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Machineguntony · July 16, 2013, 12:22 AM

Very good points, for sure.

But the market has changed significantly since 1986. The supply has shrunk and the prices are way higher.

As for the guns, I was told that a receiver part, which is the MG, can last forever is cared for properly.

As to the 100,000 number, that is only an estimate that I got from different forums. Estimates run from 100,000 low to a high of 250,000. Even at 250,000 that's still rare. I think only the ATF knows the actual numbers.

I'm surprised no one has made a FOIA request to find out how many transferrable MGs are in the ATF database.

July 16, 2013, 12:22 AM	#4
Machineguntony Senior Member Join Date: June 22, 2013 Posts: 1,277	Very good points, for sure. But the market has changed significantly since 1986. The supply has shrunk and the prices are way higher. As for the guns, I was told that a receiver part, which is the MG, can last forever is cared for properly. As to the 100,000 number, that is only an estimate that I got from different forums. Estimates run from 100,000 low to a high of 250,000. Even at 250,000 that's still rare. I think only the ATF knows the actual numbers. I'm surprised no one has made a FOIA request to find out how many transferrable MGs are in the ATF database.