In the old days you could get one, original, with case and drum mags for like $250.
Personally I'd have a hard time buying something where 90% of the value rests on government fiat. Imagine if they lifted the ban on new receivers.
That drives me crazy, too. The only reason those guns cost any more at all than their less-regulated cousins is because of the government artificially restricting supply (the bastards). And yeah, imagine how super-pissed you'd be if you bought an MP5 today for, like, 20 grand, and then the next day, it's only worth a couple grand because the ban died.
Of course, think how HAPPY you'd be because then you could just get another MG without losing an arm, a leg, both kidneys, part of your liver, and your freaking firstborn.
~GnSx
I think my friend just changed his mind.
Brad
Tell him to think of it as a new SUV except:
Doesnt use any gas
Will likely go up in value
Cheaper to insure
Chicks really dig hearing "wanna ride my Tommy Gun?"
Rabbi, I regularly receive catalogues from a police supply company that I've done a little business with.
They sell M16A2's to departments for between $600 and $700.
There is no reason why a full-auto version of a particular gun should be more expensive than its semi-auto counterpart.
There is no reason a Cadillac should cost more than a Chevrolet. But it does.