Advice for a newb?

[palmettomoon]

I really am fascinated with the large belt fed WWI machine guns. I want a machine gun and have been saving/selling to buy one. My question is why are they so much less expensive than M16s and HKs? Portable/handheld I get. Is it a parts availability issue? I've just started looking so I don't know the market at all. Just seems like the old trench warhorses are about half a sub gun or rifle. Any input?

 

[fast306stang]

well...I dunno, my knowledge is limited but I have noticed a trend with some of it...expensive gun=cheap ammo, cheaper gun=expensive ammo...pick your poison lol

 

[GAgunLAWbooklet]

my guesses:

1-- with modern mag-fed guns (box or drum), they LOOK cool.
They support Walter Mitty-esque fantasies about heroic battles in the streets of Happy Acres subdivision in the town of Pleasantville, which could bevthe scene of the next revolution, the next riot, the next zombie mass awakening.

2-- For most of us under age 75, We didn't grow up seeing older belt fed weapons being used by heroes in battle, either in newsreels or in Hollywoid films.

3-- Spare parts/ finding a qualified gunsmith. What if something breaks?

 

[jeep78]

Potato digger thread

 

[Hayata]

No idea - but keep us posted on your journey!

Sub gun would certainly be cheaper to shoot than .303 or 8mm!

 

[Deleted member 79987]

Do most of the ones you've found use common calibers that are still available today?

 

[palmettomoon]

Do most of the ones you've found use common calibers that are still available today?

No, but I have loads of 8mm Mauser and 8mm Lebel.

 

[Hayata]

No, but I have loads of 8mm Mauser and 8mm Lebel.

You need an assistant gunner, please let me know!

 

[palmettomoon]

You need an assistant gunner, please let me know!

Anything that shoots 8mm Lebel needs an assistant, LOL!

 

[fastfish66]

No, but I have loads of 8mm Mauser and 8mm Lebel.

I thought only those weird people shot that caliber.LOL