martinr1000 wrote:
well this is the guy. doesn't look very special in terms of any locking mechanism. I suspect it's just a bit seized up and quite tight in terms of tolerance. With my gun i think i ended up cutting the stock part off around the screw after which it was easier to remove it. Not the best option i guess but it did the trick for me.
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Hmm... most images as well as the youtube disassembly videos show the butt plate screw as having a square protrusion that prevents turning it. In fact, the picture you posted confirms this:
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It seems that it isn't the same on every stock (my stock is an Austrian model from Steyr), so it might be a normal screw, but it seems that you are supposed to remove the nut on the inside first.
But I'm also thinking about cutting off the stock and then trying to remove it, just trying to see if there is a non-destructive way first.
knoxvilles_joker wrote:
brpguns.com sells mg42 parts. Reach out to them and see what they have. They sell most all the parts to build a full on semi auto mg42.
Impossible to get gun parts from the US. Look at the photo of the buttscrew in the post above yours: "Shipment prohibited outside USA". For a screw! So I'd have to order via my local dealer which bumps up prices a lot. I usually have to source locally. Also, I already have the stock, just seeing if I can disassemble it without destroying it. Doesn't look good at the moment.
septic wrote:
Looking at my stock [a Yugo M53], I can depress the sprung bolt, and there's maybe 5mm of travel. It's been years since I've had the stock attached to the receiver; my Yugo just lives in a dark corner of my safe.
Guessing, but I think you'd need find a way to loosen that nut at the back (you can just see mine, looks a little rusty), with a pair of needle-nose pliers, working around the sprung bolt ... ?
I guess the rear screw really only comes off once you remove the nut inside. However, it's damn near impossible to get to the nut with pliers, it seems to be smaller on my grip too, and the other screw is in the way.
Can you remove the front/bottom screw on your stock?
Cheers!
Roman