Machine Gun wanted please read

[tom silver]

Hi everyone. I own a Ingram M6 which I love and now I am looking for another machine gun. I would like an entry level Class 3 curio/relic if possible. If you have one to maybe sell me, please respond to this message.

Edited May 8, 2022 by tom silver

[StrangeRanger]

What's your budget? It makes a huge difference when you're talking C&R guns.

[tom silver]

What's your budget? It makes a huge difference when you're talking C&R guns.

I am looking to spend between 10K - 15K

Edited May 8, 2022 by tom silver

[maxfaxdude]

A C&R Sten would be in that price range.

[StrangeRanger]

A C&R Sten would be in that price range.

...as would a Reising with a handful of mags

If your state allows them you could really expand your possibilities if you were to consider tube guns. A well made tube gun from Wilson, Erb etc. Is nearly indistinguishable from the original at about half to two-thirds the cost

 

[johnsonlmg41]

That puts you into:

Reising's

Sten

Sten variants possibly Lanchester

Madsen

Erma EMP maybe?

Budget beater MP18, MP34

I am sure we all missed a few?

 

Bigger guns, Chauchat, MG08/15, MG08 and other Maxims, Hotchkiss variants, Madsen LMG maybe, Potato digger, Lewis, and a few others?

 

There is still some good stuff under 15K depending on where you look.

[tom silver]

That puts you into:

Reising's

Sten

Sten variants possibly Lanchester

Madsen

Erma EMP maybe?

Budget beater MP18, MP34

I am sure we all missed a few?

 

Bigger guns, Chauchat, MG08/15, MG08 and other Maxims, Hotchkiss variants, Madsen LMG maybe, Potato digger, Lewis, and a few others?

 

There is still some good stuff under 15K depending on where you look.

Where should I look>??

[tom silver]

 

A C&R Sten would be in that price range.

...as would a Reising with a handful of mags

If your state allows them you could really expand your possibilities if you were to consider tube guns. A well made tube gun from Wilson, Erb etc. Is nearly indistinguishable from the original at about half to two-thirds the cost

 

Thanks and if you know of someone selling a tube gun please let me know.

[tom silver]

If any members has too many SMG or machine guns, maybe you would consider selling me just one please?

Thanks

[johnsonlmg41]

 

 

Where should I look>??

 

 

Well,

your ad here was a great start. Sturmgewehr, gunbroker, auction houses, SAR show, other decent gun shows, several dealer websites, machine gun shoots (the TATA shoot listed here will network you with other MG owners). Several other shoots round the country where some crazy folks congregate and often want to sell to pursue a different angle. You'd get to see stuff in person and see what really may interest you, vs. looking at pics on the net and reading descriptions and reviews that may not be so accurate? HTH

[tom silver]

Where should I look>??

 

 

Well,

your ad here was a great start. Sturmgewehr, gunbroker, auction houses, SAR show, other decent gun shows, several dealer websites, machine gun shoots (the TATA shoot listed here will network you with other MG owners). Several other shoots round the country where some crazy folks congregate and often want to sell to pursue a different angle. You'd get to see stuff in person and see what really may interest you, vs. looking at pics on the net and reading descriptions and reviews that may not be so accurate? HTH

Thanks so much

[StrangeRanger]

Check your PMs

[tom silver]

Check your PMs

what is PMs?

[BRMCII]

Some of the guns listed are quite well past $15k now, and rising. Recent economic uncertainty, rampant inflation have already hit MGs with many prices up considerably if not more. Might be time to adjust your ceiling up $5k if you want even a decent example of these guns. For example, the registered DEWATs that I now get into the shop for reactivation are some ratty compare to not so long ago.

For some of my customers who have the financial muscle to spend more and who have been spending money on-difficult-to reactivate MGs to save a few bucks, I advise spending more and get an example in better condition that doesn't require reactivation. Difficult reactivations leave damage that is not well received by present buyers and won't with future buyers. Plus there are some smiths doing reactivations who do a lot of unnecessary damage to the gun from the notion that cutting the receiver in pieces and doing lots of machine tool work and making repro pieces are necessary and the only way to do the job, without finding an

appropriate way, and more time consuming, slower way to do the work and ensure preserving the originality of the gun.
just food for thought....FWIW

[StrangeRanger]

 

Check your PMs

what is PMs?

 

PM = Private Message, the envelope icon at the upper right of the page