Here are some pictures of a de-ac MP40 that I've had in my collection for nearly 20 years. I bought it in 1990 for ?370, and up until last week it was doing quite well in value terms! Anyway, thought I'd share some pics before I have to hand it in for melting down! The marks on the barrel show that it was manufactured by Steyr-Daimler-Puch in Austria in 1941. The story that I got was that a number of these guns were placed in storage after the war and only given over to dealers and collectors in the 1980s when it was finally decided that they'd become obsolete. Accordingly, the gun is in almost perfect condition with all the blueing still on the barrel. The only fault is a slight bend to the extendable stock which was done by yours truly while trying to figure out how to extend it!