How about a Sub Machine gun? Or other selective fire pieces.

[Runs With Scissors]

I woudn't post such things without consideration.

Fact is that IF the event had happened in the manner related, it would have been over twelve years ago, without a single shred of evidence left. My current gun collection is one hundred percent and completely legal, (It feels good to be able to honestly say that) and I don't even speed or own copied DVD's or tapes anymore. The only thing existing is the story itself, which could easily be pure ahem.....fertilizer.

Heaven forbid I were involved in a shooting, or fell under scrutiny for some other reason and some hard nosed DA wanted to scrape up damning evidence of my terrible character, I'm positive they'd find plenty that's infinitely more interesting than the above story. Especially since the story is related in a tongue in cheek, self mocking manner expressing my very disinterest in illegal weapons.

 

[Noah Zark]

Well, let me be the "dissenting" voice here, seeing that I'm a "stamp collector" and currently have two NFA weapons:

Smith and Wesson 76:

Sterling Mk 4:

PA is one of the NFA-friendly states. I shot a 76 when I was in high school in 1970, the first FA weapon that I fired, so I kind of always wanted one. The Sterling is considered by many to be the "perfect" SMG, but some don't like the horizontal mag. I do. The Sterling's cyclic is about 600 rpm, and the S&W is a little faster at 720. Both are very controllable when toggling off doubles and triples which is the only way that I shoot these things -- I'm not one to "dump" mags -- because old Parris Island lessons die hard. I get asked at the range sometimes by others why I shoot in bursts and not just hold the trigger down. I offer them the gun and a mag with only 10 rounds in it instead of 34 (Sterling) or 36 (S&W) but I don't tell them. I show them how to hold and shoot it, then turn them loose. Invariably they zip through 10 rounds in about 1 second, and are shocked that a mag can empty so quickly when dumping. And even more shocked that the first round fell among the intended target jugs and the rest went parabolically downrange. "So that's why!" Yep.

Do I "need" an FA? No.

Why do I own them? Because I CAN. Because they are challenging and enjoyable to shoot in their own way. I like fastening two empty milk or washer solvent jugs to a length of light chain and placing such assemblies at ranges from 25 to 50 yards, then toggling off singles, doubles, and triples and watch them fly. They don't fly far thanks to the chain, but they do move around and are just reactive enough to be a challenge and to help polish my shooting skills. The Sterling is so well balanced that it can be maintained on target one-handed while firing.

There's a good number of NFA enthusiasts here in central PA, and several clubs have MG shoots now and again. Some are informal, some are publicized locally, and none are as big as Knob Creek. It is really enjoyable to get out with others, swap the toys around, and legally and responsibly take out steel plates, plastic jugs, empty plastic pop bottles, 5 gal buckets, and clay birds.

Some look at the NFA community as a bunch of elitist snob whackos, but I disagree. Sure, there are some who are iceholes, but you get iceholes in any aspect of shooting or any other aspect of life. But you can be assured that every NFA owner has been checked out by the authorities before the federal gubmit issued the approval and pasted on the stamp to the Form 4 application.

YMMV.

Noah