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LOT 405
World War II Soviet PPSh-41 Submachine Gun, Class
III/NFA C&R Fully Transferable Machine Gun, with Accessories - Serial no. 23431, 7.62 mm cal., 10 1/2 inch
round bbl., blue finish, hardwood stock. Developed by Soviet arms designer Georgy Shpagin, the PPSh-41 was the
go-to infantry submachine gun for the USSR in World War
II, produced in quantity and fielded the full width of the Eastern Front. Similar to other popular SMGs of the day, the PPSh was a blowback- driven open-bolt design, using as many stamped components as possible and an interesting production expedient for the barrel; one could make two PPSh barrels by cutting a Mosin-Nagant barrel in half and machining a new 7.62x25mm breech. Fielded by the Red Army and air-dropped to Soviet-friendly partisan forces, the SMG was also used by the Germans (both in original 7.62 and re-chambered for 9mm
Parabellum). After the war, large
quantities were supplied to the Korean
People’s Army and the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army,
both of which deployed them en mass for the Korean War; while outstripped by the American M1 rifle and M2 carbine in terms of range and accuracy, they provided brutal up-close firepower during raids
and night battles. Blade front and two-leaf rear sights, with an integral muzzle brake in the ventilated heat shield, marked “(star in shield)/1944” ahead of the ejector port, with a two position selector switch (full/semi) inside the trigger guard. Matching original serial numbers visible on the bolt and top of the receiver tube, with a non-matching number on the bottom of the trigger guard. Fitted with a smooth one-piece hardwood stock, with a steel buttplate. Includes an extra drum magazine, two tan canvas/leather drum magazine pouches, three extra stick magazines
in a green canvas/leather pouch, a Ramon Allones wooden cigar box,
a brown leather sling, extra barrel, extra trigger group, extra bolt, extra bolt spring and buffer, extra top cover latching piece, cleaning rod, and a period manual.
CONDITION: Very fine, retains 90% arsenal style refurbished blue finish with some light edge wear and a few scratches. The stock is also very fine with defined edges and a few scattered light handling marks. Mechanically excellent. NOTE: This weapon is a National Firearms Act (NFA), fully transferable Class 3, which is registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, (BATFE) that is classified as
a “Curios or Relic” as defined in 27 CFR, 478.11. These weapons are still subject to the provisions of 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44 and 27 CFR part 479. Estimate: 16,000 - 25,000