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Posted: 7/19/2006 8:02:15 PM EDT
From another board, here are some photos from someone's private "Vault Gun Room", as he calls it (not mine, unfortunately, but very impressive!):
 The following is a copy of what the owner posted about it (yes, it is a personal collection!!!): If the truth be known; I was fortunate to be first involved with NFA devices many years ago when sex was safe, motorcycles were dangerous and NFA "stuff" was reasonably priced. Indeed my DD and Class 3 goes back to 1978 (was there a 1978??) when one could afford this stuff. Unfortunately, all the NFA "stuff" was crated away in warehouses while I spent years fighting the battles of Corporate America. Only recently have I had the opportunity to design and build a 1600 sq. ft. underground Vault and Gun Room with its own underground firing range. So most (there is only room for half to two-thirds of the "stuff") of it can now be out (well, relatively out, because all displays are inside the underground vault) where it can be seen and appreciated. (All the cabinets you see are full of NFA devices which I'm hoping to cycle through the displays). I didn't mean to be cute with my inquiry regarding the 1927. Yes, it is on the wall right under the fully engraved 1921AC which until recently nobody, apparently, knew about. But, having been out of it for some years now I wanted value opinions from the RKIs on this board so I made the first post in this thread. Again, I really solicit your thoughts, comments and observations. If anyone has questions about the Vault Gun Room I'll try to answer them. ...there is not a single post sample and only a very few pre samples. |
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Posted: 7/19/2006 8:22:54 PM EDT
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Oh.........my...........
Wow. Someone with much more money (and luckier/smarter) than I. Just wow. HKO (Oh, wait a minute, that's all airsoft.........  )
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Posted: 7/20/2006 3:10:34 AM EDT
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very nice
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Posted: 7/20/2006 3:12:12 AM EDT
[#3]
GAWD DAYAM!
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Posted: 7/20/2006 3:14:19 AM EDT
[#4]
Is it wrong that I sprung a woody looking at these pics?
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Posted: 7/20/2006 3:55:07 AM EDT
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I bet He's got a HOT wife too!!!!!! I want to die.....
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Posted: 7/20/2006 4:00:48 AM EDT
[#6]
I'm impressed
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Posted: 7/20/2006 6:20:22 AM EDT
[#7]
So thats why NFA items are in such short supply.
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Posted: 7/20/2006 6:21:58 AM EDT
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I want that room.
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Posted: 7/20/2006 6:32:10 AM EDT
[#9]
Sounds like a guy i know. He had a space between two metal doors where you had to enter a code. If the wrong sode was entered you got the o.c. spray.
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Posted: 7/20/2006 6:50:50 AM EDT
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What other board? Do you have a link to the original thread? I'd be interested in seeing his comments on building a vault. Thanks.
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Posted: 7/20/2006 6:54:06 AM EDT
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pretty cool set-up and nice collection, but.... I have serious doubts the guy has a realistic exit plan for the sale of his home, or a bug-out plan in case of fire/flood/riot/war/whatever.
Too many big/expensive toys to grab-n-dash. |
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Posted: 7/20/2006 6:59:23 AM EDT
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OK... I'll fess-up, it's mine.
in my dreams anyhow |
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Posted: 7/20/2006 7:40:47 AM EDT
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Talk about being green with envy.....
 A coupla thoughts: A. The owner of the vault room says he started collecting NFA in 1978. Do you know how cheap MGs were back then? A lof of C&R guns sold for less than the price of the $200 transfer stamp -- Maxims, factory M2 Carbines, Reisings, and a lot of 9mm subguns and foreign-design LMGs and HMGs. This was largely because odd-caliber ammo (anything not chambered by Winchester in the Model 70) was expensive and difficult/impossible to find: Before FOPA '86, all ammo sales had to be FTF; mail order was illegal. Due to low demand, most FFLs only stocked commercial hunting ammo -- and buying in MG-size bulk at per-box prices was expensive. A box of 9mm cost more than a box of .357 Mag. 1978 was an NFA collector's dream ... and an NFA shooter's nightmare. B. There are dozens of substantial private MG collections out there -- som bigger than this, others smaller but still in the double digits on the number of MGs. There are Thompson and M16 collectors with 50 to 100 examples, for instance. All were built in the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's, when MGs were cheap. So: there are between 100k and 177k transferable MGs in the U.S., including those still in LE inventories. Subtract out these large collections, plus the MGs owned by museums, military collectors and other hard-core keep-em-til-I-die owners, and you realize just how few MGs ever reach the market. No wonder prices are what they are.  |
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Posted: 7/20/2006 8:43:48 AM EDT
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Who needs an exit/bug out plan when you can arm an Army? All this in his basement, I hope he has an elevator to get it top side because some of that stuff is HEAVY! BTW you think he has a daughter? I don't even care if she is ugly if I'm cut in on the will. |
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Posted: 7/20/2006 8:48:30 AM EDT
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can i come over and play?
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Posted: 7/20/2006 9:20:58 AM EDT
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...And I thought my new king-size Heritage safe was something special. This guy flat-out rocks! He needs to come over & hang out w/ us. I got jealous trying to ID all the goodies he has hanging in the cases. That is the ultimate (underground!) private vault collection.
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Posted: 7/20/2006 2:49:08 PM EDT
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Other Board (you have to register to read) original thread (again, you must register to read) |
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Posted: 7/20/2006 10:16:10 PM EDT
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... Holy cow, sweet!
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Posted: 7/21/2006 3:48:11 PM EDT
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That big .50 with the anti-aircraft mount is for sale on Subguns.
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Posted: 7/21/2006 11:19:02 PM EDT
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...............brb i gotta change my skibby's
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Posted: 7/21/2006 11:30:44 PM EDT
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That is a nice room. I think that I even like the decor. But you know what? No pistols!
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Posted: 7/21/2006 11:37:03 PM EDT
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Handguns are on the second floor, next to ladies' lingerie. 
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Posted: 7/22/2006 1:38:39 AM EDT
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If I was the owners grandson I'd be hoping it doesn't sell. |
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Posted: 7/22/2006 7:42:22 AM EDT
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Posted: 7/22/2006 7:52:49 AM EDT
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Wow, just wow. I'd love to just spend a day looking at his collection. I was 4 when that guy started collecting. I should have been selling lemonade and stockpiling. Damnit, if only I had known!
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