grinderr Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 hello -I recently inherited a french made MAT49 9mm fully automatic submachine gun. I am not interested in keeping this weapon , and would like to see it go to a responsible owner. How can I legally sell this weapon?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 Need a lot more information First off, is it registered and if so on what kind of formUnregistered, it sadly will need to have the receiver cut and sold as a parts set.even as a parts set MATs are not cheap Transferable Amnesty gun ?A few guys here would jump at it I'm suremost 49's in the registry tend to be bring backs from the VietNam war. Does this one have the military capture paperwork ?That will enhance value someAny mags with it ? It's been somewhat butcheredfront sight assm is gone, looks like someone installed a M3 grease gun flash suppresorLandies used to have some 49 bits, that all may be gone, they recently sold off a bunch of parts to APEXMags are tough, Buddy Hinton had been selling some maybe a year ago though Is it live or deactivated ? If it is Federally registered and fully transferable you can sell it outright to a NFA dealer like Rubin Mendiola or consign it to other dealersor sell it to an individual with a C&R license, etc Valuation ?again need more databare minimum you should have one mag with it as they are rather obscure guns No registration ?Take a hack saw and cut it in two forward of the markings on the receiver tube, only the upper tube on the cut though.That makes an easy build for a SOT and preserves more value Alternatively there are certain museums that are allowed to take in unregistered machineguns that will grant you a tax credit. The Minnesota Military museum at Camp Ripley used to do this. If you have the income to make use of the credit it's often more money in the pocket than cutting things up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huggytree Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 if you have a form 4 for it ill bet you get offers here....if i had the $$ right now id have an offer for you if it is legit....seems like parts are very rare...so any work will be expensive...if its deactivated its a big project for someone i hope its registered....neat to see possibly available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB Posted July 13, 2018 Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 if you have a form 4 for it ill bet you get offers here....if i had the $$ right now id have an offer for you if it is legit....seems like parts are very rare...so any work will be expensive...if its deactivated its a big project for someone i hope its registered....neat to see possibly available MATs are great guns, I understand plenty remain in service with French police Finding bits will be an object of lovevery very few kits came in and most were deactivated prior to exportrumor was they like Hotchkiss Universals came out of Algeria and Moroccowho knows... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timkel Posted July 13, 2018 Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 The ejection door and front sight are missing. Is that a hole drilled into the chamber? Parts do pop up now and then on GB. Live or Dewat, if it's registered in US, you have a nice MAT49 worth $$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyDixon Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 is this gun here in the u.s. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 The ejection door and front sight are missing. Is that a hole drilled into the chamber? Parts do pop up now and then on GB. Live or Dewat, if it's registered in US, you have a nice MAT49 worth $$. Hinton had new old stock port doors a year or two back for $30.00front sight assm might be a bear to source unless Landies still has one in the tub somewhere in the warehousehe really had been the only one with any bits for them. Those were left over from partial guns that couldn't be sold as kits from the batch he brought in back in the 90s Those holes are peculiar to the 49'They are gas relief ventsit's a French thinglook up any pic of MATs. they all have them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StooperZero Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 it's weird where parts for these actually pop up though. I did a trade with a co-worker and he asked me about some funky smg mags he had that didn't fit any of his stuff. Sure enough , very nice Mat-49 mags which sandman scooped right up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinderr Posted July 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 if you have a form 4 for it ill bet you get offers here....if i had the $$ right now id have an offer for you if it is legit....seems like parts are very rare...so any work will be expensive...if its deactivated its a big project for someone i hope its registered....neat to see possibly availableit is registered - my dad registered it in 1968 under Amnesty. It is still fully active. is this gun here in the u.s. ?yes it is in the US and it is registered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACARLG Posted August 17, 2018 Report Share Posted August 17, 2018 if you have a form 4 for it ill bet you get offers here....if i had the $$ right now id have an offer for you if it is legit....seems like parts are very rare...so any work will be expensive...if its deactivated its a big project for someone i hope its registered....neat to see possibly availableit is registered - my dad registered it in 1968 under Amnesty. It is still fully active. >is this gun here in the u.s. ?yes it is in the US and it is registered Did your dad serve in Vietnam? If so, search his papers for anything that might be related to this weapon - they're known as 'bring back papers', although it'd be equally likely to have come back in a dufflebag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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