Anyone shoot any FULLY automatic weapons in here? - Page 2

jimbob86 · January 21, 2012, 03:40 PM

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No. Machineguns are illegal.

Depends upon where you live. I live in America...... just need a tax stamp and enough cash.

aarondhgraham · January 21, 2012, 03:48 PM

H&H Shooting Sports Complex.

Usually on or around my birthday,,,
I'll make the drive and rent one for grins and giggles.

As you can see the rental fee isn't bad at all,,,
It's the ammunition that runs up the cost.

But hey,,,
It's a wild thing.

Aarond

ronto · January 21, 2012, 04:23 PM

M-60 while on night guard duty in VN. Shot mainly monkeys and deer that tripped the flares until the CO started charging us a dollar a round...that ended that sport.

Tankcommander · January 21, 2012, 04:23 PM

I only fired full auto in the Army. M219, M60, M2, M3 grease gun, M85 50cal, M240. I loved the ammo burn off at the end of training. Shot 1000s of rounds over the years 20+ and I helped clean the MGs.

TC

Willie Lowman · January 21, 2012, 05:44 PM

Jimbob86, My first post was what we scientists call "sarcasm." It is more commonly known as "being an ass."

Asking if anyone in a NFA forum has ever shot a machinegun is kinda like waking into a bar and asking if anyone has ever drank whiskey.

Uzi, MP5, MP5SD, M16A1, HK 33, HK 53, AK 47, 1919, and the most fun of them all, Ruger 10/22 with Norell trigger pack.

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Forgot one. Beretta M12.

phagar · January 22, 2012, 03:38 AM

M-14's are great to shoot and very accurate, providing you have the correct accessories, (E2) .

Full auto shotguns are fun also .

Irish B · January 22, 2012, 03:54 AM

Ak, M4, Uzi but none compare to the P90. That thing has an unreal rate of fire. But at $20 a clip it isn't so fun

warbirdlover · January 22, 2012, 10:22 AM

Cool stuff.

HALL,AUSTIN · January 22, 2012, 12:21 PM

When I lived in south florida I did. I rented them from arizona gun and knife shooting range. I shot an m4a1 and an uzi with a wood stock. IT WAS AMAZING!!! I had what I have sinced dubbed a "wargasm" which is where you dump a mag at 30feet just cause you can and feel like a stud. It was quiet the experience. Everyone should get to do this atleast once in their life.

James K · January 22, 2012, 02:18 PM

I owned a BAR, a STEN, an M3, a 1928 Thompson, and an M2 carbine, and fired them all when I could find an appropriate place. I sold them when I got old enough to be concerned about leaving my survivors with transfer problems. That was premature, as you might gather, but I got some nice money for them.

Jim

Redbeardsong · January 22, 2012, 02:38 PM

I've shot an MP5 and a M16.

warbirdlover · January 22, 2012, 02:57 PM

I'd LOVE a Thompson fully auto!! My dad carried one in WWII with a drum magazine on it. He said it would knock the enemy right off their feet when they were on a banzai charge.....

gearhounds · January 22, 2012, 03:32 PM

I have a Cobray M11 that hasn't seen a lot of shooting recently due to the cost of ammo.

A few years back, a buddy with a class III license brought out his collection to shoot; the short list:

MP5, MP5PDW, HK93, HK33, HK51, HK53, Steyr Aug, Uzi B.

Those were happy days!

pcb911 · January 22, 2012, 05:13 PM

Back in the early 70's, I worked part time as a shipping clerk for a major Class 3 dealer. Every so often the 6 employees and boss would pick out any weapons that we wanted to shot. And we had a selection of every thing that you can think of. We would go through thousands of rounds of all calibers that we would get with a lot of the trades. Some locals found out about our shoots and would just hang around till we were done just to pickup our brass. There was not much we did not shot. For safety, we shot into the damn for the city water supply. Never did start leaking.

Later on, I had my own Class 3 license for 12 years just to collect the guns. When I decided to let the license expire, I had 41 class 3 guns. Made good money on the sale because it was after 86. Had I waited to sell now, it would have been a hell of a profit.

medalguy · January 24, 2012, 11:22 PM

pcb911, sounds like me. I had a lot of machine guns before 1968 and registered most of them during the amnesty, sold off a lot of others that I should have registered and kept. I ended up with two .50 M2HB, two .30 ANM2, 1919A4, a Winchester M14, Colt XM16A1, Sten, 1921/28 Navy Thompson, M1 Thompson, M1A1 Thompson, M2 carbine, British Bren and Lewis, Russian Degtyarev, MAC10 and 11, and a few others.

