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Posted: 5/5/2010 11:42:40 AM EDT
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Just out of curiosity (I can't afford to feed my current toys), how much does a full auto machine gun cost? m60, m249, mg42, whatever.
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Just out of curiosity (I can't afford to feed my current toys), how much does a full auto machine gun cost? m60, m249, mg42, whatever. M60 $30K to $60k M249 $300k+ It is believe there is only ONE transferable out there, MG42, not sure others will be here shortly to tell you more. The "cheapest" or lowest cost MG is probably a MAC-10, starting around $3k. |
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All you need is here: http://www.machinegunpriceguide.com/index.htm
The numbers were updated in March 2010, so should be pretty accurate. |
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All you need is here: http://www.machinegunpriceguide.com/index.htm The numbers were updated in March 2010, so should be pretty accurate. I just looked. What blows my mind is the fact that a M2 is less than most of the others. |
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All you need is here: http://www.machinegunpriceguide.com/index.htm The numbers were updated in March 2010, so should be pretty accurate. I just looked. What blows my mind is the fact that a M2 is less than most of the others. M2 as in the .50, or M2 as in the carbine? Either way, either really expensive ammo, or hard to find and mildly expensive ammo. |
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All you need is here: http://www.machinegunpriceguide.com/index.htm The numbers were updated in March 2010, so should be pretty accurate. I just looked. What blows my mind is the fact that a M2 is less than most of the others. M2 as in the .50, or M2 as in the carbine? Either way, either really expensive ammo, or hard to find and mildly expensive ammo. ma deuce |
| M2s are older and US-made, so there's going to be more of them in the registry than a gun that's foreign-made and more recent. Also .50BMG ammo isn't cheap, so something that shoots .50BMG ammo in full-auto is going to likely have less buyers attracted to it than something that can shoot a cheaper caliber. |
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M2s are older and US-made, so there's going to be more of them in the registry than a gun that's foreign-made and more recent. Also .50BMG ammo isn't cheap, so something that shoots .50BMG ammo in full-auto is going to likely have less buyers attracted to it than something that can shoot a cheaper caliber. Maybe someone should just make a .22 conversion kit for it 
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M2s are older and US-made, so there's going to be more of them in the registry than a gun that's foreign-made and more recent. Also .50BMG ammo isn't cheap, so something that shoots .50BMG ammo in full-auto is going to likely have less buyers attracted to it than something that can shoot a cheaper caliber. Maybe someone should just make a .22 conversion kit for it lol. I don't think I've ever seen a conversion for the M2. All sorts of them out there for the 1919 though. |
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All you need is here: http://www.machinegunpriceguide.com/index.htm The numbers were updated in March 2010, so should be pretty accurate. I just looked. What blows my mind is the fact that a M2 is less than most of the others. Years ago, M2s were priced way above other beltfeds. Of course, that was when ammo was cheap. 
I remember when .50 BMG ammo went above $1 a round and I knew the end was in sight ... today, it's difficult to find decent .50 under $3 a round. And with a rate-of-fire of about 500 rounds per minute, that's $1,500 in ammo every sixty seconds. There are not many folks who can afford that. At least, there are fewer folks who can afford it than there are available M2's. So M2s today cost about half what they did at their peak. Sigh. |
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Another nail in the cost coffin on the M2 is that there are less and less places that you can safely shoot them.
I have a place I can shoot one and could afford the puchase price if I really wanted one but it is hard to swallow $35 to $50 a mag for my M82 vs hundred round belts at $350 to $500. The cost to feed just isnt worth it to me. The 50 is one of thoes I am happy with just a scoped semi auto. Wow I can't beleive I just put that in print..... James Austin, Texas |
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Another nail in the cost coffin on the M2 is that there are less and less places that you can safely shoot them. I have a place I can shoot one and could afford the puchase price if I really wanted one but it is hard to swallow $35 to $50 a mag for my M82 vs hundred round belts at $350 to $500. The cost to feed just isnt worth it to me. The 50 is one of thoes I am happy with just a scoped semi auto. Wow I can't beleive I just put that in print..... James Austin, Texas I can agree with you on that one. I've got a barrett, it doesn't make it to the range nearly as often as my subguns and others. But then again, I still have one. I'd take a M2 if there was one cheap enough, but I know I'd likely never shoot it. Would still be fun to have it though. |
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I remember when .50 BMG ammo went above $1 a round and I knew the end was in sight ... today, it's difficult to find decent .50 under $3 a round. Tony, in the 90's I was at an SOF Convention and met & talked to Mike Dillon. He had brought his quad-50 to the shooting demo and put on quite a show. When I got back to WA after the convention I found an ad for South American .50 BMG surplus ammo for $.33/round (in huge quantitiies)! I called the Dillon offices in AZ and asked Mike if he re-loaded his own .50 BMG... he almost laughed at that and said no. I told him about the 3-for-a-buck .50 and he thanked me. I don't know if he ever bought it however. This all happened well before I moved to within 3 miles of Mike's store in Scottsdale. He's probably shot all that up by now. -Bill R.I.P. Warren Z |
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