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  1. Extremely Well Made German MG08 Maxim machine gun - manufactured in Berlin in 1917. This is an all-original C&R Maxim belt-fed machinegun, and appears to have all matching serial numbers except the feed block, lock and barrel. This is an exceptional example of WWI German Maxim machine gun craftsmanship, and fires the readily available 8mm Mauser ammunition (7.92X57). Mounted on a very clean example of a German WWI sled mount, dated 1918, which includes all the sled-mounted supplementary parts and tools: an extra barrel, two extra Maxim locks, broken shell extractor, cartridge retrieval tongs and chamber cleaning tool, plus the inner armor shield. This MG08 Maxim grouping is a complete set, an outstanding example to be proud of and to enjoy shooting. Yes, it is over one hundred years old. But if it is well cared for, it will still be shooting in another hundred years. Maxim machineguns, unlike modern machineguns, were made to last! Comes with steam hose, original 1916 Water Chest with spout, three Turkish aluminum linked belts (that can be easily filled by hand) and a complete WWI Gurtfuller 16 belt-filling machine with its tools, all fitting in an expertly-made reproduction Kasten wooden chest for the belt-filling machine. Gurtfuller 16s are extremely rare. (I believe this Gurtfuller 16 to be modified by the Turks to load the aluminum ammunition belts, but I have not succeeded in operating it). This Maxim assembly also includes an original WWI German combination hammer/spanner and a water jacket muzzle gland that reduces the Maxim’s rate of fire, making it less than the rate of fire using the Muzzle gland/booster assembly with flash hider, also included. This Maxim comes with an original ZF 12 optical scope in its leather case. Its optics are excellent but the reticle knob is stuck in mid-range position (a useful position for shooting). With this grouping of accessories, this MG08 Maxim is an exceptional set any collector would be proud to display and to shoot. C&R and Fully Transferable. $32,000. Videos available showing it shooting using an original WWI German cloth belt, a Swiss Maxim steel-link belt and a 1919 BROWNING CLOTH BELT!!! YES, the German WWI Maxim works reasonably well using US 1919 cloth belts, which are readily and economically available, and much easier to fill, using their proper US belt loader, than filling a German cloth belt. (Dolf Goldsmith told me he usually used 1919 cloth belts in his Maxims with only occasional ammunition feeding jams. This makes shooting the Maxim ever so much easier, if you have a 1919 cloth belt loader). For the dedicated WWI or German weapons collector, seller will include a set of WWI German Maxim Gunner’s Armor with the gun for an additional $8,000. Photo attached. sales@fullautoclassics.com or (575) 405-0911. Thank you. If you’re considering purchasing a Maxim machine gun, make certain you buy Dolf Goldsmith’s remarkable book, The Devil’s Paintbrush - Sir Hiram Maxim’s Gun. After reading through this masterful study of the Maxim machinegun, and enjoying its many historic photographs, you will be proud to own a WWI German Maxim machine gun. There are many reasons for people to be interested in machine guns. But if the guns, themselves, fascinate you, find an opportunity to shoot some of the World War I machine guns. They are utterly intriguing and have so much more personality than modern machineguns, many of which were derived from these century-old designs. The Communist PKM belt-fed machinegun operates with the same ammunition feed system as Maxim and Vickers machine guns . And, contrary to what everybody believes about the World War I French Chauchat machine gun, its bolt is of the same basic design as the M-16! “There’s nothing new under the sun.” Investigate World War I machine guns. You will be fascinated with them as you learn more about how they function, and have more opportunity to interact with them. The thrill is in shooting a machine gun that is one hundred years old. You don’t just stick in a magazine, cock it and pull the trigger, like it’s an M11-9. You have to know how it works. You have to have studied it, read about it, taken it apart and put it back together. You have to understand that machine gun, that has lasted a century,… waiting for you.
  2. what will you pay or the Philadelphia Ord blank? sales@fullautoclassics.com
  3. I have a Chinese Type 31 60mm mortar, an exact copy of the US 60mm of that WWII era. On a US bipod, which Don Bell of Omega Arms, who imported and demilled a number, said was the way 50% of his imported Chinese mortars were equipped. I have videoed shooting it with US 60mm inert projectiles- quite a hoot! $7500. Also Russian M38 mortars, for $3,000 and $4500. I have never shot them but they are in fine condition. All are 1930's - early 1940's registered DD's. Also a 1939 British Boyes rifle with >200 rods of 55 ammo. sales@fullautoclassics.com
  4. I have an original Chinese 60MM mortar available and two Russian mortars, 50 or 52MM. All live, and registered destructive devices, and C&R
  5. I would like to purchase a barrel, in good condition or better, for the Erma EMP submachine gun. A photo is attached to help you identify it. Please email photo, description and price to sales@fullautoclassics.com. Thank you.
