Original Item: Only One Available. This is a fantastic non-functional BATF compliant non-firing MP34(ö) Steyr Solothurn display sub-machine gun. It is built from all original parts on an original BATF compliant non-firing display receiver, making this a 100% legal display Sub-Machine gun. This receiver was created by using the front barrel bushing and magazine well portion of a demilitarized receiver, combined with the rear portion where the top cover latches onto. Everything between that has been replaced with solid steel bar stock shaped to fit under the top cover, hidden by the stock and side cover, meaning that over 80% of the length is now solid steel. The result is this beautiful display "non-gun", totally legal to own without a license of any kind.

The magazine well portion and barrel jacket are intact and have not been altered, however the barrel has been deactivated by having the chamber welded up. The selector switch on the left side still works, as does the trigger, and the top cover still opens to show the solid steel dummy receiver, correctly latching closed. The original bolt is included, however the firing pin has been broken off, and the front of the bolt ground off to deactivate it

This example has the correct overlapping SSW marking on the top cover, for Steyr-Solothurn Waffen AG, the trading company in Zurich that handled the contracts to obscure the origin of the submachine gun. The left side of the butt stock is marked with serial number 2337, which is also marked on the deactivated bolt with an engraving pen. We unfortunately cannot see serial numbers on any other components due to how the dummy gun is constructed. Aside from these and the markings on the safety switch, there are no other markings on the machine pistol.

Wonderfully constructed with prewar quality at Steyr in Austria, ventilated barrel jacket with built in magazine loader in the magazine housing complete with wood butt stock assembly. It comes complete with an original magazine (where permitted).

These were long gone from IMA more than 20 years ago after the original release from Portugal in the early 1990's. This won't last long because you can't find them anywhere else!

History of the MP34

The MP34 was based on a design for the MP18 by the Rheinmetall company based in Düsseldorf. The weapon is similar in design to the MP18 Bergmann, which itself saw service towards the end of World War I.

Restrictions on the manufacture of certain armaments within the 1919 Treaty of Versailles forbade Germany from manufacturing certain types of weapons, such as light automatic firearms (designated as SMGs with barrels in excess of four inches (102 mm) and magazines holding more than eight rounds). To circumvent the treaty, Rheinmetall acquired the Swiss company Waffenfabrik Solothurn in 1929 and began secret production of a prototype. What was to become the MP34 was originally designated "S1-100" using the company's standard naming convention.

Due to the Solothurn Company being unsuited for mass production, Rheinmetall took a controlling interest in Waffenfabrik Steyr, an established arms manufacturer in Austria. Weapons manufactured by Steyr were sold via the Zurich-based trade company Steyr-Solothurn Waffen AG to both the commercial and military markets.

The MP34 was manufactured from the very best materials available and finished to the highest possible standard. It was so well manufactured that it has often been nicknamed the "Rolls Royce of submachine guns". However, its production costs were extremely high as a consequence.