I sold most of these in the late 70's and early 80's but kept a few which I still shoot. Should have kept them all since they cost me practically nothing when I acquired them. Hey, who wanted a .50 M2HB in 1964? Nobody was interested in them and they sold for about $200 each back then. I think I paid somewhere around $300 for the Navy Thompson and under $100 for the Sten. Who knew?

pcb911 · January 25, 2012, 06:02 PM

Yes, the 60' thru 80' were great times. I bought 4 Mac-10 with matching supp. for $75 each after the big auction on the US Courthouse steps in Atlanta. Reisings were $75 for a mil model cause noone wanted them but the PDs were full of them. Still a great shooter.

On the big guns like the H-2, I had one from E. R. Maples that was only fired once. Paid very little for such a big piece of metal.

Next time I go back to my old office, I plan to pull my files and compare guns I had by serial number and what I paid for them and what they are selling for now.

I miss the guns but I have no idea where you can shoot them in the S.E. without getting a visit from LEO. I had 200 acres long time ago but sold it, too.

Deja vu · January 25, 2012, 09:07 PM

I shot a Uzi and a M15 at Dragon Arms in Colorado. Very fun but they would be expensive to feed.

MidwestRookie · January 26, 2012, 03:05 AM

Yep..

I went on vacation down to Florida a couple weeks ago and a family that set up right next to me and my dad had brought a suppressed buckmark, and 2 full autos, a Steyr AUG and a pre-ban (pre-64?) H&K MP5.

Before we were getting ready to leave I asked them if I could have a shot at the MP5, he said he didn't have any more 9mm. Me and my dad just happened to be testing out his new pf9 and had one box of 9mm left so it was my lucky day!

I loaded it all into the MP5. I fired a couple shots single fire followed by a couple 3-round bursts then I finally let her rip. I've never had so much fun. Definitely one of those never forget moments. I was still smiling the next day. I'm hooked, but I doubt I'll ever be able to afford $15 grand to go full auto myself. What a rush tho..

Flapjack23 · January 26, 2012, 12:31 PM

Pre-86 my dad owned a FA M-16 and a FA G-3. I shot both a few times, none since then. This forum makes me believe I need to own one now.

Young.Gun.612 · January 26, 2012, 02:08 PM

I have a question, sorry to go off topic real quick here.

If one has a class 3 license, acquires some nfa weapons with it, then allows the license to expire, are they required to get rid of the nfa weapons or can they still keep them after?

Willie Lowman · January 26, 2012, 04:37 PM

Young Gun. You don't need a dealers licence (class 3) to own machineguns.

However there are two classifications of machineguns that only dealers can own.

Pre '86 dealer sample, also known as a pre-sample. These the dealer gets to keep after giving up his license.

Post '86 dealer sample, also known as a post-sample or postie. These the dealer must sell or destroy when he gives up his license.

Young.Gun.612 · January 26, 2012, 04:49 PM

That's what I was wondering, regarding the post '86. I know you can own pre May '86 registered machine guns on just the tax stamp. I just didn't know if you could keep the post ones after. Thanks!

January 21, 2012, 03:48 PM	#27
aarondhgraham Senior Member Join Date: December 1, 2009 Location: Stillwater, OKlahoma Posts: 8,638	I go rent a sub-machine gun every now and then. H&H Shooting Sports Complex. Usually on or around my birthday,,, I'll make the drive and rent one for grins and giggles. As you can see the rental fee isn't bad at all,,, It's the ammunition that runs up the cost. But hey,,, It's a wild thing. Aarond __________________ Never ever give an enemy the advantage of a verbal threat. Caje: The coward dies a thousand times, the brave only once. Kirby: That's about all it takes, ain't it? Aarond is good,,, Aarond is wise,,, Always trust Aarond! (most of the time)

January 21, 2012, 04:23 PM	#28
ronto Senior Member Join Date: January 5, 2007 Location: Smack Dab in the Middle of Nowhere. Posts: 505	M-60 while on night guard duty in VN. Shot mainly monkeys and deer that tripped the flares until the CO started charging us a dollar a round...that ended that sport. __________________ "We will do this: we will hang together, we will keep our organization, our arms, our discipline, our hatred of oppression, until one universal shout goes up from an admiring age that this Missouri Cavalry Division preferred exile to submission, death to dishonor". General Joseph O. Shelby, CSA (1830-1897) The only Confederate General who refused to surrender himself or his 1,000+ "Iron Brigade".

