BREN & THOMPSON Live CA for sale

Mr Wolverine

Mr Wolverine

CGN Regular
Location
Manitoba. Canada
A very good example of a WW II Bren MK II 1942 caliber .303 manufactured by John Inglis, comes with the gunners spare barrel carrier (Includes spare barrel and extras) and a magazine box with 9 mags. The Bren is the world’s best magazine fed Light Machine Gun firing a full power cartridge. The MK II featured a few simplified modifications in order to lower production costs but most importantly to speed up production. This gun is a Converted Auto so prohibited class (12.3). Price is $2,200.00 plus shipping and tax. This gun has just been transferred to myself so all the details of conversion have been approved so I would expect the transfer to the new owner to be completed very quickly. Please do not ask us to de-activate this old girl, but yes, she could be deactivated to special order for an extra fee.SPF


A fine example of a WW II Thompson model M1A1 caliber .45ACP Sub Machine Gun. Arguable the best model Thompson as she had a simplified operating mechanism to lower costs and speed up production, this simplified design resulted in a super reliable gun, although a little awkward (until you get used to them) and a little heavy. Comes with two 5/30 magazine, one 5/20 mag and a rare original Kerr sling. Price is $2,200.00 plus shipping and tax. This gun has just been transferred to myself so all the details of conversion have been approved so I would expect the transfer to the new owner to be completed very quickly. Please do not ask us to de-activate this old girl, but yes, she could be deactivated to special order for an extra fee.SPF

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Mr Wolverine said:
A fine example of a WW II Thompson model M1A1 caliber .45ACP Sub Machine Gun. Arguable the best model Thompson as she had a simplified operating mechanism to lower costs and speed up production, this simplified design resulted in a super reliable gun, although a little awkward (until you get used to them) and a little heavy. Comes with two 5/30 magazine, one 5/20 mag and a rare original Kerr sling. Price is $2,200.00 plus shipping and tax. This gun has just been transferred to myself so all the details of conversion have been approved so I would expect the transfer to the new owner to be completed very quickly. Please do not ask us to de-activate this old girl, but yes, she could be deactivated to special order for an extra fee.

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Very much interested in the live M1A1 .45 Email sent to Ryan! ����
 
I am actually surprised by the price of these. 2 200 for each? May I ask how they come in as low as that? Is it because of limited market, or something else? I would have thought an automatic (albeit prohibited) gun in Canada would go for higher than they do in the states, those prices hitting five figures there.
 
Ramblr said:
I am actually surprised by the price of these. 2 200 for each? May I ask how they come in as low as that? Is it because of limited market, or something else? I would have thought an automatic (albeit prohibited) gun in Canada would go for higher than they do in the states, those prices hitting five figures there.
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Supply and Demand

The US capped the total number in 1986, BUT DID NOT CAP THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE BUYERS.
Canada capped the number of guns, AS WELL AS THE BUYERS in 1976.
Each year there are LESS buyers left here.
 
Ramblr said:
I am actually surprised by the price of these. 2 200 for each? May I ask how they come in as low as that? Is it because of limited market, or something else? I would have thought an automatic (albeit prohibited) gun in Canada would go for higher than they do in the states, those prices hitting five figures there.
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If Canadian owners of full automatic firearms could sell them in the US I doubt if there would be any left in Canada! As has been said the difference in price is due to supply and demand and closed borders.
 
Ramblr said:
I am actually surprised by the price of these. 2 200 for each? May I ask how they come in as low as that? Is it because of limited market, or something else? I would have thought an automatic (albeit prohibited) gun in Canada would go for higher than they do in the states, those prices hitting five figures there.
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If I read the original post correctly these are converted automatics so in essence they are semi automatic. Adding to the shortage of grandfathered 12.3 eligible owners, another part of their low price is that it's virtually impossible to shoot any of them. Still, knowing they are live and not a welded piece of crap is worth something...if you are legally able to own them in the first place.

