Ho Ho Ho now i have a machine gun

[rhuff]

Originally Posted by Arizona Slim

rhuff, you are making me cry, while stationed at Ft. Campbell, KY. in the early '60"s I had a friend that owned a gun shop in neighboring Tenn. that had what looked like a mint Thompson in the violin type case with a drum and two stick magazines, he wanted $300. for it, that's HUNDRED, I turned it down because I did not have the proper license to own an automatic weapon and I didn't want a visit from the FBI., when I turned him down he said he could take it to Chicago and get $500. for it. I don't know what became of it. He also had a full automatic pistol that he said was a .22 cal. Italian made pistol, we went out behind his shop and he fired off a clip full and I swear the empty's had the shortest spread coming out of that pistol I have ever seen, don't know what it was but it sure was impressive.

Lon

I know what you mean about opportunities back in the "good old days". Many times the opportunities were there, but no money to take advantage of it. I purchased my 1928 TSM in 1971. It took 6 months for the Federal paperwork to go through, and it took me that long to get the dollars together to purchase it. I am soooooo glad that I did it now that the prices have gone nuts!! I couldn't purchase one today at these prices.