demand as well. I understand why they're costly. If they were full auto alot more would want them even at 5thou

Yeah, people always say "I would totally buy this if they remade it today!" But when they see the price tag they complain lol. Small production, full metal, quality guns cost lots to make.

That's hilarious

Ah yes famous Elbonian artillery.

i expect Ian to do this for next year's April Fools Day

By the way, in Spanish, "mortero" (mortar) also has the two meanings: Weapon and substance that joins bricks.

@@bulukacarlos4751 same in mine , though it is not often used one.

These won't ever see large scale production.

@@sabiti5428That's why I said "larger" rather than "large". Ian said they were just starting up, so it's a safe to assume they want to produce more than they are now. They'll probably want to get the price down somewhat to reach a larger set of buyers. These will always be several thousand dollars but there's room for optimization once the US business is better established.

​@@In-Midnight-Clad For a weapon intended for military use that sounds like a stupidly high price.

@@myparceltape1169 This semi auto reproduction of a 1930s design is definitely not intended for military use. Having a major arms manufacturer design and produce a gun is not the same as having a relatively small company copying that same gun 85 years later.

@@In-Midnight-Clad Yes but I wonder how the manufacturer in 1938 got it usefully low.

I used to have one in 250-3000 with the magazine counter. Neat rifles

@@nc_classics9767 I currently have one on layaway It’s the EG model Manufactured in 1952 Chambered in 300 savage And outfitted with a Lyman 2A sa peep sight

At that price, you could get a really well done parts kit build. There were millions of PPShs made.

@@Paladin1873 6k?

@@mfallen6894 More. I've seen at least one listed for 12+k€. But I think they don't even make BD-42 anymore, so it's kind of a moot question...

@@Paladin1873 Oh wow... They're really cool, but man, all the stuff one could buy for 10k+! Hard pass for me (not that I can afford it anyway, lol)

Ian did a review on the Belgian made 1915/27 Chauchut a few years ago. It's a good example of how a well-made Chauchut can look like. No firing videos, unfortunately.

Yeah, the previous video was filmed in Europe and I only had a few minutes with the gun. Now that we have them available in the US I can do a lot more with it.

The one in the video is $4000

​@@AvocadoAtrocityoof, I was considering getting one until hearing that. GSG one sounds nice though.

Gsg is in 22 though. Not a bad thing for me since it's a range toy

@@jmjedi923they also make a 9mm version but I haven’t heard anything about it I own one of their stg 44 replicas and love it. Although a 10lb .22 is a bit much lol. A world of difference in weight when compared to my 5.56 AK 101

@@jmjedi923 ah man, I thought it was 9mm. Still, .22 is fun.

Don't the originals technically have a barrel length that would make them SBRs (but exempt from the NFA due to their historical value)? I doubt the ATF would give an exemption for a replica with a historically correct barrel length today.

@@sorokajay5660 Don’t know about the original, but the barrel length of the BD 1-5 is 421 mm (16.58 inches). Google “Sport-Systeme Dittrich” to find the SSD website. All their products are listed there.

To be fair, the ot would really lend itself to a small red dot. Note of the German WWII sights are anything to write home about.

I'd keep this historical and build a frankengun for red dot and regular use.

Same machinist also had a 37 mm Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon which used machined brass dummy cartridges with a 45 ACP barrel locked in it. I got to shoot three rounds in it

I redesigned and 3D printed an improved trigger bar, which made a huge difference in the trigger pull. My gun has proved to be quite reliable and surprisingly accurate.

Dad called it a burp gun

I bet Ian ain't forgetting it anytime soon.😂

Yeah sounds pretty devastating.

Yes, bought as pistol and Form 1 to an SBR.

FB talked about doing a reproduction/new production vis35, but there wasn't enough interest to justify the tooling costs.

Unfortunately that's probably due to occupation guns being fairly common, and far less expensive than clean prewar examples.

It fires ammo that's pleasant in 1 kilogram pistols, it's weight dampens recoil more. 9mm is a excellent cartridge

@@ejharbet6390 I've shot an original MP40 in full auto and it felt like it had almost zero recoil with the fire rate. It looks like this one has a little more recoil?

@@AvocadoAtrocityit shouldn’t have anymore recoil.

This thing jumps around more because it's a closed bolt semi-auto, vs. the original open bolt full auto. On the original open bolts, you have the mass of the bolt going forward, pushing the gun forward, then the cartridge firing, which pushes the gun back, more or less balancing each other out. On the semi auto you start with the bolt forward, then the cartridge firing, pushing the gun back with nothing to fight the recoil other than the shooter, after most of the recoil is gone you then have the mass of the bolt slamming forward again, trying to push the gun down, with again, nothing to stop it but the shooter. That's the difference.