Hill & Mac Gunworks Introduces STG-N, P, and K

By Tyler Kee

Sadly, I didn’t grow up poring over history books related to firearms. I was more of an aviation buff, so the significance of historical guns has been lost on me. I appreciate the mechanical function of older guns, but I’m a bit of a Johnny-come-lately to the world of old guns. Chances are that if you show me a cool old gun, I’ll subtly be Googling it on my phone while we talk. Given that, my apologies to the folks at Hill & Mac for looking distracted while you were speaking. I just had to familiarize myself with the StG 44 . . .

If, like me, you aren’t familiar with the StG 44, all you really need to know its’ the reason the term “assault rifle” was coined and it was the first large scale battlefield usage of a mid power caliber in a machine gun. In this case, the 7.92x33mm Kurz.

At the time, ze Germans were fielding the 8mm Mauser (7.92×57 mm) in their battle rifles. …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns