So... You Always Wanted A Tommy Gun

[00tec]

Here's your chance...

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...498cf8ecd.html

St Louis PD selling off their old Thompsons. NFA and all...

[kidicarus13]

The department’s current Beretta handguns are more than 10 years old, and becoming obsolete, making replacement parts nearly impossible to come by, she said.

I didn't know it was hard to find replacement parts for Beretta 92s

[davsel]

The department’s current Beretta handguns are more than 10 years old, and becoming obsolete, making replacement parts nearly impossible to come by, she said.

I didn't know it was hard to find replacement parts for Beretta 92s

Caught that.
Followed by:

One of them failed to fire during a training exercise, Shepard added.

and then

Reynolds said police firearms are in high demand because they usually are well-maintained and only fired during training exercises.

I guess when you're talking to "reporters," you can say anything at all about firearms and they will print it.

[davsel]

Definitely cool historic guns, but not many will be able to afford $22K+collector's markup.

I had a modern semi-auto Auto Ordinance Thompson back in the early '90s - drum and all.
Fun range toy, but heavy as hell and eats like a draft horse. Traded it for my first AR.

[emiller35]

When I inherited mine from my grandfather and was going through the process of transferring it to my trust ATF told me that there are only about 700-800 tommy guns that are available to be legally transferred according to their guidelines. 22k might not be such a bad price....


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[izzy]

Saw this article the other day. It would be really awesome to have one and would be something that goes up in value. I'd probably spend more than $22k on ammo to feed the thing.

[00tec]

Saw this article the other day. It would be really awesome to have one and would be something that goes up in value. I'd probably spend more than $22k on ammo to feed the thing.

So, what you're saying is.... that MP5 binary trigger is going to wait?

[izzy]

So, what you're saying is.... that MP5 binary trigger is going to wait?

lol
I don't think I'll ever get one of those. Maybe one day if I end up with another clone, starting to get touchy with an MP5 that's probably 30 years old at this point.

[ChunkyMonkey]

When I inherited mine from my grandfather and was going through the process of transferring it to my trust ATF told me that there are only about 700-800 tommy guns that are available to be legally transferred according to their guidelines. 22k might not be such a bad price....


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Very nice!!