LugerForum Discussion Forums - View Single Post

SixPackSuperBee · 05-09-2005, 12:45 AM

I have had this rifle for about seven years. I purchased it for $1400.00 as an odity addition to my collection. I had no idea it is a rare piece, actually since you tell me it is rare then is probably a fake or something. I was told what it was at a gun show about two years ago because there are no markings on the rifle other than the "FN" logo on the right handside of the receiver. I purchased it from a man from Georgia who told me that in the early fifties it was a rifle tested by the U.S. government to replace the M-1 Garand. When I asked how he came about it he became vague and changed the subject. I have no way of confirming this story and it well may be a fabrication. If I can get one of my friends to help me with submitting photoswith my posts I add pictures but I have no idea how.
Now, as for my nickname. I only dabble slightly in firearms.....my true passion is classic American automobiles. I have a 1969 Dodge Super Bee which is equipped with a 440 cubic v-8 engine. This engine is aspirated by three two barrell carburetors which Dodge nicknamed the "six pack". So the car I have is a 1969 Dodge "SixPackSuperBee" and hence the name.

05-09-2005, 12:45 AM	#27
SixPackSuperBee User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Louisiana Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I have had this rifle for about seven years. I purchased it for $1400.00 as an odity addition to my collection. I had no idea it is a rare piece, actually since you tell me it is rare then is probably a fake or something. I was told what it was at a gun show about two years ago because there are no markings on the rifle other than the "FN" logo on the right handside of the receiver. I purchased it from a man from Georgia who told me that in the early fifties it was a rifle tested by the U.S. government to replace the M-1 Garand. When I asked how he came about it he became vague and changed the subject. I have no way of confirming this story and it well may be a fabrication. If I can get one of my friends to help me with submitting photoswith my posts I add pictures but I have no idea how. Now, as for my nickname. I only dabble slightly in firearms.....my true passion is classic American automobiles. I have a 1969 Dodge Super Bee which is equipped with a 440 cubic v-8 engine. This engine is aspirated by three two barrell carburetors which Dodge nicknamed the "six pack". So the car I have is a 1969 Dodge "SixPackSuperBee" and hence the name.