>>3875843Historically interesting for a number of reasons:
1) first mass-produced SLR
2) their history spans the transition from Nazi Germany into USSR-occupied East Germany
Practically, they are:
3) made to be repaired
4) incredibly satisfying to hold and use
5) underpriced compared to other options because of their relative obscurity
On a personal level, Ihagee's founder is from a town that is equidistant between the two towns where my great-great-great-great grandparents came from. I didn't find this out until after I had purchased 60 of them, but there is a religio-political-karmic aspect to it that blew my fucking mind when I found out and which is ample fuel to keep the project going until bluebeam Jesus arrives.
