Considerations On Full-Auto's

June 24, 2017, 02:16 PM

My story goes back to the late 80's when stuff was much more plentiful..$400 new MACs, $1500 new M16s, HK Sears, $500.

Of course back in those university days I wasn't loaded so most of these FA toys were mostly out of reach. Fast forward to the mid-90s and I had the money to buy a M11 Mac and two HK sears. Went to Knob Creek almost every year.

So now I have an HK53-A2 and MP5-A2, plus a collection of some other SIG babies. I started looking on the sales boards/machine gun values and was astonished to see how much those "back in the 90s" guns now cost today! My MP5 I had built for $1800 HK94, $500 sear, and $700 misc. costs. $3000 total build.

MP5s are now routinely flirting with $40,000! Quite a bit more than the $3,000 which it cost me to build my MP5..

Of course, playing the equities market can help out too.. skim some of the capital gains from some stock sales to buy machine guns..

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June 24, 2017, 04:22 PM

JoshNC

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Originally posted by heckler:
My story goes back to the late 80's when stuff was much more plentiful..$400 new MACs, $1500 new M16s, HK Sears, $500.

Of course back in those university days I wasn't loaded so most of these FA toys were mostly out of reach. Fast forward to the mid-90s and I had the money to buy a M11 Mac and two HK sears. Went to Knob Creek almost every year.

So now I have an HK53-A2 and MP5-A2, plus a collection of some other SIG babies. I started looking on the sales boards/machine gun values and was astonished to see how much thos "back in the 90s guns now cost today! My MP5 I had built for $1800 HK94, $500 sear, and $700 misc. costs. $3000 total build.

MP5s are now routinely flirting with $40,000! Quite a bit more than the $3,000 which it cost me to build my MP5..

Of course, playing the equities market can help out too.. skim some of the capital gains from some stock sales to buy machine guns..

Yeah I wish I started buying when I turned 21 in 98. Prices were still very reasonable compared to the mid-2000s to now. I could have started buying at 21, but sat on the fence perseverating. I finally started buying in 02. But my philosophy toward MGs has changed over time. I used to want factory MGs and factory spec conversions. Had I started buying in 98 I would have skipped HK sears and bought pushpin RR guns. I should have picked up a DIAS when they were cheaper. There are still a few "must have" items on my list - AUG sear gun, WW2 28 Thompson, Swede K. And a few that I want and may add - Powder Springs M10/9, maybe a m60, 1919. I need more HK hosts for my DLO frame and fleming sear.