January 21, 2012, 04:23 PM	#29
Tankcommander Member Join Date: May 12, 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 61	I only fired full auto in the Army. M219, M60, M2, M3 grease gun, M85 50cal, M240. I loved the ammo burn off at the end of training. Shot 1000s of rounds over the years 20+ and I helped clean the MGs. TC __________________ Forge the Thunderbolt! Steel on Target! "ALLONS"11th ACR

January 21, 2012, 05:44 PM	#30
Willie Lowman Senior Member Join Date: March 5, 2009 Location: Uh-Hi-O Posts: 3,006	Jimbob86, My first post was what we scientists call "sarcasm." It is more commonly known as "being an ass." Asking if anyone in a NFA forum has ever shot a machinegun is kinda like waking into a bar and asking if anyone has ever drank whiskey. Uzi, MP5, MP5SD, M16A1, HK 33, HK 53, AK 47, 1919, and the most fun of them all, Ruger 10/22 with Norell trigger pack. ------- Forgot one. Beretta M12. __________________ "9mm has a very long history of being a pointy little bullet moving quickly" --Sevens Last edited by Willie Lowman; January 22, 2012 at 04:27 PM.

January 22, 2012, 03:54 AM	#32
Irish B Senior Member Join Date: October 10, 2010 Location: Colorado Posts: 359	Ak, M4, Uzi but none compare to the P90. That thing has an unreal rate of fire. But at $20 a clip it isn't so fun __________________ If a man hasn't found something worth dying for, he isn't fit to live

January 22, 2012, 03:38 AM	#31
phagar Member Join Date: November 20, 2009 Location: Northern Arizona Posts: 15	M-14's are great to shoot and very accurate, providing you have the correct accessories, (E2) . Full auto shotguns are fun also .

January 22, 2012, 10:22 AM	#33
warbirdlover Senior Member Join Date: December 13, 2009 Location: central Wisconsin Posts: 2,324	Cool stuff.

January 22, 2012, 12:21 PM	#34
HALL,AUSTIN Senior Member Join Date: June 23, 2011 Location: asheville north carolina Posts: 556	When I lived in south florida I did. I rented them from arizona gun and knife shooting range. I shot an m4a1 and an uzi with a wood stock. IT WAS AMAZING!!! I had what I have sinced dubbed a "wargasm" which is where you dump a mag at 30feet just cause you can and feel like a stud. It was quiet the experience. Everyone should get to do this atleast once in their life.

January 22, 2012, 02:18 PM	#35
James K Member In Memoriam Join Date: March 17, 1999 Posts: 24,383	I owned a BAR, a STEN, an M3, a 1928 Thompson, and an M2 carbine, and fired them all when I could find an appropriate place. I sold them when I got old enough to be concerned about leaving my survivors with transfer problems. That was premature, as you might gather, but I got some nice money for them. Jim

January 22, 2012, 02:38 PM	#36
Redbeardsong Member Join Date: October 17, 2010 Location: Athens, Georgia Posts: 63	I've shot an MP5 and a M16.

January 22, 2012, 02:57 PM	#37
warbirdlover Senior Member Join Date: December 13, 2009 Location: central Wisconsin Posts: 2,324	I'd LOVE a Thompson fully auto!! My dad carried one in WWII with a drum magazine on it. He said it would knock the enemy right off their feet when they were on a banzai charge.....

January 22, 2012, 03:32 PM	#38
gearhounds Senior Member Join Date: February 20, 2011 Location: M'burg WV Posts: 332	I have a Cobray M11 that hasn't seen a lot of shooting recently due to the cost of ammo. A few years back, a buddy with a class III license brought out his collection to shoot; the short list: MP5, MP5PDW, HK93, HK33, HK51, HK53, Steyr Aug, Uzi B. Those were happy days! __________________ Busting thugs since 1992

January 22, 2012, 05:13 PM	#39
pcb911 Member Join Date: February 10, 2011 Location: North Georgia & Fl. Posts: 44	Back in the early 70's, I worked part time as a shipping clerk for a major Class 3 dealer. Every so often the 6 employees and boss would pick out any weapons that we wanted to shot. And we had a selection of every thing that you can think of. We would go through thousands of rounds of all calibers that we would get with a lot of the trades. Some locals found out about our shoots and would just hang around till we were done just to pickup our brass. There was not much we did not shot. For safety, we shot into the damn for the city water supply. Never did start leaking. Later on, I had my own Class 3 license for 12 years just to collect the guns. When I decided to let the license expire, I had 41 class 3 guns. Made good money on the sale because it was after 86. Had I waited to sell now, it would have been a hell of a profit. __________________ Assume nothing.

