.https://kommodo.ai/i/aMBkXGj2jUJktgZ8KM2g

Set 1  :  3 mags  marked MP5 HK

dated 11/67 11/67 and 12/67

Set 2. :  SD over MP5 HK

dated 8/76, 7/78, 7/78

Set 3. :  MP5. Hk

dated 11/68, 4/68, 4/68

Set 4. :  1 marked MP5 HK dated 19/67

1 marked 9x19  IG and 1 marked 9x19 IH

Set 5. :  Dated  8/73 over MP5 HK

mags and pouches condition the same as pictured.

    Every now and then I like to make posts like this... They are good for business. People (including aspiring M60 owners) google everything M60 and they come across these posts... Which often leads to conversations and business.
Doing some M60e3 work tonight and I (as I always do) realize how much I enjoy this version of the gun.... The standard version of the M60 was the primary medium machine gun for all branches of the US Military throughout Vietnam and many years after...Design flaws were identified very early on but it's what they had, and the Military just dealt with it... Until the 1980s... Saco Defense was the primary manufacture for the M60 and they did not want to loose their massive contracts. They began working toward reducing the weight of the weapon and eliminating the design flaws that the standard version had. I believe they had knowledge that the Military was also eyeing up the M240......
   So, in 1985 Saco Defense introduced the M60e3 Machine gun. It was the lightest version of the M60 ever made (still is) weighing in at 18.75 Lbs. This was in comparison to the 23.15 Lbs of the standard M60.... It also corrected most of the major design flaws, like being able to charge the weapon with the top cover closed.
The Marine Corps and the Navy adopted the M60e3 right away. The Army and the Air Force would choose to keep their standard Vietnam configuration M60s.....The Marine Corps, being the marksmen we are, chose a longer barreled version of the M60e3....It was all they used.... While the Navy saw an advantage to the short barreled M60e3.
   After going into service, the weight reduction of the E3 was enjoyed, but grunts (depending on who you talk to) did not like how the thin barrels handled heat compared to the old thick standard M60 barrels. Many Marine Corps Units would use their e3s with old standard barrels. Many grunts also complained about the flimsiness of the gun.... Of Course, opinons vary... and many many many guys absolutely loved them.
The Navy loved their M60s... So much so that they kept them in service even after all branches dropped them. Well into the mid 2000s..

   While the new deigns shaved weight and were nice guns, that did not help the reliability issues. Bolts chipping and breaking for one.... In 1989 the M240 and M60 / M60e3 went head to head... Reliability trials had begun (I have an original box from the M60 Saco sent for this testing. Photo below). The M240 would significantly outperform the M60 during this extensive testing..... All branches of the Military would adapt the FN M240 ... By the mid 1990s the vast majority of M60s were taken out of service. 
   After that, Saco Defense would close in 1997. General Dynamics would carry on in the same facility, but the 60s were no more ... There was a handful of people who got to go to the Saco Defense plant and purchase remaining inventory and tooling.... Including Curtis Debord, who founded US Ordnance in 1997 and picked up production of the M60.......

Some photos below.

Aaron - Mohnton, Pa
Sales@BeltFeds.Com

Long barrel and short barrel M60e3s


Standard M60 Vs M60e3


The Saco Defense box and crate from the M60 they sent to compete against the M240 in trials


M60e3 in use by the military



 

The Gun of Rambo … Stembridge movie rentals purchased 3 transferable M60e3s for the movie Rambo II… As seen on this 1985 issue of Firepower Magazine


I would end up acquiring two of the orignal boxes for the M60e3s used in Rambo II. Photos below

The Saco Defense Brochure for the then new M60e3 Machine Gun

1) Will the Class 1 SOT cover both the Type 1 FFL as well since the Class 1 SOT is "a higher level SOT".

2) I am under the impression that a business only needs one SOT per location and it would cover the FFLs there provided it is the right class, such as the Class 3 SOT I currently have would not cover the Type 8 as the Type 8 FFL would be a Class 1 SOT but the Class 1 would cover the Type 1 FFL as if you are importing, you are also dealing etc and the Class 1 is encompassing enough to cover both import and dealing activities.

3) If I drop the Class 3 SOT, do I need to transfer the Pre-Mays to my Type 8 FFL or since they are Pre-Mays, I could just leave them on the current FFL or LLC the FFL is under since even if you drop your SOT, you can keep the Pre-Mays as long as what ever entity that houses them still exists. 

Just want to make sure I have all lined up before paying for the Class 1 SOT and dropping the Class 3 SOT.

Thanks

Jason

Thanks,

Rudy

ATF confiscated it 40 years ago and a judge recently ordered it sold and I got it.

How rare, Springfield Armory made 470 m14's for civilian use before 1986. Of those 470 , 27 where bush length, and within those 27 only 11 where folding stock.

So the question do I wipe off cosmoline and shoot it or leave it new in box.

You're welcome.

Rex 

https://web.archive.org/web/20040623132852/http://www.sturmgewehr.com/webBBS/nfa4sale.cgi

Still nothing here, it used to come in April... 

I have them in both stick and drum mag versions

Any help is appreciated

I know the M16 FCG is the same as the 5.56 counterpart, but I have been getting mixed information on the auto sear. Is it also the same part or is it a different part than the 5.56 version? Curious because the bolts are different.
 

Thanks in advance.

Steve Ou

Combat Ventures LLC in Texas

07/02

I own a factory HK MP5 that is fully transferable (no restrictions)

Its really a mint gun.Very very presentable

What is your opinion as to value?

Appreciate any input 

Feel free to PM me with your contact information and I'll pass it along to the buyer.