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Rather fair article -- on machineguns!
From the not-exactly pro-gun Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
"Randy Powell has a .50-caliber machine gun he would like to sell you —but he can't afford to.
The monster, sitting in a cage in back of his gun store and shooting range in Lawrenceville, can cut down a tree — and could easily fetch $30,000 in a perfectly legal sale. But for Powell, the sale would be the equivalent of hawking a Picasso or vintage wine.
The gun increases in value exponentially each year....."
Hat tip to reader Justin Martin.
Comments
An M2HB is fun to shoot. And it's perfectly accurate for an open-bolt weapon, you've just got to lean into it when it's on auto.
I just don't understand how it's any fun to fire it in an *indoor* range. We fire them on tank ranges...
"The gun increases in value exponentially each year."
Exponentially is the way most things change in value. Interest, inflation... all exponential.
Posted by: scooby at October 22, 2007 05:09 PM
Machine guns increase in value because supply is artificially capped. (18 USC 922(o))
The dollar decreases in value because supply is uncapped.
Put the two together and the dollar value of machine guns goes up very fast.
Posted by: Jim W at October 22, 2007 05:19 PM
> I just don't understand how it's any fun to fire it in an *indoor* range.
I happened to be at an indoor range with my wife on my day off one day when somebody brought in and set up a Ma Deuce. It was *impressive* and was very good at dusting off the range fixtures (benches, firing line, etc.) :)
BOOM! BOOM! BOOMBOOM!
Posted by: John Hardin at October 22, 2007 09:25 PM