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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Back in the dark ages of the AWB, what were the most sought after guns?

Posted: 4/4/2006 7:17:18 AM EDT

1994-2004 Fedeal AWB. What guns were highly sought after? any particular ones that were prized?

Posted: 4/4/2006 7:26:18 AM EDT

[#1]

10/22 and a .38

Posted: 4/4/2006 7:28:12 AM EDT

[#2]

For me it was an HK USC. What can I say? I wanted one.

Posted: 4/4/2006 7:29:15 AM EDT

[#3]

Al Pacino's gun in HEAT.

Posted: 4/4/2006 7:30:00 AM EDT

[#4]

Colt AR-15A3 Tactical Carbine. Very few were Pre-Ban.

Posted: 4/4/2006 7:30:27 AM EDT

[#5]

Any Colt rifle marked "AR-15" on the receiver. Anything with flash hider and bayo lug. Endless discussions of "based on the serial number, is my lower was completely assembled as a rifle prior to the ban?"

I'm serious

Posted: 4/4/2006 7:30:46 AM EDT

[#6]

A decent AK for me.

Posted: 4/4/2006 7:32:08 AM EDT

[#7]

Just about any AR with a tele stock that was an actual pre-ban.

Posted: 4/4/2006 7:32:57 AM EDT

[#8]

any gun to commit a crime with. during the AWB it was impossible for a decent criminal to get equipped to do anything!

Posted: 4/4/2006 7:34:01 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:

Al Pacino's gun in HEAT.

Believe it or not, I'd agree.

FNCs where, and still are, very desired.

Fuck, I'd chop off my left or right testicle with a rusty spoon for one.

Posted: 4/4/2006 7:35:38 AM EDT

[#10]

Underfolder AKs, maybe?

Quoted:
Quoted:
Al Pacino's gun in HEAT.

Believe it or not, I'd agree.
FNCs where, and still are, very desired.
Fuck, I'd chop off my left or right testicle with a rusty spoon for one.

Mainly because more FNC autosears were registered than semiauto FNCs produced, they're relatively cheap compared to the other 5.56 MGs.

Kharn

Posted: 4/4/2006 7:36:40 AM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
1994-2004 Fedeal AWB. What guns were highly sought after? any particular ones that were prized?

AK-47 underfolder and 'high cap' Glock mags (I know it wasn't a firearm but I wouldn't buy a G19/G17 until after the ban ended.)

Posted: 4/4/2006 7:38:04 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Quoted:

Al Pacino's gun in HEAT.

Believe it or not, I'd agree.

FNCs where, and still are, very desired.

Fuck, I'd chop off my left or right testicle with a rusty spoon for one.

you and me both!

i was just saying it though, because, well, somebody had to...

Posted: 4/4/2006 7:44:08 AM EDT

[#13]

hk91

Posted: 4/4/2006 7:50:15 AM EDT

[#14]

Just celebrate the fact that you can buy some god stuff now by going out and buying an EBR!

Posted: 4/4/2006 8:04:29 AM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:
AK-47 underfolder and 'high cap' Glock mags (I know it wasn't a firearm but I wouldn't buy a G19/G17 until after the ban ended.)

Economically I'd have to agree with this. Glock mags have gone from $100 down to $15. Wow.

Posted: 4/4/2006 8:07:26 AM EDT

[#16]

H&K hi-cap pistol magazines were very highly sought after. Some are still quite expensive.

Torwards the end, Ruger 10-22 hi-cap magazines were going for higher prices than the guns themselves.

Posted: 4/4/2006 8:45:39 AM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
Just celebrate the fact that you can buy some god stuff now by going out and buying an EBR!

What do you think I've been doing since Sept. 04?

Posted: 4/4/2006 8:49:08 AM EDT

[#18]

Those Sig 55whatevers were about the most expensive semi-automatic riflesthat I saw, except for the HK psg whatever the number is. I guess with the Bush Import Ban those guns are still expensive. You do keephearing about Sig supposedly selling those rifles in the US eventually

Posted: 4/4/2006 8:50:35 AM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:
H&K hi-cap pistol magazines were very highly sought after. Some are still quite expensive.

