
New Stock Of Drums Incoming To Sportsmans Guide...
#21
Posted 30 July 2005 - 08:31 AM
#22
Posted 30 July 2005 - 09:19 AM
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Posted 30 July 2005 - 10:38 AM

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Posted 30 July 2005 - 10:59 AM
#25
Posted 30 July 2005 - 11:02 AM
The essence of your posts is why I bought only one. I too believe that the floodgates may open on these items and the price will plummet. I consider this purchase as hedging my bets. Let's all hope I loose money on this deal and 9 months from now WWII Thompson drums are 100 bucks a pop!!! Now if I could just beat Jr. out of those Colt magazines he has no use for....
#26
Posted 30 July 2005 - 11:59 AM
QUOTE (TD. @ Jul 30 2005, 10:02 AM) |
TSMGguy and PhilOhio, The essence of your posts is why I bought only one. I too believe that the floodgates may open on these items and the price will plummet. I consider this purchase as hedging my bets. Let's all hope I loose money on this deal and 9 months from now WWII Thompson drums are 100 bucks a pop!!! Now if I could just beat Jr. out of those Colt magazines he has no use for.... |
Make me an offa' I can't refuse....

#27
Posted 30 July 2005 - 12:04 PM
#28
Posted 30 July 2005 - 12:05 PM
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Posted 30 July 2005 - 01:22 PM

Mike Hammer
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Posted 30 July 2005 - 04:10 PM
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Posted 30 July 2005 - 04:51 PM
#32
Posted 30 July 2005 - 05:05 PM
They will go well with my Colt shooter.
Perhaps one will even go to be converted to M1A1 compatibility.
#33
Posted 30 July 2005 - 05:18 PM
QUOTE (Bridgeport28A1 @ Jul 30 2005, 04:10 PM) |
Around 1991 IMA sold WW2 L drums around $190-210 range prior to any type of magazine ban. I think the $100 per drum price is wishful thinking and I hope it happens. I think the bottom end is likely to be closer to the $200 range with that only happening if Sportsman Guide import thousands anbd runs out of drum buyers at their current plus some substantial shipping charges, even if one lives a short diastance from their wharehouse in So St. Paul, MN. |
How much was shipping on your drum/s?
#34
Posted 30 July 2005 - 07:14 PM
#35
Posted 30 July 2005 - 07:18 PM
QUOTE (msfhotrod @ Jul 30 2005, 05:51 PM) |
PhilOhio Doyou know of any reason why sportsmansguide will not sell drums or ammo to us in ohio. Do we have a new law that I don't know about? |
I think the problem stems from secton 2923.11, paragraph (E) of the Ohio Rev. Code.
Here is the problem line,
" "Automatic firearm" also means any semi-automatic firearm designed or specially adapted to fire more than thirty-one cartridges without reloading,"
I think that their (SG's) interpretation is wrong because further on in the code it says that "Automatic firearms" purchased under federal guidelines are exempted. It does'nt really matter because SG is not interested in debating the issue.
#36
Posted 31 July 2005 - 09:58 AM
#37
Posted 31 July 2005 - 12:36 PM
QUOTE (PhilOhio @ Jul 31 2005, 10:19 AM) |
msfhotrod and Lancer, I double checked again with my local firearms law experts and they insist that there is an obscure passage of Ohio law which specifically defines the over-30-round mags themselves as machineguns. I cannot personally cite such a passage of code, so it's informed hearsay. It's not too new...more than several years old, at least. Lancer's concept is correct, as applied to semis with big mags, but it appears there's more to it than that. |
Phil,
After reading your post I reread the firearms section of the Ohio Rev. Code, the only line I can find in regard to over 30 round capacity is the one I cite in my previous post. If there is another passage dealing specifically with mags perhaps you can get your firearms law experts to cite the specific chapter and paragraph. I'm going to do some more checking but at this point I have doubts another passage exists.
#38
Posted 31 July 2005 - 01:15 PM
QUOTE (deerslayer @ Jul 29 2005, 11:49 PM) |
I was at their factory outlet store in the twin cities today and about 5 p.m. Said they didn't have any. They didn't offer to see if any were coming in either. I'll have to say the people working there were not the most ambitious looking bunch of people I've ever seen. Dan |
Yeah they have some strange people that "work" at the outlet store.
Chris
#39
Posted 01 August 2005 - 12:01 AM
#40
Posted 01 August 2005 - 11:13 AM
I had an informal conversation on this subject with the local Municipal Prosecutor/ Law Director who happens to be a close friend. I say informal because I don't want anyone to construe this as legal advise in any way.
He read over the passages in the Ohio Rev. Code that I had highlighted but did not do a though intensive search of the code on the subject.
My take on what he had to say was this:
50 rnd. drums are legal to buy, sell and own in Ohio, however, if you insert the drum into a firearm, that firearm, if not already a machine gun, becomes a machine gun. Sooo, if your gun is a legally registered machine gun, you're ok.
Interestingly, he seemed to have more concerns about passages further on in the code alluding to applying for and having a license from the state to own an automatic weapon.