Luger Cache w/US GIs during WWII

the gunman · 06-01-2008, 10:48 AM

They were not allowed to ship full auto stuff home. But it sure did not stop they from doing so. Many were confiscated here at the postal dept. But many many just got home. Had a vet living next door to me who brought home a MP-40 and an MP-44 he took apart. He simply brought them home in his duffel bag. I remember asking him about bringing them in to the U.S. He said they warned us not to and told of penalties for bringing them in. But many guys said F((&% you and disreguarded this as BS. By the way, I never heard of a case of any WW II GI being charged with bringing anything in. That vet is long gone now and I moved away years ago. I often wonder what happened to those guns. I did manage to get to shoot both -I remember I had a real job finding the 8mm kurtz ammo.

06-01-2008, 10:48 AM	#19
the gunman User Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Leland NC 28451 Posts: 1,017 Thanks: 1 Thanked 13 Times in 12 Posts	They were not allowed to ship full auto stuff home. But it sure did not stop they from doing so. Many were confiscated here at the postal dept. But many many just got home. Had a vet living next door to me who brought home a MP-40 and an MP-44 he took apart. He simply brought them home in his duffel bag. I remember asking him about bringing them in to the U.S. He said they warned us not to and told of penalties for bringing them in. But many guys said F((&% you and disreguarded this as BS. By the way, I never heard of a case of any WW II GI being charged with bringing anything in. That vet is long gone now and I moved away years ago. I often wonder what happened to those guns. I did manage to get to shoot both -I remember I had a real job finding the 8mm kurtz ammo.