There then arose an urgent demand for a light and simple weapon capable of a high volume of fire, and the answer to this was the PPSh-41, designed by Georgii Shpagin.

New PPSh41 Recoil Springs! New Recoil Spring ** Made by a company that only specializes in manufacturing springs. Replace those older, weaker springs with brand new ones. ** (These will not fit over an original recoil rod without modification. I took an original recoil rod, cut the end and threaded the interior diameter.

This has been reproduced from "The Official PPSh-41 Submachine Gun Manual" translated by Major James F. Gebhardt, U.S. Army (Retired) Chapter VI LOADING the DRUM MAGAZINE. To load the drum magazine, one must: 1.

PPSh-41 Machinist Diagrams. upper receiver; lower receiver; receiver-trigger; receiver catch; bolt; bolt face; bolt handle-extractor; pivot block; pivot pin-ejector; safety knob; guide-buffer-firing pin; magazine latch

9mm Conversion of the PPSh-41 The Germans in WWII took captured PPShs and converted them by inserting a 9mm barrel and a magazine adapter to accept MP 38 and 40 magazines. No modifications to the bolt face was necessary.

I believe this is a WWII German designate MP717(r) 9mm conversion of a Russian PPSh-41. 1951 ("01" in a circle) 1945: Polish: Hungarian ("11" in a circle)

The two biggest problems have been the nature of the construction of the PPSh-41 subguns they started with and the fact that they used a lightly loaded Chinese 7.62X25 round in their versions' development.

If you are having problems with your PPSh, the first thing to check is the relation of the upper receiver to the lower receiver. This seems to be the cause of most problems with the PPSh.

PPSh 41 Russian WWII Machinegun: A rare HUDSON Toy Company replica of this classic WWII rifle of the Russian Army. It is constructed entirely of metal with real wood stock.

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