Torwards the end, Ruger 10-22 hi-cap magazines were going for higher prices than the guns themselves.

These went from being available in every store for like 7-8 bucks per 30 rnd mag to almost $150 in less than 6 years!!!

If only I would have known....

Posted: 4/4/2006 8:50:50 AM EDT

[#20]

Valmet and Galil.

Posted: 4/4/2006 8:52:14 AM EDT

[#21]

So are you saying I live in the dark ages?

<--Perma brady ban

Posted: 4/4/2006 8:54:37 AM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
So are you saying I live in the dark ages?

<--Perma brady ban

your whole state does

Posted: 4/4/2006 8:56:04 AM EDT

[#23]

Though they aren't guns, I remember pre-ban Beta-C magazines selling for ~$800. Now you can get them for around $230 (still too rich for my blood though

Posted: 4/4/2006 8:57:13 AM EDT

[#24]

ar's
AUG's
HK's
were the big cash guns.. my AR was going for 1500, since the reciver is stamped "CAR" from the factory

Posted: 4/4/2006 8:57:15 AM EDT

[#25]

9mm Colt AR15's were HUGE. I remember one selling for $4500 compared to the $2200 Colt AR15 223.

Posted: 4/4/2006 8:59:27 AM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
Those Sig 55whatevers were about the most expensive semi-automatic riflesthat I saw, except for the HK psg whatever the number is. I guess with the Bush Import Ban those guns are still expensive. You do keephearing about Sig supposedly selling those rifles in the US eventually

Dude, have you been living under a rock?

Sig released a new "556" rifle that uses the same operating system as the 551/552 rifles at SHOT this year. It is going to be released in a civilian version somtime soon.

Posted: 4/4/2006 8:59:35 AM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
Quoted:
H&K hi-cap pistol magazines were very highly sought after. Some are still quite expensive.

Torwards the end, Ruger 10-22 hi-cap magazines were going for higher prices than the guns themselves.

These went from being available in every store for like 7-8 bucks per 30 rnd mag to almost $150 in less than 6 years!!!

If only I would have known....

lol, right before the ban ended, i sold at a gun show a in the box thompson style 50 round drum for the 10-22 for 125$, it didnt even work for shit..

Posted: 4/4/2006 10:55:42 AM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:
For me it was an HK USC. What can I say? I wanted one.

I got one about a year before the end of the ban and SBR'd it and installed a UMP barrel. About a year later I sold it for $1100 and got a USP Tactical. Now the dealer I sold it to is selling it for $4000, I feel like an idiot right now.

Posted: 4/4/2006 11:01:14 AM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
Quoted:

Al Pacino's gun in HEAT.

Believe it or not, I'd agree.

FNCs where, and still are, very desired.

Fuck, I'd chop off my left or right testicle with a rusty spoon for one.

I can hook you up with a class III dealer who has a small number of FNC's going for less than $9,000 apiece.

Posted: 4/4/2006 11:19:37 AM EDT

[#30]

What amazes me is that the bulgarian waffle mags for 7.62 AK's got <$10, and are now back up to $18, TWO YEARS after the sunset. $18 is as high as I ever paid for them during the ban, most of the ones I got were $11-$15. I'd say the biggest price drops have come from Glock and 10/22 magazines, and M4gery's/AR pistols. Get em while you can boys, two more years til Hillary sends us back into hell.

Posted: 4/4/2006 11:32:37 AM EDT

[#31]

The biggest markup was in stripped lower recievers. A $130 Bushy or Colt rec. was worth $700-$900

Posted: 4/4/2006 11:44:33 AM EDT

[#32]

Some of the most desireable Para Military rifles were:
Sig (any one)
Steyr AUG
FAMAS
Galil
FNLAR
HK 91
HK 93
HK 94
HK SP 89
FNC
AR-15
AK 47
UZI
Valmet
AR 180 (the ban even made this worth more)
Will add more when I think of them.

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