Monday, 4 October 2010

Last Few Available

I just have four machineguns left:

Click the following links for details: 

Total value £1,035.....


or save £135 and take the lot for only £900!
if bought as bundle and collected from Ipswich.
click images for a better look
M56
  
Uzi
 
                            Hotchkiss Universal                   
  
PPS42 (Type 54)

Sunday, 29 August 2010

UZI


Iconic Israeli sub-machinegun with quick release wooden stock. You will pay over £700 for a fully cocking "old spec" deactivated Uzi, but for half that you can pull the cocking lever back on this one and pull the trigger (though it will not cock, as such). Loads of fun! Great to hold.

Deactivated in 1999

£350

postage extra - paid by buyer

Sunday, 6 June 2010

posting abroad

I have received a number of enquiries from buyers outside the UK. I am sorry but I have to be firm on this - I will not get embroiled in the legal and technical complications of posting deactivated guns to foreign countries. I am not certain of the legalities and am willing to accept what one gun dealer assures me is the case, that under certain circumstances it can be done, but I don't want to get involved. It is a minefield and the returns on a sale could not adequately compensate for the huge hassle involved.

If you are outside the UK and want one of my deacs, please arrange for a trusted friend in the UK to buy them from me on your behalf.

Thank you

Saturday, 24 April 2010

Yugoslavian M56 - New Spec - "Poor Man's MP40"

Top three photos of my M56 are courtesy of Rytons who sold me it.


As you can see, the M56 submachine gun was very much a poor man's MP40, which it copied after WW2, and as I write, this is the closest I ever got to owning the iconic Schmeisser (Erma) machine gun - apart from the one my Action Man had!

It was blowback operated, full automatic-only weapon that fired from open bolt. The bolt system is of simple design, with exposed, large diameter return spring. The cocking handle is located at the right side of the bolt and doubles as a manual safety - pushing it inwards locks the bolt in open or closed position. The stock is copied from MP40 and folds down and forward to save the length. Sights are of open type, with flip-up rear, marked for 100 and 200 meters range. One unusual feature of M56 is that it has a bayonet lug on the barrel and thus can accept a knife-bayonet.

Yugoslavia
Sub Machine Gun M56
Serial number D46059
Caliber 7.62mm
Barrel length 10"

Deactivated 13.03.2007
Certificate present

£250

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PPs42 (Type 54)

Middle of the three
Type 54 (Chinese produced PPS 42, designed by A. Sudarev)


Type 54 (PPS42)


China
Type 54 Sub machine gun
Serial number 2114409
Barrel length 240mm

Corner of plastic grip chipped off

Deactivated 13.03.2000
Certificate present

£185




Wednesday, 21 April 2010

Hotchkiss Universal (new spec)

click image to look close up

Produced for French paratroops, this is a fascinating design, as it folded up tightly. Originally the barrel also telescoped in and out, making it even more compact; the barrel is now welded in place. The cocking handle does not move but several other parts do, and if you are anything like me you won't be able to stop playing with the folding mechanism. The magazine will no longer retain rounds as its lips have been cut off as part of an unsympathetic deactivation.

A really great deac.

French
Sub Machine Gun - Hotchkiss
serial number CMH1751
calibre 9mm
barrel length 10.5"

Deactivated 25/1/99
Certificate present

£250