“The Real Schmeissers: MP-18/I to MP41” is available now!
Today I am joined by Bas Martens to discuss the differences between the MP-18/I and the MP-28. There is really much more going on in this question than most people realize – the guns have a number of important differences including barrel attachment, sights, fire selector, and bolt/mainspring design as well as the obvious change in magazines. However, there are also questions of ownership between the Bergmann and Schmeisser, and the conversion of MP-18s to use box magazines took place much later than commonly believed. Bas Martens has written a fantastic new book on Schmeissers, and it was great to have him with us today for this topic!
Actually you can have a bolt working with both single-feed and double-feed magazines – the most popular of these was the Sterling Mk4 / L2A3 SMG which was designed so it would work with both Sten (single-feed copy of the MP28 magazine) and Sterling (double feed roller follower magazine) AT THE SAME TIME. And man, does it work! Even the L34A1 silenced gun works with Sten magazines – no problemo