{"id":22438,"date":"2023-05-18T09:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/18\/ptr-44-the-first-repro-sturmgewehr-stg44\/"},"modified":"2023-05-18T09:00:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T14:00:54","slug":"ptr-44-the-first-repro-sturmgewehr-stg44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/18\/ptr-44-the-first-repro-sturmgewehr-stg44\/","title":{"rendered":"PTR 44 &#8211; The FIRST Repro Sturmgewehr StG44"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mejs-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"autoplay\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_pMK4bWq578?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The hottest news out of SHOT Show this year was the new reproduction StG-44 announced by PSA, but did you know they weren&#8217;t the first to do it?<\/p>\n<p>In 2009 SSD (Sport System Dittrich) imported their PTR-44 into the U.S. and it was a near EXACT copy of the original. Took original mags, fired 8mm Kurz, right down to some of the same markings, only modified for semi-automatic fire only. They were so exact, their $5,000 cost quickly justified by those who couldn&#8217;t afford to purchase an original or who didn&#8217;t care to go through the tax stamp process. <\/p>\n<p>Only about 200 were ever imported, driving their prices up even further and keeping the PTR-44 in high demand still today.<\/p>\n<p>\u25ac Contents of this video \u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac\u25ac <br \/>00:03 &#8211; Intro to the May Premier Auction<br \/>00:20 &#8211; Sport-System Dittrich (SSD) Model PTR44 Rifle with Scope (Lot 603)<br \/>02:21 &#8211; WWII Mauser STG 44 with Matching ZF4 Prototype Sniper Scope and Sheet Metal Scope Mount (Lot 1356)<br \/>02:42 &#8211; Specialized Optics <br \/>03:21 &#8211; PTR 44 Estimate <\/p>\n<p>Follow us!<br \/>Email: <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/eepurl.com\/cg4yPb<\/a><br \/>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RockIslandAuctionCompany<\/a><br \/>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/rockislandauction\/<\/a><br \/>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RIauction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/RIauction<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hottest news out of SHOT Show this year was the new reproduction StG-44 announced by PSA, but did you know they weren&#8217;t the first to do it? In 2009 SSD (Sport System Dittrich) imported their PTR-44 into the U.S. and it was a near EXACT copy of the original. Took original mags, fired 8mm&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/18\/ptr-44-the-first-repro-sturmgewehr-stg44\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PTR 44 &#8211; The FIRST Repro Sturmgewehr StG44<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":22439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}