Finally got a bolt for my Beretta 38/44 and finished it up. NFA registered short barreled rifle. It would be orders of magnitude easier to build this as the original open bolt SMG. But, after great pains, I have modified per ATF regs to fire semi-auto only and from a closed bolt...and I still had to register it as an SBR as it has the original 8.4 inch barrel. The 38/42 was the standard army variant, used throughout the war and issued to elite Italian units, paratroopers, the Alpini "Monte Cervino" assault battalion, 10th Arditi Regiment, "M" Battalions of the Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale (MVSN, Blackshirts) and military police. A magazine-carrying vest was designed for elite troops (Blackshirts, paratroopers) armed with the Beretta 38; these were dubbed "Samurai" due to the similarity of the stacked magazines to the feudal Japanese warriors' body armour.
My Beretta 38/44 with WWII Italian Paratrooper helmet, Bersaglieri helmet, Samurai vest and Beretta M1934 in 9x17 mm Corto (.380ACP) with belt and holster.
Italian Paratroopers with Beretta 38A and "samurai" magazine carrier.
My connection to Beretta and Italian Paratroopers
Me in center, in Italian Dolomites working with the Italian Incursore of "Col Moschin". We carried the indigenous Beretta M-12 smg. 10th SFG(A)
Jumping with the Incursore in the Dolomites
My Beretta 38/44 with WWII Italian Paratrooper helmet, Bersaglieri helmet, Samurai vest and Beretta M1934 in 9x17 mm Corto (.380ACP) with belt and holster.
Italian Paratroopers with Beretta 38A and "samurai" magazine carrier.
My connection to Beretta and Italian Paratroopers
Me in center, in Italian Dolomites working with the Italian Incursore of "Col Moschin". We carried the indigenous Beretta M-12 smg. 10th SFG(A)
Jumping with the Incursore in the Dolomites
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