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If I had only known then.....what I know now.....

RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
edited July 2002 in General Discussion
....an exercise in hindsight, what gun(s) would you have mortgaged the farm to acquire knowing what you know now......

...for me it would have been some Bren 10's and magazines, Randall 1911's, and some Colt pre-WWII 1911's.....(...aaahhhh...sigh....)
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  • carbinekingcarbineking Member Posts: 60 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not that I was alive then, but plenty of Winchester Model 42 Skeets, maybe some Model 12 16 guages in Trap, actually, probably any Pre-'64 Winchester. You're right about the 1911's too. I have no idea what the government was selling used M1 Garands, M1 Carbine, 1903 Springfields, and the likes after the wars, but I'm sure they would have been good investments also. If one had purchased a original 1920's Tommy Gun before the machine gun act, I assume that would be grandfathered, don't know much about Class III laws. Granted, you would be at least in your 90s right now, but you would be having a lot of fun without the need for any licenses!
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  • kimberkidkimberkid Member Posts: 8,858 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    How about registered F/A sears for HK's and registered F/A trigger packs for AUG's! ... just pennys on the dollar to what they are now! Not to mention the price of the gun themselves! (True it pales in comparison to the appreication Colt has seen with Randall 1911's, and some Colt pre-WWII 1911's ... but I wasn't around to buy them ...

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  • Wild TurkeyWild Turkey Member Posts: 2,425 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I remember the ads for WWII surplus anti-tank rifles. hehehehehe

    Didn't one say something about getting that "man-eating jack rabbit on the first hit --- or near miss"?

    unfortunatly there's no place here I feel comfortable shooting my .22, much less a serious rifle.

    And a tommy gun would be the ultimate cool.

    Wild Turkey"if your only tool is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail"
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  • Wild TurkeyWild Turkey Member Posts: 2,425 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I remember the ads for WWII surplus anti-tank rifles. hehehehehe

    Didn't one say something about getting that "man-eating jack rabbit on the first hit --- or near miss"?

    unfortunatly there's no place here I feel comfortable shooting my .22, much less a serious rifle.

    And a tommy gun would be the ultimate cool.

    Wild Turkey"if your only tool is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail"
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  • Wild TurkeyWild Turkey Member Posts: 2,425 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I remember wanting one of those WWII surplus anti-tank rifles. You know, the ones the ads said would "kill that man eating jackrabbit on the first hit --or near miss"

    And I would still love to have a Tommy gun for ultimate cool.

    Wild Turkey"if your only tool is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail"
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  • snarlgardsnarlgard Member Posts: 1,310 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    with the benifit of hindsite i would have bought more pre-ban ar15s
    they have only tripled in price so far and still have a long way to go up. also colt 1911a1s if i had bought then i might be able to aford my present buying habbits a little better
    but if i were wishing i would have gotten as many m16s as i could have gotten my hands on could have bought 3 at $800 apeace in 78
    and the latest price i have seen is $6000 to $8000 apeace
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  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I just wish I still had all the ones I've sold/traded.

    If I knew then, what I know now.
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  • idsman75idsman75 Member Posts: 13,398 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    There's a seller here by the name of "RanierGuns" who has a shop in Tacoma, WA. I stopped by his place several times while stationed at Fort Lewis. I regret not purchasing that U.S. Postal Meter M1 Carbine with matching numbers (and in excellent condition) for the $300 price tag he had attached to it.
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  • IconoclastIconoclast Member Posts: 10,515 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A host of weapons before 1968, particularly handguns and especially M1911 / M1911A1s. Maybe I'd rethink my objections to being in Big Brother's database and pick up some MP38s, some early Thompsons, a BAR or three, and a Solothurn 20mm with lots of ammo. Then there was the old dude up north who had a barrel full of 'worthless' M86 & M95 Winchesters in obsolete calibers he would sell you for $10 - $20 a pop. And a few other things, such as strategically placed real estate and certain equity issues . . . .
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  • WyomingSwedeWyomingSwede Member Posts: 402 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A truckload of Colt SAA's. swede

    WyomingSwede
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  • sodbustersodbuster Member Posts: 2,305 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I wish I had purchased a pickupload of Ruger 10-22 hi-cap mags. The last batch I ordered from Cabellas were $9.95 and they threw in a box of of ammo with each mag. I only bought 20 of 'em, wish I had got 2000. Burmingham Pistol Wholesale had Mac-90's for $650.00 for a bundle of FIVE. I would like to have a semi-load of them. Let's see buy them for $130.00,,sell 'em for $500.00 WOW!

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  • Rafter-SRafter-S Member Posts: 2,173 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When I was a kid, right after WWII, guys would take guns to the barber shop on Saturday and sell them. They would put them in a display case they had there for just such activity. I recall war trophy Lugers for $5 and $10...and SSA Colts for $15. If only I had known...
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