How long are you keeping your MAC?

[macs_imum]

I'll trade for 7 one ounce gold coins. Good deal if you got the gold a while ago. Lol
Gold was only $600 an oz in 2005

 

[bender-bending]

Just sold my Mac to fund an m16. Had the Mac for a year and a halfish.
In a few years when my bank account feels better, I might look for a mac again, unless they truly skyrocket in cost.

 

[zirad54]

Getting ready to dump my m11/9 with the Lage max11 upper, different bolts, 22 kit etc before next May. Daughter starts college. Had fun with it but family priorities...

 

[Captain murrica]

Getting ready to dump my m11/9 with the Lage max11 upper, different bolts, 22 kit etc before next May. Daughter starts college. Had fun with it but family priorities...

Good man! Or women I suppose the name doesn't tell me anything haha. I shocked my wife the other day when I told her I actually thought of selling my MG's to pay off the mortgage...thought, not decided . If I sold them and all the crap that goes with I'd double my money on them.

 

[rybread]

Ya keep it until you run out of ammo at the end of the world and the zombies eat your brain.

 

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Democrats take over the world?

 

[Battering ram NIB]

Just sold my Mac to fund an m16. Had the Mac for a year and a halfish.
In a few years when my bank account feels better, I might look for a mac again, unless they truly skyrocket in cost.

id grab another quickly before they are $10,000+

i enjoy my Mac more than my M16

a Semi AR is as much fun as a M16 most of the time for me...im faster at knocking down targets in SA, but i guess it depends on what type of shooting you enjoy doing....owning a M16 is a goal of most FA collectors...seems like everyone collector owns one

 

[bender-bending]

^Absolutely. I was offered a NIB colt m16a1 locally. The only way I could do it was to sell the Mac. The goal was always to get an m16. Now that Ill have that I'll feel comfortable, and it'll never be out of reach. A mac should be in reach again in the future. If they are 20K+ like an m16 I won't bother with a mac anyway. I have a sten that I actually enjoy shooting more than the mac, but a mac is great for competition.

 

[nklf]

Would I sell a Mac? Sure for the right price. I will probably keep a Mac till I'm too old to shoot but that does not mean I would not buy and sell in the short run. I don't normally sell guns but sometimes by buddies talk me out of one.

 

[IndustrialRescue]

Never sell. Prior to 41f, I'd considered an M16. Now it's the only MG I'll ever have. Might pass it on to another trustee in the family, but will never sell.

 

[JohnnyE]

No plan to sell. I'll take a terrific offer (most everything is for sale for the right price) but unless I need the money, or someone goes nuts with their offer, I'll hang on, then pass it on.

 

[bk2520]

Bought my first one (M11A1) and kept it in the safe for years before shooting. Once I took it out I had to get another (M11)! Can't see myself selling but I thought the same thing about my first pistol and now its gone. I do think tastes change but the platform seems so versatile it would be a shame not to keep one just to see what upper/caliber combo will be next.

 

[desperado]

I couldn't imagine ever being able to replace it for what I paid and I enjoy shooting it and having others shoot it too much to let go. I don't really believe in selling guns since each one I own is purchased to fill a spot in a planned collection.

 

[cockednlocked45]

I don't plan on selling mine. But if I had to sell the m10/45 or the m11/9 I don't know which one I could let go of. Which would you sell first?

 

[PDXsparky]

I don't plan on selling mine. But if I had to sell the m10/45 or the m11/9 I don't know which one I could let go of. Which would you sell first?

I would definitely sell my M10/45 before my M11/9.

 

[Offmarksman]

As versatile as this platform is (and continues to be), I have considered selling an ac556 to buy another. Don't know why, but I have always preferred things in pairs...

 

[rhouston8]

I wouldn't sell my macs just to get some $/profit ( unless in dire straits) BUT Potentially I would offload them in a trade for another MG. The only MG I see owning " forever" is my MP5k bc it was my first.

 

[A&S Conversions]

I'll trade for 7 one ounce gold coins. Good deal if you got the gold a while ago. Lol
Gold was only $600 an oz in 2005

Yes, and what was the that MAC style RR selling for in 2005? It certainly wasn't $4,200. If you really enjoy shooting it, you are missing a big "opportunity cost". You sell your RR today. Since it is a trade, you might not get those coins up front. You fill out the paperwork and send it in. Six to eight months from now, the gun transfers and you get the coins. You convert the coins you need to buy another RR. You are looking at least another six months before it is yours if you find a local deal. It could be over a year to transfer a personally owned out of state gun. Depending on circumstances you could loose almost two years of trigger time. Two years of trigger time is worth much more than that, at least to me.

It seems I'm coming from this from another direction. My first machinegun was a factory Colt roll marked "M16" RR. Then the MGI lower came out. While looking for a DIAS, I bought a LL so I could use the MGI modular lower. Once I bought the LL I found a good deal on a DIAS. I sold the Colt gun and LL and bought a Vollmer converted 94 "married" to a Fleming HK sear.

A very close friend introduced me to the MAC style family of RRs. Thanks "Vegas". I sold my Savage built M1A1 REWATT because I only shot it once a year. Rolled some of that money into MAC style RRs. I have a RPB M10 with an Uzi magwell and Task slow fire conversion and an '86 M11/NINE. I just got my notice of my Gray Ghost from PS. I'm sending several ILWT barrels to have Sam mount them into his side cocker uppers. I would not sell my four machineguns (DIAS, HK sear, M10 and M11/NINE) for double their market value. Why, because I could loose almost two years of trigger time as explained above. If I could has a replacement transferred to me before hand I would consider it. YMMV.

Scott

 

[EL DUCE]

I don't plan on selling anytime soon. My son will get the guns when it is time.

 

[robertmcm]

Never say never. I don't want too but no one knows what the future holds.