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Quoted: And for this you can thank the SOB congressman who sneaked the prohibition clause onto another bill at the last minute, so that most who voted on it didn't even know it was there.
I had my SP1, XM177E2d carbine class 3d in 1979, for a total cost of $450, including the $200 transfer. I figure that if I keep it until my 8 year old starts college, I can sell it for enough to send him to an Ivy League school.
Had an M1 Thompson for many years that had cost me $59.95 back in the good old days; plus the $200 transfer. Sold it for $1000 in 1979, and thought I was doing well. Won't make the same mistake again.
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i started dry heaving after reading that.
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You think you got sick? How do you think I felt after checking back into the class3 market (as a window shopper) a couple of years back. Oh well. the Thompson did have mismatched serial numbers on the upper and lower receivers (Raritan Arsenal rebuild).
I don't know if it's an advantage, or a disadvantage to be an old fart, who was an adult able to buy what he wanted back then. On the one hand, I got to own some pretty esoteric mil surp stuff at prices I could afford. On the other hand, I keep kicking myself in the ass for having sold them; and that hurts
Examples?: M1941 Johnson semi auto for $75.
German K43, unfired, for $60 or $65, including the original small users manual and spare extractor & firing pin in the butt trap.
M1917 Enfield for $40
M1903 Springfield, $34.95
M1884 trapdoor Springfield, 99% exterior finish and perfect bore; $60
And I can't remember how many Gew98s, Kar98s, Chilean and other Mausers flowed thru the house.
The 1950s and 60s were a milsurp collector's paradise. The only problem was that most of us thought they'd go on forever. Boy were we stupid