  6. Collecting and shooting artillery eclipses machineguns. But few collectors have the opportunity to advance into artillery. And few pieces of artillery are portable enough to transport with a pickup, yet be the center piece of a den, living room or professional museum display. The WWII 75 mm Pack Howitzer, featured in many photos taken in the Pacific and European Theatres of World War Two, fulfills both requirements. On November 16, 2022, Morphy Auction Company is offering a superbly detailed example of the US WWII Pack Howitzer in Morphy's EXTRAORDINARY FIREARMS AND MILITARY AUCTION. Go to Lot 2061 at morphyauctions.com to learn more about this fine example and its array of accessories.
  7. Russell Maguire purchased Auto-Ordnance Corporation in 1939 and, over the six years of World War Two, provided the Allied Nations around the world with Thompson Submachine Guns to fight and defeat Hitler's troops. This massive undertaking was successful, in part, by Frederic A. Willis, Maguire's Vice President and a close relative of Winston Churchill. To honor Willis' significant contribution, Maguire presented Willis with this sterling silver miniature Thompson Submachine gun. In exchange, Frederic Willis wrote and presented to Maguire a privately published history of the Thompson, titled "TOMMY." These ultra-rare Thompson collectibles, along with a superb example of the 1928A1 Thompson submachine gun produced during the years Frederic Willis helped guide Auto-Ordnance Corporation, are being offered by Morphy Auction Company on November 16, 2022. Go to morphyauctions.com and learn the fascinating details of Lot 2012 in Morphy's EXTRAORDINARY FIREARMS AND MILITARY Auction.
  8. Recently featured on FORGOTTEN WEAPONS, this grand weapon system would be the centerpiece of any military museum or private collection. On November 16, Morphy Auction Company will be offering this Twin 50 for sale as Lot 2021 in Morphy's EXTRAORDINARY FIREARMS AND MILITARIA AUCTION. Go to MorphyAuctions.com to review this offering.
  9. Remarkably kept paired since shipped from COLT to Major Hugh Pollard in Dublin, Ireland in April, 1921, this consecutive pair of Thompson Submachine Guns, serial numbered 134 and 135 are being sold by Morphy Auction Company on November 16. Go to MorphyAuctions.com, to the Extraordinary Firearms and Militaria Auction, Lot Number 2017, for their complete description and extraordinary history.
  10. One of the most difficult WWII bomber aircrew jobs was the Waist Gunner’s. He defended one side of the aircraft with a single 50 caliber Browning machinegun in a flexible mount. Most of these gun mounts were scrapped with the planes at the end of the war. This example, a Bell Aircraft Corporation version, serial number T 18462, has been expertly restored by Dan Spears, a former Navy pilot. The pictures show Dan’s perfection and workmanship. Also included is a 36” 50 BMG Aircraft barrel with excellent bore, and an Aircraft Barrel Shroud. $7500 delivered in CONUS. Email sales@fullautoclassics.com or call (575) 405-0911. Thank you.
  11. Will consider older, properly registered machineguns, even not functioning properly, and older COLT FIREARMS, IN EXCHANGE.
