Best advice I can offer is, "ff there's any doubt, there's no doubt at all".
In other words, if you have to ask, the answer should be evident.
It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.
Chuck, we miss ya man.
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I'd wait until after the election. If senile shithead and his libtard minions win your investment might equal ZERO with the wave of a pen, and you can't deny you have it or "sold it to some guy at a gunshow". Just sayin'.....
11C2P '83-'87
Airborne Infantry
F**k China!
Politicians don't understand NFA. If you tell them they need to outlaw machine guns, they have a staff member look it up who informs them that they were already regulated back in 1934 and that is the end of it. It happened several times when people called for silencer bans following Sandy Hook and other high profile shootings.
It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.
Chuck, we miss ya man.
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I've shared this thread with my 97 year old father in law who carried a Thompson during WW2. He was with the 2nd BN, 16th Infantry Regiment from 1941-1945. This picture is of him with his Thompson at Jacksonville, Florida Navy Base in early 1942 where the Army shared the training facility, and got into plenty of fights in the local dance halls with sailors.
Not long after he shipped off to North Africa. He had been with a Signal Corps unit but transferred to the Infantry after Pearl Harbor. At D-Day he was in the 2nd wave at Omaha Beach that morning as an Army Buck Sergeant, carrying a radio and a Thompson. I think the only way we would spend $15K on a Thompson is if it had a serial number that matched the ones carried by my father in law. That would be quite the family heirloom:
Last edited by OH58D; 09-25-20 at 07:29.
Maj. USAR (Ret) 160th SOAR, 2/17 CAV
NRA Life Member
Black Mesa Ranch. Raising Fine Cattle and Horses in San Miguel County since 1879
HELL YES. DO IT.
IF you can feed that bitch in the current environment, and all else is squared away...BUY IT.
Get beau coup mags, spare parts, and of course ammo.
You'll ALWAYS wish you had later in life. Itll eat at you.
BUY IT.
Lookin forward to pics & a range report.
Last edited by Straight Shooter; 09-25-20 at 10:05.
The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than the cowards they really are.
Back in the 70's a M1A1 Thompson could be had for less than $1000. There was one for sale for $750 + the 200 stamp. I was a young man with a wife and daughter, a house note and a good job in the petrochemical industry but $950 was more than a months pay so I blew it off. If only I had known what was coming with the 86 act banning new full auto to civilians I would have bought it. Still want one.
Without knowing more about your situation and finances (retirement), I don't know what to tell you. Me now wouldn't - me 10 years ago definitely would have. As close as a Thompson comes to a gun for which I'd sell my soul, I just think retirement savings is too important now in this country. And while I doubt that outlawing true automatic weapons in this country is on the radar of any current politician, I think it's inevitable as our gun rights are continuously chipped away at over the years. The key with any valuable gun is knowing when to sell, which is like trying to time the stock market.
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