I believe they may have fixed this issue with newer productions of this gun. I noticed that my trigger bar is completely different from the one you showed, and was alot more similar to your trigger bar solution.
That would be great if they've addressed the issue. Honestly that's sort of thing I like to hear. Unlike my video I did on purchasing this and my Heritage from Rural King, I still have people commenting on that video that the situation has gotten no better.
I wish GSG made an enhanced magwell that seats the magazine better. The original German MP40 had zero issues with grip ergonomics given the upper magazine was your vertical grip, meanwhile this version is wobbly enough to trigger a malfunction unless you hold it by the magwell, close to where the mag release button is.
You can add a small magpul 3 slot pic rail under the barrel nut. I believe it's a m5 screw. Also a mapgul moe 2 slot fits the upper sight screw slots perfectly so I can put red dots on it.
I'm sure they do it as a way to reduce inadvertent trigger pulls on both of these, or at least I would hope that would be the reasoning rather than it just being a design flaw. I've never taken a SIG 522 apart so I'm unsure of the best way to remedy that issue.
@@Alloy211 that's cool man. I honestly like youtube channels like that. I like cars and guns all the big channels are like look at this 100k car we are going to mod
Yeah, I'm along the same lines. I like a lot of the stuff Roadkill has done. Some car channels are a little much. "Ahh, a car worth as much as my house....let me just mod the begesus out of it".
I bought one from atlantic wall blanks but noticed my trigger bar didnt have the empty space on the front end of the bar, but the trigger pull is still much longer than i'd like. I wonder if they changed something so you can't override the "safety feature"
@@cubedpotatoeshd2479 it's something that I'm not sure I would buy if I had the tools to make in some way. Given each gun maybe a little different. I haven't seen them without the notch but it could be some design feature that was changed either to make replacement of the bar difficult or maybe to increase reliability in some way. With the worse trigger a trade off. That's just speculation on my part. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I can make more when I get a chance at work but I don't have any at the moment. It definitely is nice not having a mile of take up to the trigger anymore. Thanks for watching.
I've wondered myself although I believe there might be some issues with how you would attach it. I don't believe you're supposed to remove the normal stock attachment point unless you're SBRing it. Although I'm not for sure on that. Thanks for watching.
What are the measurements of the bar? (Length, width & space between the two holes you drilled) im at work and don't have access to my Mp40p to get the measurements but have the machinery to manufacture this at my job.
I'd have to look up the program and honestly it's been awhile since I burned any and I'm not sure which revision was the ideal one. It's probably either 5.89" or 5.95". As I'm also at work and don't remember which version it was those are the last two I made. Hopefully that helps.
I know this video is very old. But any chance you decided to try and sell the bar and bluing it? Also what other hiccups have you encountered with your mp40p or areas you think could be improved?
Unfortunately I haven't been able to get back to working on it much. Life and other projects pushing it to the side. Although I do have two areas I feel can be improved with the MP40P. These being the hammer spring and the firing pin spring. I haven't had a chance to try out any different springs yet thus why I haven't done any videos. The biggest issue with them is actually magazine availability in my opinion. Hopefully this year will be less taxing and I'll be able to get to more projects. Thanks for watching.
@@Alloy211 thank you for replying. I enjoyed your video and be sure to check more of them out. I'll also see if my local gunsmith can look at those springs you suggested to see if he can maybe improve it.
@@lordnathan1 You're welcome. Any information you get from your gunsmith on the springs I'd appreciate as jumping off point if nothing else. Thank you.
Would love to get one of these for mine I have been looking for a solution and this is the best by far that I have found. Would I be able to order one? I didn't see a contact email on your page to reach out to you
I'll let you know when I've done something towards this end. There's more I'd want to do with it before I were to proceed. I've considered cold bluing them as well. If this is something I do it will be separate from the channel though. Thanks for watching.
I don't at the moment and work is pretty busy for side projects at the moment. But when I get the chance I plan on trying to make a few. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for asking and watching.
I just got one Never shot it But at first the bolt wouldn’t lock open So I took it apart and re positioned the bolt in and now it locks But some times it’s really really hard to charge the bolt Any ideas?
