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Gunbroker.com will get you a good price.

A similar situation in Luxembourg. I know a fellow with several FA Thompsons and a M2 carbine, along with a functioning .50 cal on a tripod sitting at the foot of his bed. The only place I know of to fire full auto is Camp Elsenborn. But you have to have a "military connection" to get on base, and for civilians, that's a stretch. Some Europeans with the proper permits can own nifty weapons which are denied to many in the US, depending on which state you live in. However, I never could see much use in owning weapons which you cannot use. Just so much metal and wood lying around your militaria room.

Why don't you post the info and photos? Are you the one who posted the similar info over on the WWII re-enactors forum?

I didn't see any reference to Pacific Canvas & Leather Co., Inc. in your list of reproducers. I just bought 3 of their "contour cases". http://www.pacificcanvasandleather.com/car...se/pcl_41_m.htm

AJ Machine N 5338 Country S Plymouth, WI 53073 902-893-9675 I just purchased the AJ receiver shown in the photos. Again, a very nice product with a dummy actuator installed. I plan on using it to mount a recently purchased parts kit. The chief problem as I see it is the weight of the receiver. I would like to machine it out to lighten it up, but I don't want to violate any BATF regulations. I've seen how the Richardson receivers are machined. Could I machine the AJ receiver to the same configuration and still be legal?

Does this company have a website?

I just purchased an excellent condition military config (horizontal handgrip), finned barrel '28 parts kit on GB for $750. This kit was the best I've seen. No wood dings, no rust on the fins, perfect bore, no scratches on the Cutts, original Lyman L-sight. You can figure out where yours is compared to this. I would say if you're going to put it on GB, you will have to part it out- gun, mags, case, drum mag etc. Highly unlikely that any one person is going to want everything.

AJ Machine N 5338 Country S Plymouth, WI 53073 902-893-9675 http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e211/rongee/AJ%20Receiver/ As Bob says, perhaps the dimensions are not correct, I can't say, but the receiver is superbly finished, cheap at the time ($300 including blueing and markings), the parts kit fit well, and the shop owner answered the phone when called. The feed ramp and extractor slot are not machined. When I first contacted the individual fronting for AJ some years ago, he volunteered to pull the barrel stub off my original barrel, mount the barrel on the receiver, mount the L-sight, and mount the actuator knob, all at no labor cost. When was the last time you saw service like that?

When Euro-fascism comes to America, if it hasn't already, it will come in the form of SWAT. Same tactics, a knock (if you're lucky) on the door in the night, same black uniforms, same shaped helmets (those Germans had a hell of a good design, didn't they?). Just add the black, red and white arm band and we've got a real close match. As PhilOhio has pointed out, once you develop a SWAT team, you have to find something or someone to use it on. It's like giving a guy a stick. At some point, he's going to have to hit somebody with it. Seems to me SWAT got its lift off right here in Los Angeles. Developed by our beloved Chief of Police Daryl Gates in 1967 and first used effectively against the SLA in 1974. According to the Wikipedia article, since they came up against the "heavily armed SLA" (after all, Cinque did have a couple of M1 carbines), SWAT was subsequently issued body armor and full auto weapons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWAT Add to that a couple of really neat armored vehciles with battering rams and we're ready to party. Too bad that Daryl never really got to kick off Operation Hammer, wherein he was going to take those rams down to South Central and visit some crack houses. Now there was a legitimate use of SWAT. http://www.answers.com/topic/operation-hammer-1987 Chromebolt asks how to serve a search warrant without the use of SWAT. Here's how it would have been done in the '50's and 60's. Take two officers, knock on the door, serve the warrant on whoever opens it, and deal with the situation as it develops. That's what you get paid for. These days with body armor, hi-cap side arms, a couple of different types of batons, instant communication, Mace, wouldn't you say the officers might have an edge over the people inside? Is it really necessary to have 20 testosterone driven hot-heads to take down a crack house? Or maybe a 40 year old black woman waving a kitchen knife (not SWAT related but a good example of excessive police violence and one which always comes to my mind when I hear about excessive use of force. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/printer-...TICLE_ID=27461)?

My beef with the Guide is that they refuse to sell parts kits to California residents, even though these kits are perfectly legal. They simply don't want to be bothered. I tried to buy one of their MG-42 kits and I also sent in the fee for Buyer's Club membership. They told me to piss off, no shipments to California. I changed the ship address to my mother in North Dakota. The told me to piss off, no shipments to ND if the credit card holder resides in California. Oh, and did I mention that although they cancelled the order for the kit, they kept the Buyer's Club fee. Well, that didn't last long. And to comment on the complaints above, if SG doesn't want to support resellers by having them take advantage of their "really low prices", they should post a policy stating limits on single buyer purchases. It appears that if one buys into their Club but manages to save too much money, their memberships are terminated.

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The answer is "NO". Even with the long barrel, the Thompson incorporates two of the features (pistol grip and detachable mag) of the latest assault weapons bill (SB 23) passed by the California legislature. A rifle is considered an assault rifle if it incorporates more than one of the features specified. Unless you owned a semi-auto Thompson prior to 31 Dec 99, they can no longer be imported into the state. Check the CA DoJ website for particulars if interested.

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