The other good thing about these two is that they've been through the inspection part of the transfer recently (and passed). There are horror stories where these have been inspected, with the usual thoroughness of our firearm folks, only to find the auto to semi-auto conversion isn't to their liking and the firearm is seized. No compensation to either the buyer or the seller. And even if you do pass their inspection, the process can take literally years.
 
trainman278 said:
It's too bad.... only a bunch of old guys can own these.
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Hey, hey, steady there, young buckaroo! We're not all on our death beds quite yet, ya know?!? I'm all of 53 and I know of others in their late 40s with the prohibited endorsements. Maybe that seems "old" to the young whippersnappers, but I'll let you in on a little secret - 50 is the new 30!!

What we need is an amendment to C10A that will allow prohibited long guns to be transported for legal discharge at any accredited civilian range with the appropriate calibre template, as is currently the case for 12 (6) prohibited handguns. My dozen or so prohib rifles and SMGs have been collecting dust in the safe since early 2005 when the last Special Authority to Possess permits were issued. It is nothing less than a crime against living history. Don't even get me started on the delayed confiscation without compensation to the estate, and no 12 (7) grandfathering of my prohibs for my son. Think about it - a mint FNC1A1 and C1 SMG (among others), going off to the smelter without a penny of compensation!! I refuse to let that happen to my prohibs. When I croak they will go to the nearest accredited gunsmith for deactivation and sale to the public under the care of my executor. The government can kiss my shrapnel-scarred azz. One way or another, they aren't getting their greasy mitts on my hardware!
 
Bartok5 said:
Hey, hey, steady there, young buckaroo! We're not all on our death beds quite yet, ya know?!? I'm all of 53 and I know of others in their late 40s with the prohibited endorsements. Maybe that seems "old" to the young whippersnappers, but I'll let you in on a little secret - 50 is the new 30!!

What we need is an amendment to C10A that will allow prohibited long guns to be transported for legal discharge at any accredited civilian range with the appropriate calibre template, as is currently the case for 12 (6) prohibited handguns. My dozen or so prohib rifles and SMGs have been collecting dust in the safe since early 2005 when the last Special Authority to Possess permits were issued. It is nothing less than a crime against living history. Don't even get me started on the delayed confiscation without compensation to the estate, and no 12 (7) grandfathering of my prohibs for my son. Think about it - a mint FNC1A1 and C1 SMG (among others), going off to the smelter without a penny of compensation!! I refuse to let that happen to my prohibs. When I croak they will go to the nearest accredited gunsmith for deactivation and sale to the public under the care of my executor. The government can kiss my shrapnel-scarred azz. One way or another, they aren't getting their greasy mitts on my hardware!
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Well said dad
 
Bartok5 said:
Hey, hey, steady there, young buckaroo! We're not all on our death beds quite yet, ya know?!? I'm all of 53 and I know of others in their late 40s with the prohibited endorsements. Maybe that seems "old" to the young whippersnappers, but I'll let you in on a little secret - 50 is the new 30!!

What we need is an amendment to C10A that will allow prohibited long guns to be transported for legal discharge at any accredited civilian range with the appropriate calibre template, as is currently the case for 12 (6) prohibited handguns. My dozen or so prohib rifles and SMGs have been collecting dust in the safe since early 2005 when the last Special Authority to Possess permits were issued. It is nothing less than a crime against living history. Don't even get me started on the delayed confiscation without compensation to the estate, and no 12 (7) grandfathering of my prohibs for my son. Think about it - a mint FNC1A1 and C1 SMG (among others), going off to the smelter without a penny of compensation!! I refuse to let that happen to my prohibs. When I croak they will go to the nearest accredited gunsmith for deactivation and sale to the public under the care of my executor. The government can kiss my shrapnel-scarred azz. One way or another, they aren't getting their greasy mitts on my hardware!
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YES!!!!

And how about rescinding the 'grandfathering' of these prohibs so rare, historic firearms in the 50 to 100 year old rage can be passed on and aren't smelted or welded shut. Surely the reason for prohibiting these pieces of history is long passed (if it ever existed in the first place...which it didn't).

What I find worse, is that if these 'prohibs' do get deactivated so they live on, it's to such a rigid (anal) standard that they are all but slag. The old '#### and click' standard would render them just as safe and preserve at least a little of their respectability.
 
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