@@Alloy211 yes purchased brand new Never been fired When I first got it the guy at the store couldn’t get the bolt to lock but I took a chance on it for how cheap it was And figured sumtn wasn’t lined up right I can chamber a round and lock the bolt bow but some times it take a few rugs to charge it Plan on shooting it tomorrow and if it run smooth ima out a good amount of round threw it to pop it’s cherry Thank you for responding back and very fast Just sub’d
You're welcome and thank you. Hopefully a little bit of break in and it will function without those hiccups. I'm glad you got it for a good price. Recently I saw someone in my area trying to sell one for $900 used and I was a little floored. They're fun at the range and such but that kind of price is a little ridiculous.
I never once claimed to be a machinist. I have an extensive background in the steel industry and at this time my career officially is CNC programmer. But I do many different jobs as well as that. Just to be as clear and concise as possible.
I could see that being a issue. Me I wouldn't want to full auto mine but rather something like the frt-15 for the ar-15. But I'm sure I'd have to replace parts for better ones
@@Beanz84 I would have replied sooner but RUclips isn't the best about notifying of replies to replies. Although they are making it easier thus my ultra late reply.
I believe they may have fixed this issue with newer productions of this gun. I noticed that my trigger bar is completely different from the one you showed, and was alot more similar to your trigger bar solution.
That would be great if they've addressed the issue. Honestly that's sort of thing I like to hear. Unlike my video I did on purchasing this and my Heritage from Rural King, I still have people commenting on that video that the situation has gotten no better.
Great job! Thanks for posting this enhancement for us.
You're welcome, and thanks for watching.
I wish GSG made an enhanced magwell that seats the magazine better. The original German MP40 had zero issues with grip ergonomics given the upper magazine was your vertical grip, meanwhile this version is wobbly enough to trigger a malfunction unless you hold it by the magwell, close to where the mag release button is.
Agreed, the way you have to position your hand on the magwell makes accidentally magazine release far too possible.
You can add a small magpul 3 slot pic rail under the barrel nut. I believe it's a m5 screw. Also a mapgul moe 2 slot fits the upper sight screw slots perfectly so I can put red dots on it.
@Loyal69 I appreciate that additional information. My next area to address with it is the muzzle.
Maybe you could stick electrical tape to the mags to reduce the amount of play there is
@sethmullins8346 That could possibly help, I've used that trick to get 33 round magazines to function well in my Glock 26.
Thanks for sharing Bro
You are welcome, sir.
Awesome, I'm having the same problem with the trigger on the Sig 522. Far too long of a pull on that too.
I'm sure they do it as a way to reduce inadvertent trigger pulls on both of these, or at least I would hope that would be the reasoning rather than it just being a design flaw. I've never taken a SIG 522 apart so I'm unsure of the best way to remedy that issue.
Found your channel by chance, got some good videos brother
Thank you, I appreciate it. I just do my best with what I have.
@@Alloy211 that's cool man. I honestly like youtube channels like that. I like cars and guns all the big channels are like look at this 100k car we are going to mod
@@Alloy211 feel free to check out my channel if you want. Me and a couple other guys did a video about 6 guns we are happy we own. It was pretty fun
Yeah, I'm along the same lines. I like a lot of the stuff Roadkill has done. Some car channels are a little much. "Ahh, a car worth as much as my house....let me just mod the begesus out of it".
@@Alloy211 I LOVE roadkill hands down my favorite!!!
Serious soapstone, serious alloy,
SERIOUS BEEZNISS.
Serious as Yahoo Serious in Young Einstein. Thanks for watching.
I’ll just whip out my CNC mill and chunk a few of these out before lunch…..
Also CNC burn table will work. Or a dremel and drill if you have the time. Thanks for watching.
I bought one from atlantic wall blanks but noticed my trigger bar didnt have the empty space on the front end of the bar, but the trigger pull is still much longer than i'd like. I wonder if they changed something so you can't override the "safety feature"
Wasted like $35 on the new bar, the original one is actually better very slightly
@@cubedpotatoeshd2479 it's something that I'm not sure I would buy if I had the tools to make in some way. Given each gun maybe a little different. I haven't seen them without the notch but it could be some design feature that was changed either to make replacement of the bar difficult or maybe to increase reliability in some way. With the worse trigger a trade off. That's just speculation on my part. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Great solution! You don't have another bar laying around, do you?
I can make more when I get a chance at work but I don't have any at the moment. It definitely is nice not having a mile of take up to the trigger anymore. Thanks for watching.
I along with im sure all the other MP40 owners would definitely buy one. Any production of these possible?
I’ll buy one!
