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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:10:34 PM EDT
[#1]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Waiting for "free stamp sheengun weekend" with no pre-86 rules. Then maybe ill get to own some.  |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:11:02 PM EDT
[#2]
I used to have a couple and sold them to buy a 1994 Porsche 911 speedster.
After a few years the only fun part of owning them was to let other people that haven't shot one shoot it. Not worth the value anymore unless I was a billionaire.  Attached FileThose two guns or this... They don't make sense anymore. (speedster photo isn't mine, i sold them to get one but ended up putting it into a real estate thing.) The only logical way to do it now is with a SOT.  Attached File |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:14:51 PM EDT
[#3]
Do post-samples count?
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:18:02 PM EDT
[#4]
No, just on loan from my Uncle Sam
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:20:53 PM EDT
[#5]
The ROI just isn't there to own one at today's prices.
I remember when Macs were $3-4k. I should've bought one then, but I was broke and just getting started in my career. It wouldn't have made sense. |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:21:04 PM EDT
[#6]
I have a few and friends have some as well.
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:21:37 PM EDT
[#7]
Hell no, cost too much and involves a hassle, both of which are successfully infringement.
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:22:35 PM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By  :For fucks sake. This is like asking a coworker how much money they make. Decorum has gone by the wayside. |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:25:26 PM EDT
[#9]
Yes...a GAU-8 Edition Honda Ridgeline ...it was worth the wait
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:25:31 PM EDT
[#10]
Nope.
Don't have a need for one. |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:27:23 PM EDT
[#11]
A machine gun costs $20-40k. I could buy a nice custom/high end Pistol, rifle, and shotgun and 10,000 rounds for each
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:27:30 PM EDT
[#12]
Not yet, but it’s in the works as a $40,000.00 expense.
Fuck it; less than what I paid for my truck. |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:27:46 PM EDT
[#13]
I wish... alas, I could never save $12k when that's what real M16s were going for
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:29:11 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: A machine gun costs $20-40k. I could buy a nice custom/high end Pistol, rifle, and shotgun and 10,000 rounds for each Depends on which MG. I know of a place that had a MAC10 for $10k about 2 months ago, they may still have it... |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:32:28 PM EDT
[#15]
I've got some.
They multiply, like all guns do. |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:35:01 PM EDT
[#16]
HK21 Upgraded with E parts sold after shooting a few times one day as it was brutal and not meant to fired from the shoulder.
Picked up a RIA M60 which I upgraded to E3 MP5NA3 Double Push Pin RR MP5KPDW Sear Gun DIAS ran on COLT LMG Upper with Beta Drums America 180 (2) Consecutive serial numbered SWD M-11's and like an idiot I sold them all when my MG subgun group broke up.  
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:35:31 PM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By :Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By :Originally Posted By :For fucks sake. This is like asking a coworker how much money they make. Decorum has gone by the wayside. |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:36:59 PM EDT
[#18]
 Attached Fileyes I have some.a fal and m14 also not in the pictrue |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:37:17 PM EDT
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I've got some. They multiply, like all guns do. It's a bad habit.
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:38:36 PM EDT
[#20]
Nope. I'd never get my worth out of it, even if they weren't crazy money.
If I really really wanted one, I could probably swing the cost, but it would be a big sacrifice that wouldn't be worth it to me. I should probably spend the money on ammo and training |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:40:37 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Depends on which MG. I know of a place that had a MAC10 for $10k about 2 months ago, they may still have it... Yeah. Add another thousand or two in taxes CC fees stamps and shipping/insurance. And by itself it’s shitty So a couple or three K more on lage stuff. I’m quite happy to blow 6 bills each vegas trip at MGvegas |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:56:43 PM EDT
[#22]
Have an M11/9, really want an M16.
Doubt I'll ever be able to make it happen though. |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:57:03 PM EDT
[#23]
Had a Ruger AC-556 at one point. Too expensive to feed, so I wound up selling it.
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Posted: 1/19/2023 9:59:27 PM EDT
[#24]
Your poll isn’t going to be an accurate representation, since people who don’t own one will be less likely to enter the thread or vote.
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Posted: 1/19/2023 10:00:47 PM EDT
[#25]
Nah. Not sure I would either honestly, other than to simply have one handy for WTFEOTWBBQ
Shot enough of them to know they're only really fun so long as someone else is paying for the ammo
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Posted: 1/19/2023 10:07:22 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: All machine guns are legal machine guns.
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Posted: 1/19/2023 10:08:28 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I used to own an FRT before the boating accident. Does that count ?  Attached File |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 10:12:10 PM EDT
[#28]
Of course, but not just one.
 I can blame the ~2000 VA Shoot down in Farmville VA hosted by the late John Oliver for getting me hooked. < - You can see one there. |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 10:13:09 PM EDT
[#29]
By the time I had any sort of disposable income in the mid-00s, M16 lowers and HK sears had already escalated beyond what I could afford. Then Obama’s recession came and took that meager disposable income away.
 I looked at the 07/02 SOT route a bit in the mid-10s but scrapped that plan since I had a young family to take care of, and building MGs would have been a net expense.
