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Nothing says fun like a minigun

Those are so doggone fun to shoot, and accurate too...

Now that I think about it that gun is probably a Colt! Photo was made in April of 1914 at Ludlow Colorado.

heresy is no longer approved. what bout that fact don't you understand?

machine guns are legal. the cost is excessive. but they are legal.

what if the costs went down? what then?

what differnce would it make?

not trusting humans is a weakness, isn't it?

Really? I thought you could still buy them. I realize you can't build them anymore, other than LEO/MIL, but I didn't realize you couldn't buy existing inventory.

mini-guns have to be mounted on top of toyota's or they don't count.

most of those guns i have personally shot, and in a free state, they are not illegal to own assuming you got the tax stamps, registered, and all that. They are rather expensive these days.
The gun control act of 1934 i think it was required registration and payment of the tax. Prior to that, there was NO issue on any of them.
Refering to the 80's the law change did not prohibit or make illegal owning them, just no knew production full auto after that date could be sold to the public. So, those in circulation for the most part were made prior to that date.
Having said that one can obtain certain types of federal licenses which gives one acess if you have the money to the new stuff, subject to various restrictions.
I have seen most of those shown being used at various shooting events.
I don't like an ouzi by the way, but that sten gun is a sweetheart to fire. Very controllable.
The thompson is a classic, heavy, obsolete, all of that, but they are great to fire and you can just about watch those pellets going downrange and walk them one at a time into a target.
Interesting enought the 1921 version was about 1200rpm and slowed down in the 1928. Also interesting was the original mags were 20 rounds.
The WWII versions would not accept the drum mags of the 1921 and 1928, and were much more cheaply made.
I don't think i have seen a single person yet firing a thompson that didn't get a woody.
One of the difficulties so to speak which makes the mg42 so attractive is the ease of switching out barrels. As opposed to burning out a barrel say on a m16 by too much full auto fire.

Spent some memorable time with a 5.7 P-90 full auto bullpup...

Had a red-dot sight on it, and the doggone dot NEVER came off target during even fairly long bursts... Impressive!

You honestly didn't understand the context of the question?

He's simply asking what everybody would buy if all the restrictions on MG's and SMG's were lifted tomorrow.

Some are legal. Lots ain't.




Travis

I have always wanted to shoot one of those full auto.




Travis

While we are on the subject. A photo of Wifey in happier, healthier days at a big show reenactment firing a Hotchkiss 13.2 mm AA/AT gun.

i am afraid kaywoodie, you are always going to have toys i covet.
i was looking at a 1873 winchester today in 44.40, you don't want to know the price tag.

To make this easy for everybody... Full Autos are legal to own subject to:

Any full auto prior to 1986 is legal IF it's been registered on the NFA list since it was first owned by a civilian or since 1934, whichever is later.

Any full auto made after 1986 is illegal to be owned by a civilian.

.303 or .30-06 ?

Ron, that one belongs to a friend! I don't have anything crew served! Or that big and heavy!

CAR-15 Submachine Gun... nothing more, nothing less.

Oooh... it's in my head that it's 303, but I couldn't swear to that.

It's always funny to see you miss sarcasm over and over.

Of course .22 lr was avl. in America at one time....

M3A1, "Grease gun".