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Originally Posted by quinn
My apologies for for any inaccuracy in my earlier post. Hyman was a close friend of my grandfather's and his pistolsmith. Most of my info came from interviewing his son some 35 years ag for 2 magazine articles that I wrote and cannot find copies of. I also interviewed other family members for the articles but as I said they did not get into too many juicy details. I do not think anyone served time over this deal.
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Lebman always stated that he had no reason to suspect that his buyers weren't anything other than what he said they claimed, namely wealthy Texas residents.
And NFA weapons weren't NFA weapons prior to 1934 as there was no NFA.
Some authors suggest that Chicago/Cicero gangs purchased the weapons and then loaned them out to various criminals for a share of the swag.
So Lebman really may have been a totally legit, and talented, gunsmith.