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Posted: 1/19/2023 10:14:02 PM EDT
[#30]
Poll fail, no option for I wish.
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Posted: 1/19/2023 10:14:44 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I went one better and I have a good buddy that owns multiple machine guns. Its great - he pays for 'em, he brings ammo, I get to shoot them, then he gets to clean them and .... Much like boat ownership - you don't wanna own it and the hassles, you want a good friend who does :) We've got a local range that hosts the retiree-laden group of lads who have a penchant for machine gun collecting. They do a group shoot about every 3-4 months. It is fucking cool. Personally, it is also probably the most money I've ever seen fly through the air in one moment. I do not own any machine guns. Unfortunately, I never will own any machine guns. The only machine gun I have fired was a 1919a4 (.30-06). It was pretty fucking cool. |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 10:17:05 PM EDT
[#32]
I shot a ton of FA stuff in the military. Lost its luster quickly. I care nothing for it personally and wouldn't own one even if free.
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Posted: 1/19/2023 10:19:00 PM EDT
[#33]
Not today Mr. . . .
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Posted: 1/19/2023 10:22:03 PM EDT
[#34]
Actually my daughter has two:
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Posted: 1/19/2023 10:26:29 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I have approximately 100 that I signed for. Unfortunately I can't keep them. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/26168/Screenshot_20230119_192015_Photos_jpg-2678512.JPG Pic/username=1 |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 10:30:11 PM EDT
[#36]
20 orso. Plus I've got about 30 demilled kits with barrels.
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Posted: 1/19/2023 10:31:04 PM EDT
[#37]
yep, was lucky enough to get into it back when it wasn't stupid expensive and the $200 tax kinda hurt next to the price of the gun
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Posted: 1/19/2023 10:39:05 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Had an MP5 at one time. Got it for about $6k, when the prices topped $25k, I sold it. Currently hovering around 55k and will continue to climb. |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 10:43:23 PM EDT
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Lol that's a funny edit; I might steal that. Quote HistoryQuoted: Originally Posted By :Originally Posted By :For fucks sake. This is like asking a coworker how much money they make. Decorum has gone by the wayside. It was 100% accident… but I thought it was hilarious when I saw it and had to leave it. I still take full credit. |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 10:44:29 PM EDT
[#40]
No, unfortunately I don't. Should have bought a Mac or something on the lower scale when they were 3-4k years ago.
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Posted: 1/19/2023 10:45:06 PM EDT
[#41]
I used to own a MKII Sten. I bought it for $750 and a bunch of years later I sold it for $2K. I wish I'd kept it but I still have the stamp which I was told is a collectible itself.
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Posted: 1/19/2023 10:45:10 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The ROI just isn't there to own one at today's prices. I remember when Macs were $3-4k. I should've bought one then, but I was broke and just getting started in my career. It wouldn't have made sense. And 10 years from now when macs are $30,000 people will be saying “I remember when macs were $10k.” People have been saying they are over priced for years, they are, but the population is increase, number of gun owners is increasing but the number of machine guns is fixed, and actually going down slightly. We’ve lost 10k of the 186k MG that are transferable. Prices have no where to go but up unless some legislation is passed either banning them out right or repealing the NFA and/or Hughes amendment. |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 10:47:21 PM EDT
[#43]
Quote HistoryThat just hurts me to the bottom of my very soul...   So, what's the deal with them? |
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Posted: 1/19/2023 10:47:56 PM EDT
[#44]
Yes 2. An M16 and an Uzi.
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Posted: 1/19/2023 11:07:50 PM EDT
[#45]
Had to buy a custom manual wheelchair, they cost a lot of money. No more guns and certainly no MG.
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Posted: 1/19/2023 11:52:08 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah. Add another thousand or two in taxes CC fees stamps and shipping/insurance. And by itself it’s shitty So a couple or three K more on lage stuff. I’m quite happy to blow 6 bills each vegas trip at MGvegas You could also just pay cash and avoid CC fees altogether. Also, no sales tax in OR so didn't have to pay any of that for mine. Agreed though, Lage stuff will get you. I'm probably $4-5k into Lage goodies for my M10. One of my favorite things about having a MG is having others shoot and enjoy it. |
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Posted: 1/20/2023 12:21:50 AM EDT
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That just hurts me to the bottom of my very soul... So, what's the deal with them? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I have approximately 100 that I signed for. Unfortunately I can't keep them. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/26168/Screenshot_20230119_192015_Photos_jpg-2678512.JPG That just hurts me to the bottom of my very soul... So, what's the deal with them? |
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Posted: 1/20/2023 12:25:20 AM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I have approximately 100 that I signed for. Unfortunately I can't keep them. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/26168/Screenshot_20230119_192015_Photos_jpg-2678512.JPG CMMG Bargin Barrel M4's! 
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Posted: 1/20/2023 12:36:34 AM EDT
[#49]
I would love to own one, but the price makes it impossible. I have the technical skills to make one, but that's not legal.
I am a bit miffed about it. |
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Posted: 1/20/2023 12:37:19 AM EDT
[#50]
Nope.
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