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I wouldn't be surprised if I decide I need one of these.....
Posted: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:54:36
by dorminWS
I know..........I've seen me do stuff like that before.
http://www.impactguns.com/store/602686212007.html
Re: I wouldn't be surprised if I decide I need one of these.....
Posted: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:09:01
by allingeneral
I disagree. You might need TWO.

Re: I wouldn't be surprised if I decide I need one of these.....
Posted: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:15:30
by dorminWS
allingeneral wrote:I disagree. You might need TWO.

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Of course............what was I thinking?
Musta been pickin my nose while typing that last post, and therefore locked in a one-armed mindset.
Re: I wouldn't be surprised if I decide I need one of these.....
Posted: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 16:15:50
by OakRidgeStars
Gangsta

Re: I wouldn't be surprised if I decide I need one of these.....
Posted: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:03:36
by newdovo
You can turn your 10/22 into one and pretend...
http://www.1022fungun.com/store/pc/home.asp
Re: I wouldn't be surprised if I decide I need one of these.....
Posted: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:43:36
by Kreutz
Put the money in the bag, see? If you press that alarm and bring the coppers me n' Tony Machineguns is gonna wipe 'em out, see?
Re: I wouldn't be surprised if I decide I need one of these.....
Posted: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:59:44
by ksanftleben
Re: I wouldn't be surprised if I decide I need one of these.....
Posted: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:09:34
by OakRidgeStars
You gotta love movie guns. The ammo never runs out

Re: I wouldn't be surprised if I decide I need one of these.....
Posted: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:33:08
by Diomed
At least get the SBR, the long barrel looks all kinds of wrong...
Re: I wouldn't be surprised if I decide I need one of these.....
Posted: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:17:54
by CowboyT
Someone had a real Tommy gun--a fully-automatic one--at my range and let me fire it if I'd feed it. You bet I jumped on that! Recoil even in full-auto is really nothing to speak of, and the firearm was remarkably controllable. Semi-auto oughta be like firing a .22LR.
Re: I wouldn't be surprised if I decide I need one of these.....
Posted: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 22:25:03
by grumpyMSG
With a weapon that weighs around 11 pounds and shoots a pistol cartridge, it ought to be controllable.

Re: I wouldn't be surprised if I decide I need one of these.....
Posted: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:03:00
by Oakes
Since when did "need" ever enter the equation when buying a gun???

Re: I wouldn't be surprised if I decide I need one of these.....
Posted: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:07:12
by dorminWS
Oakes wrote:Since when did "need" ever enter the equation when buying a gun???

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Obviously, either your wife or your mother has warped your perception of "need". Want me to try to deprogram you?
Re: I wouldn't be surprised if I decide I need one of these.....
Posted: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 11:19:09
by Drewsifer
Re: I wouldn't be surprised if I decide I need one of these.....
Posted: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 10:11:39
by gunderwood
Sounds like the perfect plan to spend the rumored stimulus money...
Re: I wouldn't be surprised if I decide I need one of these.....
Posted: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:57:56
by kanata67
... so in THEORY I should probably jump on an original tommy auto in fbi case for a grand if one was THEORETICALLY offered to me? Extra clips but no drum.
Re: I wouldn't be surprised if I decide I need one of these.....
Posted: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 01:22:31
by grumpyMSG
Well, hypothetically speaking, if one were offered to me I would realize it was worth 10!!
10 years that is, I am a practical person, I understand the theory that the second amendment should allow me to own a Thompson. I however firmly believe that I don't have the funding nor the time to take on the fight. I also don't have the 10 years in my life to throw away should I lose (I feel the case would not be easily won, if at all). My response at the offer would definitely be no.
Re: I wouldn't be surprised if I decide I need one of these.....
Posted: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:26:15
by Diomed
kanata67 wrote:... so in THEORY I should probably jump on an original tommy auto in fbi case for a grand if one was THEORETICALLY offered to me? Extra clips but no drum.
If it is registered, absolutely. A registered original 1921 or 1928 Thompson starts at $15k in the market and can climb rapidly from there depending on condition and provenance.
There is a market for unregistered machineguns but I do not participate and cannot guess the amounts involved. It's a risky action since possession of a machinegun that is not registered to you is a federal (and often a state) felony.
Re: I wouldn't be surprised if I decide I need one of these.....
Posted: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 03:08:01
by kanata67
how would one go about registering one if it "theoretically" fell from the sky or was "inherited"? On the same note... say somebody had a friend who happened to "find" an original m-16 receiver and other bits while fossil hunting? I honestly am waaaay to cheap to want anything that fires more than one round at a time... but I have a hard time saying no to free stuff

Re: I wouldn't be surprised if I decide I need one of these.....
Posted: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 09:06:25
by gunderwood
kanata67 wrote:how would one go about registering one if it "theoretically" fell from the sky or was "inherited"? On the same note... say somebody had a friend who happened to "find" an original m-16 receiver and other bits while fossil hunting? I honestly am waaaay to cheap to want anything that fires more than one round at a time... but I have a hard time saying no to free stuff

If it is not already registered, there is no way to add a new machine gun to the NFA register. Your only legal option is to turn it into the ATF for destruction. IIRC, the 68' law was the last time amnesty was offered and IMHO it will not ever be offered again. If it is registered as an NFA item, then you have to go through the normal process of getting it transferred to you.
That being said, while I know nothing about it, I surmise that there are lots of such guns which disappear and get buried because most of our grandfathers had no problem given the ATF the bird.