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Scorch · February 7, 2007, 10:54 PM

Like Limeyfellow said, WW1 was 90 years ago, so anyone with experience would be over 100 years old. The weapon saw service for only a few years. During WW2, the German army destroyed most of the French army's offensive weapons, leaving rifles and pistols but no cannons or machine guns, so there were not very many if any surplused to the US. With the GCA of 1968 and previous bans on full auto military weapons, it is very unlikely that anyone this side of the FBI's firearms museum will have ever seen or touched one. When I lived in Nevada, I knew several class 3 licensees, and most of them had BARs, Thompsons, a few 30 Brownings, MG 42s, and MP 39s. A few Stg 44s and Fg 42s, but it was mostly pretty tame. Very few exotics.

February 7, 2007, 10:54 PM	#4
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,248	Like Limeyfellow said, WW1 was 90 years ago, so anyone with experience would be over 100 years old. The weapon saw service for only a few years. During WW2, the German army destroyed most of the French army's offensive weapons, leaving rifles and pistols but no cannons or machine guns, so there were not very many if any surplused to the US. With the GCA of 1968 and previous bans on full auto military weapons, it is very unlikely that anyone this side of the FBI's firearms museum will have ever seen or touched one. When I lived in Nevada, I knew several class 3 licensees, and most of them had BARs, Thompsons, a few 30 Brownings, MG 42s, and MP 39s. A few Stg 44s and Fg 42s, but it was mostly pretty tame. Very few exotics. __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services