Wonder why no one yet has made an underfolding arm brace for these
I've wondered myself although I believe there might be some issues with how you would attach it. I don't believe you're supposed to remove the normal stock attachment point unless you're SBRing it. Although I'm not for sure on that. Thanks for watching.
What are the measurements of the bar? (Length, width & space between the two holes you drilled) im at work and don't have access to my Mp40p to get the measurements but have the machinery to manufacture this at my job.
I'd have to look up the program and honestly it's been awhile since I burned any and I'm not sure which revision was the ideal one. It's probably either 5.89" or 5.95". As I'm also at work and don't remember which version it was those are the last two I made. Hopefully that helps.
@@Alloy211 thank you, do you recall the total length of the bar, by chance?
It's .39" x 6.63" notch begins at -1.73" from the front of bar and ends at -3.22". Hopefully that gets you what you need. Thanks for watching.
@@Alloy211 Yes, exactly what I needed. Thank you sir
Excellent, glad to be a help.
I know this video is very old. But any chance you decided to try and sell the bar and bluing it? Also what other hiccups have you encountered with your mp40p or areas you think could be improved?
Unfortunately I haven't been able to get back to working on it much. Life and other projects pushing it to the side. Although I do have two areas I feel can be improved with the MP40P. These being the hammer spring and the firing pin spring. I haven't had a chance to try out any different springs yet thus why I haven't done any videos. The biggest issue with them is actually magazine availability in my opinion. Hopefully this year will be less taxing and I'll be able to get to more projects. Thanks for watching.
@@Alloy211 thank you for replying. I enjoyed your video and be sure to check more of them out. I'll also see if my local gunsmith can look at those springs you suggested to see if he can maybe improve it.
@@lordnathan1 You're welcome.
Any information you get from your gunsmith on the springs I'd appreciate as jumping off point if nothing else. Thank you.
Would love to get one of these for mine I have been looking for a solution and this is the best by far that I have found. Would I be able to order one? I didn't see a contact email on your page to reach out to you
I've been considering it. Honestly, I've been busy with so many other projects as the moment that I haven't gotten back into doing anything with them.
I'll let you know when I've done something towards this end. There's more I'd want to do with it before I were to proceed. I've considered cold bluing them as well. If this is something I do it will be separate from the channel though. Thanks for watching.
Do you have another bar you want to get rid of ?
I don't at the moment and work is pretty busy for side projects at the moment. But when I get the chance I plan on trying to make a few. I'll keep you posted. Thanks for asking and watching.
I just got one
Never shot it
But at first the bolt wouldn’t lock open
So I took it apart and re positioned the bolt in and now it locks
But some times it’s really really hard to charge the bolt
Any ideas?
I'll have to look into it further but did you buy it new? If so it maybe need a bit of a break in period before everything is working smoothly.
@@Alloy211 yes purchased brand new
Never been fired
When I first got it the guy at the store couldn’t get the bolt to lock but I took a chance on it for how cheap it was
And figured sumtn wasn’t lined up right
I can chamber a round and lock the bolt bow but some times it take a few rugs to charge it
Plan on shooting it tomorrow and if it run smooth ima out a good amount of round threw it to pop it’s cherry
Thank you for responding back and very fast
Just sub’d
You're welcome and thank you. Hopefully a little bit of break in and it will function without those hiccups. I'm glad you got it for a good price. Recently I saw someone in my area trying to sell one for $900 used and I was a little floored. They're fun at the range and such but that kind of price is a little ridiculous.
good idea but your bar looks like a beaver knawed it out , thought you said you were a machinist.
I never once claimed to be a machinist. I have an extensive background in the steel industry and at this time my career officially is CNC programmer. But I do many different jobs as well as that. Just to be as clear and concise as possible.
Can you turn it into a full auto
No, there's no way to legally do that. As well as the action wasn't ever designed to take that sort of wear.
I could see that being a issue. Me I wouldn't want to full auto mine but rather something like the frt-15 for the ar-15. But I'm sure I'd have to replace parts for better ones
Automatic fire really beats the beans out a firearm. If it wasn't designed for it you'll find weak parts quickly.
@@Alloy211 I appreciate the reply, but I parted ways with that gun years ago. the trigger pull was too long for me. .8secs to be exact.
@@Beanz84 I would have replied sooner but RUclips isn't the best about notifying of replies to replies. Although they are making it easier thus my ultra late reply.