German MG 08 Maxim WWI Display Machine Gun U.S. Ammo All aspects function perfectly bore

All aspects function perfectly bore in the 21" barrel shows some use but has good lands and grooves

but the leather has dried out

(The parts shown are for illustration only and are not sold with the case

This set is comprised of the following:

just stored condition

German MG 08 Maxim WWI Display Machine Gun U.S. Ammo All aspects function perfectly boreOriginal Item: Only one available. The Maschinengewehr 08, or MG08, was the German Army's standard machine gun in World War One and is an adoption of Hiram S. Maxim's original 1884 Maxim Gun. It was produced in a number of variants during the war. The MG 08 remained in service until the outbreak of World War II due to shortages of its successors, the MG 13 Dreyse and the MG34. It was retired from front line service by 1942. The Maschinengewehr 08 (or