January 24, 2012, 11:22 PM	#40
medalguy Senior Member Join Date: August 31, 2009 Location: New Mexico Posts: 1,033	pcb911, sounds like me. I had a lot of machine guns before 1968 and registered most of them during the amnesty, sold off a lot of others that I should have registered and kept. I ended up with two .50 M2HB, two .30 ANM2, 1919A4, a Winchester M14, Colt XM16A1, Sten, 1921/28 Navy Thompson, M1 Thompson, M1A1 Thompson, M2 carbine, British Bren and Lewis, Russian Degtyarev, MAC10 and 11, and a few others. I sold most of these in the late 70's and early 80's but kept a few which I still shoot. Should have kept them all since they cost me practically nothing when I acquired them. Hey, who wanted a .50 M2HB in 1964? Nobody was interested in them and they sold for about $200 each back then. I think I paid somewhere around $300 for the Navy Thompson and under $100 for the Sten. Who knew?

January 25, 2012, 06:02 PM	#41
pcb911 Member Join Date: February 10, 2011 Location: North Georgia & Fl. Posts: 44	Yes, the 60' thru 80' were great times. I bought 4 Mac-10 with matching supp. for $75 each after the big auction on the US Courthouse steps in Atlanta. Reisings were $75 for a mil model cause noone wanted them but the PDs were full of them. Still a great shooter. On the big guns like the H-2, I had one from E. R. Maples that was only fired once. Paid very little for such a big piece of metal. Next time I go back to my old office, I plan to pull my files and compare guns I had by serial number and what I paid for them and what they are selling for now. I miss the guns but I have no idea where you can shoot them in the S.E. without getting a visit from LEO. I had 200 acres long time ago but sold it, too. __________________ Assume nothing.

January 25, 2012, 09:07 PM	#42
Deja vu Senior Member Join Date: March 14, 2010 Location: Border of Idaho & Montana Posts: 2,584	I shot a Uzi and a M15 at Dragon Arms in Colorado. Very fun but they would be expensive to feed. __________________ Shot placement is everything! I would rather take a round of 50BMG to the foot than a 22short to the base of the skull. all 26 of my guns are 45/70 govt, 357 mag, 22 or 12 ga... I believe in keeping it simple. Wish my wife did as well...

January 26, 2012, 03:05 AM	#43
MidwestRookie Senior Member Join Date: September 4, 2010 Location: IL Posts: 462	Yep.. I went on vacation down to Florida a couple weeks ago and a family that set up right next to me and my dad had brought a suppressed buckmark, and 2 full autos, a Steyr AUG and a pre-ban (pre-64?) H&K MP5. Before we were getting ready to leave I asked them if I could have a shot at the MP5, he said he didn't have any more 9mm. Me and my dad just happened to be testing out his new pf9 and had one box of 9mm left so it was my lucky day! I loaded it all into the MP5. I fired a couple shots single fire followed by a couple 3-round bursts then I finally let her rip. I've never had so much fun. Definitely one of those never forget moments. I was still smiling the next day. I'm hooked, but I doubt I'll ever be able to afford $15 grand to go full auto myself. What a rush tho..

January 26, 2012, 12:31 PM	#44
Flapjack23 Senior Member Join Date: January 12, 2009 Location: Yale MI Posts: 163	Pre-86 my dad owned a FA M-16 and a FA G-3. I shot both a few times, none since then. This forum makes me believe I need to own one now.

January 26, 2012, 02:08 PM	#45
Young.Gun.612 Senior Member Join Date: April 28, 2010 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 400	I have a question, sorry to go off topic real quick here. If one has a class 3 license, acquires some nfa weapons with it, then allows the license to expire, are they required to get rid of the nfa weapons or can they still keep them after?

January 26, 2012, 04:37 PM	#46
Willie Lowman Senior Member Join Date: March 5, 2009 Location: Uh-Hi-O Posts: 3,006	Young Gun. You don't need a dealers licence (class 3) to own machineguns. However there are two classifications of machineguns that only dealers can own. Pre '86 dealer sample, also known as a pre-sample. These the dealer gets to keep after giving up his license. Post '86 dealer sample, also known as a post-sample or postie. These the dealer must sell or destroy when he gives up his license. __________________ "9mm has a very long history of being a pointy little bullet moving quickly" --Sevens

January 26, 2012, 04:49 PM	#47
Young.Gun.612 Senior Member Join Date: April 28, 2010 Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 400	That's what I was wondering, regarding the post '86. I know you can own pre May '86 registered machine guns on just the tax stamp. I just didn't know if you could keep the post ones after. Thanks!