Poll, Submachineguns

[Alpo]

I'd like an MP5SD - always regretted not getting the one I was offered.

And there was a MAC11 that was pretty fun. Little Ingram buzz-gun - 380 about the size of a Colt Commander. Only ran one magazine through it, but it was a lot of fun. No legitimate use that I could see, but a lot of fun.

Like to have a Colt 1921, also.

 

[roundgunner]

MP5 for me please. It just feels right.

 

[Number1gun]

Mini Gun for the win....

 

[chud333]

This is the only one i've every owned.
Appropriate for this forum.
A S&W 76
Foolishly sold it many moons ago for around 3K
which was the going rate at that time.


Wish i had it back now.

Chuck

 

[Kilibreaux]

You stated SUB-machinegun which leaves out all the good stuff like M-16's, AKM's, STG-44's, MG34/42, M1919, M1918 BAR, M60, M249, BREN, and of course M2.

However if I could own a selection of sub-guns I'd start with the now-defunct American 180 .22LR, and add it's superior cousin from across the pond, the MGV-176. I'd also want the AM-15 drum feed upper AND my Razorback belt-feed upper mated to an M-16 lower.
I'd want a P-90 or six.
I'd want suppressors on all of course.
I'd also like the Ares FMG for pocket carry in the park.
In fact, a brace of converted G20's with 20 round custom mags would also be nice, but of course not "OEM."

Of course I'd want a Thompson of any year or stripe though I am partial to the M1 after they tossed that ridiculous Blish lock. I would modify it by "dehorning" all those crazy-sharp edges.

I'd want an MP-5SD.

I'd want a AA-12 (is that a subgun?)

I'd probably have to pick up an M3 grease gun and a Sten, and an MP-40.

 

[alwslate]

Always wanted an M3A1 Grease Gun. I have no idea what they go for
these days but I assume they are cheaper than Thompsons.

 

[Fishinfool]

Shot a Thompson once, it was a blast, and would be my choice for its "cool" factor.

Used to be issued the Colt 9mm SMG based on the m-16 platform. Didn't like the handling or the reliability.

Later used the HK MP5, and it is probably the best and most practical SMG out there. They made me give it back when I retired...

Larry

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I had a suppressed MAC-10 in 9 mm. They are a big yawn! Sold when I didn't look at it for 10 years. A Colt 1921 OR 1928 is the grail gun of subs! The MAC-11 in 380 with suppressor and brief case would be high on the list! HK MG-3 (like a MG-42 in 308 and NATO links) A friend of the family has a HK 53 (like a MP-5k in .223 W/40 round mags that work) But the muzzle blast is fierce! A M-60 would be nice, since thousands of vets know the tricks to make'em run smooth. (My best friend and oldest son are 2 of them). And the BIG DADDY of all the M-2 Browning 50 cal or if wimsy hits you a Quad mount AAA version! Ivan

 

[Kilibreaux]

@Ivan,

Interesting point about the Ingram. DECADES ago back in the day when one could by an open-bolt semi-auto M-10 a friend and I bought some. His was a 9mm, mine a .45. Well, they ended up "converted" somehow, then ended up with suppressors somehow, and what I found interesting was that HIS 9mm was ultra-reliable, so quiet with a brass catcher attached you could hear the smack of the bullets across the river. MINE - the .45 ACP, was never reliable, mags had trouble feeding the weight of a stack, recoil without the mass of a suppressor hanging off the front was uncontrollable even two-handed, and the 90 lb. trigger let-off ensured that when the gun did fire it was going to rip off a significant number of shots before the finger could get off it!
I've never had a desire to possess an M-10 since that time....as you stated, "yawn."

But if I WERE going to add one to my list it would be the M-12 380...truly tiny, tiny suppressor.
I eventually replaced the "modified" part (disconnector) and sold it off.

 

[Texas Star]

Probably a Sterling SMG, the production version of the Patchett used in the Mau-Mau Emergency.

But I'd like to try the MP-5.

And I want a Bren gun. (I know, but others are also fudging on the SMG qualification.)

 

[cmort666]

If it could only be just one, a Thompson, either an M1928 with vertical forearm or an M1928A1 with the horizontal.

It's the submachinegun equivalent of a P-51D.

 

[Muddyboot]

I would be very happy with a Thompson or a PPSH.

 

[steelslaver]

A Thompson for a sub

But, I would much rather have a cut down M60. THE GUN

 

[Kilibreaux]

Probably a Sterling SMG, the production version of the Patchett used in the Mau-Mau Emergency.

But I'd like to try the MP-5.

And I want a Bren gun. (I know, but others are also fudging on the SMG qualification.)

The BREN is REALLY nice! Except for being magazine fed it incorporated all the features of modern LMG's found today. Even when reconstituted in semiauto form the BREN is bad to the bone!

 

[Kilibreaux]

If it could only be just one, a Thompson, either an M1928 with vertical forearm or an M1928A1 with the horizontal.

It's the submachinegun equivalent of a P-51D.

I used to crave a Thompson until I owned one. The problem is they are HEAVY - unecessarily so. Reliable yes, but at a huge, HUGE weight penalty. The work done on the M1 was intended to curb this.

 

[Donn]

I used to crave a Thompson until I owned one. The problem is they are HEAVY

That's a fact. I had one in Vietnam. It weighed a ton and didn't have a shoulder stock. I never fired it. It was in rough shape. It was for getting pictures taken with, and impressing new guys and REMF's. To the question. An MP5.

 

[cmort666]

This is the only one i've every owned.
Appropriate for this forum.
A S&W 76
Foolishly sold it many moons ago for around 3K
which was the going rate at that time.


Wish i had it back now.

Chuck

I did some computer work for a guy who owned one. Kept it on top of his bookcase, loaded. Used to shoot groundhogs in his field with it.

They were in a bunch of movies in the '70s and '80s, including "The Omega Man" and "Magnum Force".

 

[cmort666]

I used to crave a Thompson until I owned one. The problem is they are HEAVY - unecessarily so. Reliable yes, but at a huge, HUGE weight penalty. The work done on the M1 was intended to curb this.

I hear from people who shoot them that the weight is an advantage, since it makes them more controllable than lighter guns.

 

[cmort666]

A Thompson for a sub

But, I would much rather have a cut down M60. THE GUN

I HATE M-60s. It's an amalgam of other guns (including the Lewis Gun, FG-42, and MG-42) executed BADLY.

I recall being in ROTC in the '70s, running across an open field of tall grass on campus with one. The leaf spring came loose (as they ALWAYS did), allowing the trigger group pin to fall out. That left me standing there with the pistol grip in one hand and the rest of the gun in the other.

It really sucks, trying to find the spring and pin in tall grass on a sunny day in mid-Missouri. It must REALLY suck to have to do that, at night, in a downpour, in a rice paddy in Vietnam.

It's better than a Chauchat, but then so's a Hi Point.

 

[dcxplant]

Heck if we're dreamin', make mine Ma Deuce!!

A good old A1 M16 would be great too.