Sweet. Does it work?
I don't know Swiss gun laws. In England you could buy it, but it would have to be deactivated - thus my "does it work" wonder.
2200. Wow. You say it came with a XX and a XXX stick. Does that mean that the L drum in the top pix did not come with it? That drum, by the way, here would easily be five hundred to a thousand dollars, just by itself.
The Savage 28s, while not as desirable as the Colt 21s, are extremely good guns. And the finned barrel is a plus. The later Savages had smooth barrels.
One came in the shop a few years ago. It had been part of shipment on its way to Cuba, and was found by our Sheriff in '61. He told his deputies that, if anybody wanted something, just take it. The deputy that took it registered it in our last amnesty. The man that owned it a few years ago was a city official that had been indited for taking bribes (and a few other things). His son brought it in. "Daddy is going to jail. I know it, he knows it, everyone knows it. So he won't be able to own guns, so we need to sell this." He wanted ten grand, but unfortunately I did not have it. So I convinced myself I did not need that Savage, since I already had a West Hurley.
It WILL work. Unfortunately there are a few pieces missing which I discovered when I field stripped it: hammer, hammer pin, recoil spring and firing pin spring. The seller (auction house) is checking with the original owner. Otherwise they will procure those parts and send them to me.
It came with the three mags, the 50 rds L drum and both stick mags (they came in a seperate package with some UZI mags I bought).
Switzerland is a gun country, with a militia army and a solid tradition of shooting, with service rifles being kept at home, and available to soldiers when they finish their service for a very modest fee (full autos being converted to semi auto only).
Swiss attics are full of K11 & 31, Sig 510 & 550, as well as the whole array of Swiss issue handguns. A guy at the local range just bought a Sig P 210 army for 500.-
As to full auto weapons, unlike the US (1986 act?), they are all legal to own under certain circumstances (sizeable collection, serious security and safe storage) but very difficult to shoot. You have to ask for a special permit for a specific date (cost 150.-) and a range that agrees. Not easy.
So there is a good supply of all kinds of full auto weapons, old and new (M16, AK 47, HK G33 & MP5, Glock 18, Sten, UZI, modern SIGs etc) at reasonable prices (typically 2 to 3 grands).
Cool story, expecially with the Cuba connection (I just contributed to a post on Cuba Thompsons on machinegunboards).
In hindsight I guess you should have sold the West Hurley and bought the Savage.
