So what actually happened during the last AWB

[SideShow Bob]

10 round mags. Only LE/Gov't could buy mags made during the ban period in capacity over 10 rounds.

Always bought 20's at the gun shows (KS), 30's were like $100 if you could find them.

[Bailey Guns]

The 94 AWB prohibited the purchase of "High Capacity Ammunition Feeding Devices" (anything that held over 10 rounds) made during the ban by anyone other than LE/Gov't.

Whenever I needed new mags for my AR or Glock I had to get a department letterhead.

You could buy anything of any capacity as long as it wasn't made from 9/94 - 9/04.

[ray1970]

What happened was people were paying $80 to $100 for a Glock pistol magazine. And the AR-15 I bought brand new a month before the ban for $550 was suddenly worth about $1200.

The AWB was really a joke. The first picture below was no longer allowed to be purchased by anyone other than military and law enforcement. The second picture was perfectly legal to buy. Also, you could still legally buy and sell version number one as long as it was made before the ban date.

[dwalker460]

FFL's became hard to get, which was specifically designed to try and eliminate "tabletop" and garage sellers and gunsmiths.

High cap mags dried right up, just prior to the ban when it was widely thought that high cap weapons themselves would be banned there was a pretty big run on high cap pistols.

AR's went from $600 or so to over $1200 almost overnight. Military surplus parts kits were literally gone from inventory overnight

SKS/AK/MAK rifles were scooped up in large amounts, went from $89 for an SKS at a gun show to $200 or more, never came back down.

Other than that, my life was not affected much.

[jerrymrc]

The only things for me were the folding/adjustable stocks and the real stupid fact that you had to run a brake instead of a flash hider and we had to pin or silver solder them. I was busy building Fal's at the time and there were many mags to be had as almost all were MFG'd before 1994.

Stupid thought from back then. If your "Flash Hider" used threads it had to be permanently attached but if it was a slip-on twist and lock like the G-1/Argy FLASH HIDERS you were good to go.

The bottom line was that it did nothing to slow down the black gun market. It only made many of us laugh at how stupid it was. There were so many loopholes that you could drive a truck through it just made us chuckle.

Show of hands! How many here were at Tanner the day after the law sunset? I saw many with dremels removing muzzle brakes and putting flash hiders back on along with taking the pin out of those Collapsible stocks.

And by the way. This is where all those mags one sees that are marked for LEO only came to be. Since after that it did not matter.

[Goodburbon]

Suddenly one day I couldn't buy 30 rd mags for my 10/22 at wal-mart for $10

AR's suddenly came without threaded muzzles, no bayo lug, 10rd mags.

[roberth]

Wasn't there a provision for shotguns too.

An FFL couldn't sell an extended magazine and a pistol grip on a shotgun, you could have one but not the other.

I remember being quoted $1200 for a Benelli M1 with an extended magazine.

[jerrymrc]

Similar to previous bans...gun prices went up on "evil" features. The law of supply/demand. AUGs went up $1000. I remember FNC's going for $600 before the 86 ban, dealers couldn't give the crappy FN things away. Suddenly after the ban...prices went to $1200. Another ban in 94 and what do crappy FNCs go for? $3000. $3k for a gun with a 12lb trigger pull, no parts, no accessories, impossible to load a mag fast, and average accuracy. Yeah, but Pacino used it in "Heat" so it must be great.

That ban screwed the consumers/citizens big time. All pistols/rifles came with 10 rd mags. Some companies tried to get around it but others, like Ruger, did it even before it became law...thanks Bill. The lovely "thumb hole" rifle stock ruined all our dreams. They tossed them on AKs, AUGs, SKSs, ARs, FALs, etc. So, you paid full pop for the gun and then paid a fortune to get an illegal stock to make your rifle useable. Hi-cap Glock mags went from $15 bucks to $100. BetaC mags went from $150 to $500. No more sweet bayonet lugs on rifles, dangerous, and flash hiders were really forbidden. Parts counting. Your thumbhole FAL could be changed but you had to have the proper number of US parts. Would love to find the prick government employee to come up with that one and shove all those FAL floor plate mag parts up his unlubricated ass. He's probably from San Francisco and would like that.

Sorry, will stop my rant now but this AWB amazes me. Fucking libs. Douches.

When Obama gets elected again...and it will happen, the ban will be worse and there won't be an expiration date on it. Too many airy fairy libs and women really believe guns and "clips" are evil. They will welcome it, just like the English, the Aussies, etc.

I still have about 10 falcon floor plates. For a Metric there were enough US parts but I had to use them on the Izzy.

[Goodburbon]

Also the gun shows became laden with "tent stakes" because bayonets were not legal to sell.

[Adawg38]

I know if Obama is in office another 4 years he wants to reinstate the AWB permanately but what if they decide all so called Assault weapons were made illegal and you had to give yours up? Can they do that? I would like to say "from my cold dead hands" but now I am worried.