A Gustloff "Volkssturmgewehr" ("VG 1 - 5"), self-loader, calibre 8 x 33, no. Th 3984 on the left of butt (Th = Gau Thüringen). Bright bore, length 37 cm, total length 88 cm. No firing pin. Second version with simplified magazine holder. 30 rounds. Fixed sight. Safety marked "S" and "F". Weapon derusted, brushed, blued. In places quite pitty. Beech stock. "MKb 42"-magazine pitty and spotted. The Gustloff Volkssturmgewehr, designed by Karl Barnitzke, was tested for the first time at Kummersdorf in November 1944. The first delivery of 4000 weapons was reported rea,

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