MP-40 slamfire

[russ69]

I believe the MP40 is an open bolt gun. If the sear doesn't catch it's going to dump the whole magazine. Rental guns see a lot of use, it was either worn or in need of a cleaning. There's a good reason open bolts are not used very often today.

And yes, if a gun goes full auto, keep your head down and hang onto the thing. It will run out pretty quick but you need to keep on target.

[smle-man]

I believe the MP40 is an open bolt gun. If the sear doesn't catch it's going to dump the whole magazine. Rental guns see a lot of use, it was either worn or in need of a cleaning. There's a good reason open bolts are not used very often today.

And yes, if a gun goes full auto, keep your head down and hang onto the thing. It will run out pretty quick but you need to keep on target.

You are correct, it is open bolt as is the Thompson, Sten, M3, a bunch of others. I wonder if the MP40 was shooting reloads which were underpowered. It sounds like it was short recoiling.

[FX-05 Xiuhcoatl]

HOLY GUACAMOLE

[CAL.BAR]

I fired one at Discount firearms and it functioned very well. (For a 70 year old war relic)

[beretta929mm]

Its a worn sear.

[CK_32]

Free F/A.. Lucky SOB!

[Packy14]

busted old guns that cost alot to shoot... seems not worth it.

[Quiet]

battlefield las vegas is better

+1 on Battlefield Vegas

One thing Battlefield Vegas has over all the other MG rental places...

They are a 07-FFL/02-SOT and rent new MGs.
90% of their inventory are post-'86 MGs.

Whereas, the other places all have pre-'86 MGs that have been used & abused.

[John Browning]

I would guarantee you the round count on that thing is well north of 100,000 rounds, and probably closer to 1,000,000.

[RobGR]

well i guess you broke it

hahaha, to funny.

Well, that sucks OP. But at least you got to shoot one.

[Bhobbs]

I can see east coast tourists or maybe bachelorette parties going to those types of places. Otherwise it is a silly waste of money to shoot junky milsurp full auto weapons at those prices.

I'd think it was a bit pedestrian and maybe beneath most gun owners to partake in such things. Go bumpfire your AK in the desert and save yourself $100.

Yeah, because bump firing an AK in the desert is the same as firing an actual, full auto MP40.