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The Thompson was a "Deactivated War Souvenir" i.e. a real .45 Thompson used in WWII which had been deactivated meaning lead had been poured in the breech and barrel. Thus it could not be fired.
 
a few smart boys figured out how to "get the lead out" so the ATF started to make them cut a section out of the receiver for a demil. you can make a replica using mg parts with a mild steel receiver ( non-fireable) but iirc it must say non-firing replica and there was something else you had to do. i never got into that so i never into the regs....especially after the mg ban. after that passed "technically" just owning a part of a mg ( let me clarify...a part that only a mg used...bolt with the lug on it...disconnect, trigger group, etc) could constitute having a mg in your possession. it was pretty open ended...with a lot depending on the ATF agent's interpretation at that moment in time....and of course they would never be @$$#0!es. a lot of places sold parts kits...everything minus the receiver. certain fireams like H&K there was no difference between the receiver on the semi HK91 ( 7.62mm), 92 ( 5.56mm), 94 ( 9mm) and the select fire G-3 and MP5. so if you owned the civilain semi and bought the parts kit you swap out the trigger group and bolt carrier...you had a rock and roller. other firearms used a different receiver ( m1a and m14) or fired from an open bolt ( Mac 10s ) so there would have to be some extensive modifications done.
 
They still sell parts kits. And I've read articles of folks who have done re-weld jobs. But I'm dubious no matter how many times welders have told me that a weld is "stronger than the original". I'm not buying that bridge.
 
Yeah the machine gun thing doesn't interest me whatsoever. Kinda like playing XBox or other video games. I do it once and am satisfied to just watch others do it. In fact, that is my exact feelings about piloting a plane. Done it. Meh. Rather just observe.
 
Well, it's not the end of the dry spell but one of the dealers in town got a couple thousand rounds of .22 both LR AND!!! WMR been a good customer so he finally sold me a brick of .22WMR. It's the Winchester Varmint HE, 34 grain and 2120 fps. Looks like a nasty little round, actual HP bullet with cross-cuts. Don't know if they'll work in the PMR yet but they will be great rounds for the Hendry.
He also got several boxes of the Blazer .40 S&W at $16 per 50rnds so picked up 200rnds of that as well.
 
My Theory - The Ammo Shortage: an illusion.
Now I know that it is not much of an illusion when you've come to the ammo shop for the 100th time to find no .22, .40, .45. ect. Been thinkin, researching, talking, and internetting here is my Theory. Think of a long pipe, one end is the Manufacturer like CCI and the other your store. CCI and others are making as much or more ammo than they have in the past. And are putting it into their end of the pipe. But at the store end it is empty. Why? Simple, middle level distributors and/or their employes who are taking the ammo out of the pipe BEFORE it reaches the store. Where does it go? Simple, again go to any gun auction site, lo and behold cases and cases of all calibers. Yesterday on one site I found 80 CASES of .22LR and 87 CASES of .22WMR for sale at, get this, $0.99 PER ROUND. This character stands to make over $160,000 JUST on .22
At the lower feeding level every morning at 6AM or so the same 7 guys are waiting for the Walmart store to open, straight to sporting goods to buy any newly arrived ammo. Once they know what has arrived they immediatly call the rest of the crew at other stores to co-ordinate their buying. They've created a new job for themselves. And right to the auction site at 5 to 10 times the price they paid at Walmart. The clerk at Walmart said, "Well now you know why our shelves are empty"
 
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Happened to walk into a Walyworld for some RV stuff and the sales girl was just putting out a box of 8 Remmie 55gr .223,1 box(8 50rd boxes),yeesh,bought 2 of the 50rds boxes for 27.00 and change...Still no .22lr
 
Don't know if it's preppers,govt or what this is BS....What's scary is that .223,308 and .22lr are probably(arguably) the most used rounds for hunting and plinking,where the hell are just the normal non military rounds?
 
Guys, spend some time looking up gun/ammo auction sites, you will find CASES of those calibers and outrageously inflated prices. These guys are not making this ammo and it is not at local stores, it has to be coming from the distribution network BEFORE stores even see it.
Jut one site has 11,256 ammo auction in progress and stores have zero
 
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there arent THAT many preppers. i went through the 80s scare where even the preachers saying to prepare from the pulpit. the 4 Gs...god, guns, gold, and groceries were the golden rule. granted, we werent in the midst of any military conflicts....but ammo was available and reasonable. even during the first sandbox war....i was able to sell ammo at dirt cheap prices. the government has put a halt to the importation...and the media has decided not to waste their time and money to report it. if you want to do anything write your elected officials and tell them to quit blocking or reverse whatever import restrictions they have put on ammo.
 
Bobby, I don't know what qualifies as "that many" there really doesn't need to be. I have not seen .22WMR in any of the stores around here in 6 - 8 months. ONE auction seller was auctioning 18 CASES in 3 case lots most were being bid for between $700 - $800 for the 3000rnds. So I ask again where does one person? score 18 cases to sell when Walmart does not even get more than ONE case (rarely) at a time which they then break-up. I don't know how many distributers there are but they are the holes on the pipe and the auction sites are where it's being sold at a very large profit. Just like the $50 - $60 30rnd M-16 mags selling on ebay.
 
Mags are going for that much now!? Just like before the Clinton gun ban. Glad I picked up 8 P-Mags a year or so ago. Wish I had picked up more now. All these people paying such high prices will regret it in a few years. And those hoarding at high prices just to flip them will end up on the shitty end of the stick when the prices dive back down. Just a matter of time.
 
One can only hope. And yes if people would just stop paying these inflated prices it would all stop but in the meantime someone is going to make over $13,500 on just .22WMR
 
Matt308 said:
They still sell parts kits. And I've read articles of folks who have done re-weld jobs. But I'm dubious no matter how many times welders have told me that a weld is "stronger than the original". I'm not buying that bridge.
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A weld is only stronger when its done by a properly trained, skilled and equipped welder, say for uk, to and above CORGI/oil industry regs - but I imagine most of the 'self improtant' back street welders are at best only construction work rated, and will use what fluxes and solders/rods are to hand resulting, as you hint at Matt, a weaker weld that also damages the material around it.
Dangerous as hell to them and anyone nearby...
 
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