FAC Posted September 11, 2022 Report Share Posted September 11, 2022 MG 08 Maxim manufactured by Gwf SPANDAU in 1917, completed with Craig Carroll side plate – extremely well done. This early Maxim saw serious action and appears to have had part of the water jacket replaced. However, it looks good and one has to look closely to see the replacement seams. The water jacket serial number matches the machinegun’s original serial number. The right side plate was manufactured by Craig Carroll, and was very well done. This Maxim is in very good condition. Comes with original German sled mount dated 1916 and three pieces of the armor system: the Sled Mount Inner Armor Shield, the Front Surface and full length water jacket armor (it is unknown if the armor is original or reproduction). The sled mount has all of the accessories: an extra Maxim barrel with excellent bore, two extra Maxim locks, cartridge retrieval tongs, broken shell extractor, and chamber clearing tool. It also includes a muzzle gland for the MG08 barrel, which allows the machinegun to shoot at a slower cyclic rate than when using the Muzzle gland/booster assembly with flash hider, also included. The serial numbers of all of the main components of this machinegun match: the water jacket, top cover, left side plate, fusee spring cover, even the caps of the two lubricant container/brushes that screw into the top of the spade grips have serial numbers matching the machinegun. Also includes original WWI ZF-12 Maxim scope with excellent optics, in original case. Uses readily available 8mm Mauser ammunition (7.92 X 57mm) and comes with one easy to hand-load 8mm Swiss Maxim 250 round belt that works better in the Maxims than one hundred year old cloth belts. Includes Combination Hammer/Spanner wrench, steam hose and 1916 Water Chest with spout. Fully transferable. $24,500. MOST IMPORTANT – This 1908 Maxim, over one hundred years old – performed perfectly when tested using the 250 round Swiss Maxim steel link belt, included. Email for video of it shooting. sales@fullautoclassics.com or (575) 405-0911. Thank you. If you’re considering purchasing a Maxim machine gun, make certain you buy Dolf Goldsmith’s remarkable book, The Devil’s Paintbrush - Sir Hiram Maxim’s Gun. After reading through this masterful study of the Maxim machinegun, and enjoying its many historic photographs, you will be proud to own a WWI German Maxim machine gun. There are many reasons for people to be interested in machine guns. But if the guns, themselves, just fascinate you, find an opportunity to shoot some of the World War I machine guns. They are utterly intriguing and have so much more personality than modern machineguns, many of which were derived from these century-old designs. The Communist PKM belt-fed machinegun operates on the same design as the 1908 Maxim machine gun and the Vickers. And, contrary to what everybody believes about the World War I French Chauchat machine gun, its bolt is of the same basic design as the M-16! “There’s nothing new under the sun.” Investigate World War I machine guns. You will be fascinated with them, as you learn more about how they function, and have more opportunity to interact with them. The thrill is in shooting a machine gun that is one hundred years old. You don’t just stick in a magazine, cock it and pull the trigger, like it’s an M11-9. You have to know how it works. You have to have studied it, taken it apart and put it back together, read about it. You have to understand that machine gun, that has lasted a century,… waiting for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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