If machineguns were legal again, what would be your first one?
Something chambered for .22 long rifle......assuming I could get ammo for it...
A select fire 10/22 would be ridiculously cool.
Originally Posted by Mannlicher
America needs to understand that our troops are not 'disposable'. Each represents a family; Fathers, Mothers, Sons, Daughters, Cousins, Uncles, Aunts... Our Citizens are our most valuable treasure; we waste far too many.
I've been lucky in that I've fired almost every "modern" machine gun made, and quite a few of the antiques.
That being said, the one that was the most fun to fire was the Glock 18.
Super fast rate of fire, and try as we might, we could not make it jam. So that would be my first choice, a Glock 18.
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"My message to my troops is if you see anybody carrying a gun on the streets of Milwaukee, we'll put them on the ground, take the gun away and then decide whether you have a right to carry it." - Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn
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To own and utilize? An HK MP-5, preferably suppressed.
While on active duty [USMC 1966-70 FWIW) I fired M-60's and BAR's. Of those, I liked the BAR by far the best, pretty easy to hit with.
We had M-14's in boot camp and at my first duty station but I never used one on auto. We had early AR's in Vietnam and still had M-3A1's in the armory and M-2's on vehicles but I never got to fire either.
The M16 isn't an SMG, by definition. It wasn't designed around and to shoot a pistol cartridge. Was it modified from the original design to shoot a pistol cartridge? Yes. But it wasn't designed around that cartridge or any other pistol cartridge.
How it was "designed" has nothing to do with it. The Colt is full auto, pistol cartridge, blowback design. If design were a part of it, then the MP5 wouldn't be a SMG. It's just a partially shrunken down G-33, even uses the same operating system, whereas the Colt goes from gas operated to blow back.
Maybe it's a carbine to you, but the rest of the world sees the Colt 9mm SMG as a true SMG, even if its adopted from a rifle.
Swedish K was a huge favorite of MACV-SOG in Vietnam. They had to be deniable, so had to carry foreign weapons, and the Swedish K quickly became a big favorite. And the Hi Power became their pistol of choice.
An American 180 , the chainsaw on a budget. But a muffler MP5 would be my 1st choice, and I do get to play with them on a regular basis. Would be nice to have one on the truck seat all of the time
Yeah, one of the best parts of being in the Army. Got to shoot enough to work out the allure of the things. Had an uncle that was the director of one of those federally funded LEO supporting institutions. With the demonstrations and training he got to appreciate the MP5 that way.
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Market isn't phugged if someone saw what was coming in 1986 and was smart.
Yes,we can thank Ronnie Regean for this.
Yes! Not enough thanks is given to Reagan for his lifelong support for firearms safety laws. So many Republicans get treated the same way. They are instrumental in getting firearms safety laws on the books, but the media, and even the NRA, do not give them the credit they so richly deserve.
"My message to my troops is if you see anybody carrying a gun on the streets of Milwaukee, we'll put them on the ground, take the gun away and then decide whether you have a right to carry it." - Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn
If I had to choose one it would be the MP5. Travis
Same here. I've spent many happy hours working and playing with one.
Ed
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I shot an MP 5 once years ago and while it was fun, I don't have any desire to own one or any other fully auto firearm. I just don't get into situations where I need to put that many holes in something that fast.
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