  12. POOR MAN’S BAR MONITOR When COLT produced the R80 MONITOR Automatic Machine rifle in 1931, a lightened and shortened version of the Browning Automatic Rifle, only 125 were made. The FBI received most of them and many orders from law enforcement agencies across the US went unfilled. Today, for those few Monitors that were properly registered by 1968, there are numerous collectors willing to pay six-figure prices to add one to their collection. Here is a fully-transferable alternative! This BAR was originally a Marlin Rockwell 1918 Browning Automatic Rifle, later updated to a 1918A2 and so marked on the receiver. Before 1968, the rear tail of the receiver was cut off, leaving the operational portion of the receiver intact. This piece, from the forward edge of the receiver at the barrel threads, to a point behind the Locking Shoulder of the receiver, was not cut and remained a single piece. When a BAR is fired, the Bolt Locking Surface is positioned in the Locking Recess, fully-against the Receiver’s Locking Shoulder, fully-locking the action, to handle the powerful 30-06 cartridges. The piece of the receiver tail that was cut off, does not contribute to the locked strength of the receiver, but does support the bolt in its rearward movement after each shot. The cut edge of the receiver was squared off and two receiver pieces were fit and welded to it, to reconstruct the BAR receiver. Yes, this BAR receiver is not as desirable as an untouched, transferable WWI example, but this POOR MAN’S MONITOR would be more costly if it was based on an untouched receiver. Plus, THIS REWELDED, BARRELED, BAR RECEIVER WAS REGISTERED IN THE 1968 AMNESTY: MODEL 1918A2 BAR MANUFACTURED BY MARLIN ROCKWELL. Examine the many photographs. The barrel was shortened to 18 inches and has excellent rifling. The CUTTS Monitor Compensator was obtained from Kent Lomont, who contracted with an engineering firm to reproduce six beautiful examples. The pistol grip lower receiver is from a Fabrique Nacional BAR. It shoots only is full-auto. The cyclic rate of the BAR is about 500 rounds per minute, slow enough to easily fire multiple bursts from a single 20 round magazine. The magazines need to be either FN BAR 30-06 magazines, or US BAR magazines with the FN magazine catch notch added. See the magazine photo to best visualize this. Three magazines come with this BAR. This BAR functions well and is a unique experience to shoot. The Colt Monitor was a significant improvement for the BAR; the FBI recognized it and obtained most Colt’s production run as soon as they were produced. The photographs show the exterior surfaces of the where the welds are, and interior views of the welded areas. The receiver is finished in black Cerakote. $42,000, Fully-transferable. Transfers to your dealer promptly by eForms. For questions or to purchase this POOR MAN’S MONITOR, call (575) 405-0911 or email sales@fullautoclassics.com. Thank you!
  13. More Economical RUSSIAN WWII M38 50 MM MORTAR If you are just starting your collection of WWII or Communist Bloc weapons, this example of the 50mm Russian will save you a few $$$$. It is the same M38 type light mortar the Russians used to defeat the German invasion of their Fatherland from 1941 to the end of the war. This Model 38 Russian mortar, dated 1940, was also made before the German invasion and undoubtedly was used in much of that terrible four year conflict. This mortar has been reparkerized, has an excellent bore, and has a welded repair to the body of the tube. See photo. The repair is about the size of a quarter, and was not an ATF deactivation hole, which requires the hole to be the size of the bore, 50mm. It was either a repair to battlefield damage or a repair to a small hole someone drilled in the tube after it was removed from service. HOWEVER, its ATF Form 4 registration from 2008 designates the manufacturer as “SOVIET ARSENAL U.S.S.R.” If this mortar has been deactivated and not registered, and the deactivation hole was then welded up and it was registered on ATF Form 1 or 2, the manufacturer would be the name and address of the party reactivating it, not “SOVIET ARSENAL.” The details indicate it was never deactivated and, when originally registered, was a live M38 Russian mortar. YOU DECIDE. It employs the unique ranging system that bleads off combustion gas from the discharge for close-range shots. This Russian Mortar is classified as a destructive device and can only transfer to a licensed destructive device dealer, manufacturer or importer in your state, who can then transfer it to you. The transfer procedure is the same as transferring a suppressor, requiring the $200 transfer tax and other documentation. $3000 plus shipping. Email sales@fullautoclassics.com or call 575-405-0911. Thank you.
  14. RUSSIAN WWII M38 50 MM MORTAR This is your opportunity to add to your collection an original 50mm light mortar the Russians used to defeat the German invasion of their Fatherland. From its start in June of 1941, the Russian battle with the German Wehrmacht cost the lives of 20 million Russian citizens. This enormous confrontation on the Eastern Front, consumed vast amounts of military assets Hitler would otherwise have used against the Allied and American forces. This Model 38 Russian mortar, dated 1939, with a 1940 dated baseplate, was made before the German invasion and undoubtedly was used in much of that terrible four year conflict. This M38 mortar is all original, has an excellent bore, shows no signs of ever having been deactivated, and is Curio and Relic eligible. Its finish appears to be original, and it employs a unique ranging system that bleads off combustion gas for close-range shots. This Russian Mortar is classified as a destructive device and can only transfer to a C&R license holder or a licensed destructive device dealer, manufacturer or importer in your state, who will then transfer it to you. The transfer procedure is the same as transferring a suppressor, requiring the $200 transfer tax and other documentation. $4500 plus shipping. Email sales@fullautoclassics.com or call 575-405-0911. Thank you.
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