” “...The BD 38 was rebuilt from the ground up, and the company spent an awful lot of time, and money, gearing up for the production...’
“...this BD-38 is not a “tube gun” as you have implied...” [vannrox, post 42]
Kudos to Dittrich. But even if ATF and the US State Dept stop fiddling about and approve import, the US civilian market won’t be very big. US gun buyers are convinced they’re entitled to “good deals”, and forking over $6,000.00-plus for a closed-bolt copy of a Wehrmacht subgun which still must be registered with the agency as a short-barreled rifle - $200.00 tx stamp required - does not sound like a good deal.
Apologies for lack of clarity. The US-built replicas of STEns, MP40s, and the like were identical copies and original parts interchanged; all had to be registered with the agency as true “machine guns,” and are subject to NFA transfer restrictions, including the $200.00 tax stamp. Prices circa 1990 were but a percentage of those for true 100 percent originals and they could not take advantage of C&R status. Haven’t checked the classifieds of late, but I’m guessing the price gap is that much bigger today.