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Shooting the MP35: Germany’s Left-Handed SMG

This submachine gun is lot #1011 in the upcoming April 2019 Morphy auction:
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/shooting-the-mp35-germanys-left-handed-smg/

The MP-35 is one of several very nicely made inter-war German submachine guns. Unlike most, it has the magazine mounted on the right, and ejects out the left – a configuration chosen to standardize the manual of arms with the K98k style bolt handle. The MP-35 is also unusual in having a progressive type of trigger – although it’s not really a normal progressive trigger even. Instead, it is a normal sort of trigger for semiautomatic fire, and a second lever below the trigger which must be pulled for full auto fire. I suspect this will take a bit of getting used to…

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