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The M3 was the second full auto firearm I shot.

The first one was a Thompson. The Thompson had the famous silhouette and the cool factor was high. I shot the M3 better because the rate of fire was so much slower.

Later, I shot a suppressed M3 in a side match called, Raptor Road, at the old Second Chance Bowling Pin Shoot. The clank of the 230 grain FMJ rounds hitting the steel targets was louder than the suppressed M3.

If I could, I'd own an M3. Unfortunately, the guns that cost about six bucks to be manufactured cost an arm and a leg now. Not many made it out of government hands into the private collectors sector.