thought you all might enjoy some pics of the thompsons used in the St. valentines day massacre. I got a chance to see and handle them a couple of weeks ago at the Thompson collectors association show and shoot. Sadly, I didn't win the raffle to be the lucky one to dump a drum through them, but...
avatar is painted on my gun safe. I collect marvin the martian stuff and have a tommy gun . when my son was born, my toy room became his. there was no place in the house to put the safe, so, I had a friend make the drawing and paint it on the safe so it went with the decor, since my marvin...
HK p7m8 with night site for $350 + or - a little, dont remember for sure.
colt manufactured thompson sub machine gun with original FBI case, 3rd generation drum, and 4 20rnd mags for $13,000 less than 5 years ago. market value at the time was 40k+
so how do i go about bringing out my thompson for people to shoot? I also have some different host for my .22 lr suppressor, and am willing to let people try it out.
I have 2 of the original brown ones with the original boxes they belonged to my grandparnets, and i fished with them a lot when i was a kid. I still use one when i am wading creeks everyonce in a while. I have also used one to cast out the transducer for my portable fish finder. It doesnt get in...
any time someone offers to sell me a gun, I will lowball them, sometimes ridiculously low. I am usually close to broke, so i either get something cheap, or pass. so many people know my love of guns that I regularly get calls like " my buddy has some guns he wants to sell, I got his number for...
I have a 452 american with the factory threaded barrel as a host for my tactical innovations stratus suppressor. Action is a liitle rough. trigger breaks clean, but is a little heavy for my taste. I wish they had put the adjustable trigger on this model. the furthest I have tested it so far is...
you might try this stuff Mirachem Gun Cleaner Degreaser mirachem guncleaner/ degreaser scroll down on the page and click on the sample prompt. I sent for a sample a couple of weeks ago and they sent an entire gallon. Every one I have told about it has received a gallon. I haven't tried it yet...
on anything that can still be manufactured, ( SBR, suppressors, AOW) it is more about the cool factor, and having somthing that REALLY gets the liberals blood boiling. Machine guns are a good investment. Prices have been on a consistent upward run since 86. Name me another investment you can...
my collecting habits have changed over time. my first goal when I started a serious colection was to own and understand the workings of as many action types as possible. Not just bolt, semi, revolver etc... , but semi autos with different ways of feeding (mag from top, bottom, and sides; tubes...
holy crap, I just looked it up on amazon. used from $76 to $250+ new at $110. don't think I'll be loaning mine out to much any more, and definitely wont be buying more copies
FOR RENT
autographed first edition of Unintended Consequences by John Ross
$50 per week
$500 + AR 15 deposit...
got mine in Oct 95 at the indy 1500 autographed. I have read it at least 6 times, an dfind my self pulling it out for reference on firearms history quite often. I have loaned it out many times,and have bought 5 or 6 additional copies and given them out as gifts. by far it is my favorite book...
winchester 9422mag, frame was 22mag , tube and barrel were 22LR. noticed the problem before I even shot it. called winchester and they confirmed it was a 22 mag by serial#. told them the problem and they stated " I would like to say I've never heard of that, but it is a common mistake" WTF...
It's been a few years, but the conversation went something like this.
Potential Customer: "yo man, ya got any deuce deuces"
me: " I don't know what you are asking for, maybe if you use proper terms, I can help you"
PC: " you know dog, deuce deuces, two twos, gats"
me: " no, I don't...
why dont I ever find something like this?
Alabama road crews discovered World War II era weapons recovered in Bibb County - Breaking News from The Birmingham News - al.com