seeth07
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Has anyone gone through the process of legally owning and possessing a fully automatic weapon?
Fully Automatic Weapon Process
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DouglasR
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Let’s.
Go.
Go.
DouglasR
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Just in time to celebrate the gulf war.
sccritterkiller
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Never could justify dropping $15-$20k on preban. Honestly the tax stamp is cheap in comparison.
VikingsGuy
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I am holding out for nukes.
Is it along the same lines as obtaining a suppressor or sbr? Like a $200 tax stamp, and ppw for each firearm?
seeth07
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Well from what I'm researching its a little bit more complicated than that depending on where you live. Some states regulate them further than what the federal government does. Some states you can can get around a "ban" on automatic weapons by applying and becoming a household FFL dealer with an SOT
Straight Arrow
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Congrats! You just were tagged, listed, and qualified for Homeland Security monitoring ... and potential Red Flagging!
MO Betta
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You'd have to pay exorbitant sums to get a pre-ban (86), the crappy MACs are about the cheapest you can get. Otherwise you'll need a good investment of time, hassle and money to become an FFL with SOT.
p_ham
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Ya, but I'm an SOT.
for nonlicesees It's not any different to form 4 a machine gun than it is any othe NFA item. Make sure it's legal in your state.
for nonlicesees It's not any different to form 4 a machine gun than it is any othe NFA item. Make sure it's legal in your state.
longbow51
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A friend of mine collects vintage military; I know he has a Vickers and a Colt-Browning 1895. He just pays the $200 every time he finds one cheap (relatively speaking). And there are deals to be had if you go to shows and have money and are patient. I know for sure he didn't pay anywhere near 20 grand for either.
HuntTalk Freak
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The biggest hurdle you may encounter is finding a place to actually shoot it. I use to cohost machine gun shoots and many guys spoke about not having many places to shoot or having to travel hours to a range that allowed it.
Not sure how much that factors in to states with lots of public land though. In my worthless opinion I don’t see much value in them these day unless you are a millionaire. Most of the guys I know that really did well bought the bulk of their collections in the 80’s and early 90’s.
That said it is fun to hunt hogs with a MP5SD.
Not sure how much that factors in to states with lots of public land though. In my worthless opinion I don’t see much value in them these day unless you are a millionaire. Most of the guys I know that really did well bought the bulk of their collections in the 80’s and early 90’s.
That said it is fun to hunt hogs with a MP5SD.
Nick87
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Following...
seeth07
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For me its about the collectable and just being able to shoot it every once in a while. unfortunately, I don't think there is a way around WI's law after having now fully dug into their statutes.
Nick87
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Hear me out here....buy it illegally like every other criminal who doesn't really care if they can legally own a gun or not. That's my plan.
seeth07
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I'd like to keep my hunting rights just in case I would get caught and handed a felony...
sccritterkiller
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If your looking for collectable and something to shoot every once while in restrictive state look into a Barret 50.they are all kinds of fun to shoot..but you do pay for the ammo, even if you find a deal on mil surplus shipping will kill you.
DouglasR
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Ugh guys, you don’t need those 
Just move to Switzerland or something.
Just move to Switzerland or something.
