FAC Posted March 14, 2022 Report Share Posted March 14, 2022 Beautiful Vickers machinegun with perfectly-duplicated VSM side plate. Fully Transferable. An exceptional example of the early British belt-fed machine gun that helped win both World Wars (and many movies). Corrugated steel water jacket. Includes an exceptional example of the MK.IV brass tripod mount, see photos, with matching serial numbers on the Cradle and the Tripod Base. One of the included accessories is an original wood Transit Case. Most Transit Cases were made to house both the Vickers and the Lewis Gun. Uniquely, this Transit Case was made only for the Vickers machinegun. Also, it has excellent felt on the top of the Case; this is missing from most Transit Cases. This Vickers comes with the following original accessories: a. Jungle Package ammunition chest with MK III ammunition belt box carrier b. White No. 10 Vickers belt box (not in photo) c. Original Dunlop rubber steam hose d. MK I flash and blast deflector e. Vickers clearing plug (broken shell extractor) f. Original two way broken shell extractor tool g. Leather spare parts case with carrying strap and oil can h. Original Vickers wooden transit chest i. Original white 250-round ammunition belt with brass tabs j. Half ammunition belt-Green, Australian, with steel tabs k. Two ammo belts without tabs l. Two extra Vickers barrels, one in excellent condition and the other appears unused m. One Russian Maxim metal belt (which works with 303 ammo in the Vickers and is easily hand-reloadable), in ammo can $24,500 To discuss this Vic, email sales@fullautoclassics.com or call (575) 405-0911 If you’re thinking of buying a Vickers, buy Dolf Goldsmith’s magnificent book, The Vickers Machine Gun, recently reprinted into an expanded and improved version. Fully-transferable. 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, taken it apart and put it back together, read about it. You have to understand that machine gun that has lasted a century,… waiting for you to bring it back to life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAC Posted March 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 More information on this PORTUGUESE VICKERS machinegun: After World War One, Portugal ordered 88 Vickers machineguns from Vickers Ltd. over eleven years, starting with three Vickers purchased in 1925. This exact Vickers, serial number 81874, is one of the three from that first order! See Dolf Goldsmith’s book: The Vickers Machinegun for verification! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbore Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, FAC said: More information on this PORTUGUESE VICKERS machinegun: This exact Vickers, serial number 81874, is one of the three from that first order! So is this an original C&R VSM gun, or a VSM(Cincinnati) gun assembled with Portuguese parts? Edited March 17, 2022 by bigbore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAC Posted March 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 "VSM" can certainly be ambiguous. The American company that named itself "VSM" in order to complete 150 original Vickers machine guns, imported into the US without right sideplates, created a degree of confusion by adapting the same initials as the original company: "Vickers Sons & Maxim." The description of this Portuguese Vickers does clearly state that it is a sideplate machine gun. The American VSM machinegun manufacturer imported most of the Portuguese Vickers manufactured in the 1925 - 1935 time frame. This particular Portuguese Vickers is one of the first three Portugal purchased from Vickers in 1925, and was completed by a US made side plate, manufactured by VSM of America in the 1970's and early 1980's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pstidan Posted March 17, 2022 Report Share Posted March 17, 2022 Richard "Dick" Wray named his class II manufacturing business "VSM" in honor and recognition of Vickers Sons & Maxim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twoodworth Posted March 24, 2022 Report Share Posted March 24, 2022 (edited) I didn't see it posted in the add so for clarification is it currently on a form 4 or 3? Edited March 24, 2022 by Twoodworth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAC Posted March 24, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2022 (edited) As a dealer, I received this Vickers on a Form 4. It will transfer to your dealer on a form 3, using ATF's eForms system that provides very fast transfer approvals on dealer-to-dealer applications. I will ship it in five business days of receipt of the approved From 3. I can ship everything but the Vickers to you, and the Vickers to your dealer. I can even ship the Vicker's internal parts to you, if you so-choose. Thank you for your inquiry. Edited March 24, 2022 by FAC typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuadQuadable Posted September 7, 2022 Report Share Posted September 7, 2022 Any chance it is still available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAC Posted September 8, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 Yes. Please call me Thursday at 575-405-0911. Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuadQuadable Posted September 8, 2022 Report Share Posted September 8, 2022 9 hours ago, FAC said: Yes. Please call me Thursday at 575-405-0911. Thank you I'll have to follow up at a later date. Have to put some money together. Wanted to express interest, but if you find a more immediate buyer then go with them, it won't hurt my feelings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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