Why are old Mac cans occasionally going for $1k+?

[cjsoccer3]

Ruben just sold a MAC Powder Springs M10/45 can for $1,450
Link: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/794351321
Rock Island Auction: RPB M10/45 can for $1,495
Link: https://www.rockislandauction.com/d...tries-m10-suppressor-class-iiinfa-suppressors
Then MAC Marietta GA can for $430 (not yet finished auction)
Link: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/794422585

What’s the deal are people collecting these now? And what’s driving the difference in price? I wouldn’t have thought much for RPB, but it’s the highest. Then the two MAC cans are different in location.

 

[BuffDragon]

nostalgia

 

[ccosby]

No clue, I'm used to seeing them for next to nothing when you buy the host gun.

I just bought got one for a m11/9 with the gun. I just had to pay the transfer tax as it was on a form 4. Figured I'd have bowers rebuild it just for the hell of it.

 

[robertmcm]

Dang I have a nostalgic SWD 380 can that’s in great shape. Not nostalgic to me though.

 

[b_saan]

Never underestimate the stupidity of online auction bidders.

 

[sigstroker]

You literally could not give me one. Not worth the transfer tax. A friend of mine had one so I know how they shoot.

 

[ktk120]

I was in the same position of the host mac was same price with or without. I figured it was worth the stamp to have a MAC can but the dealer I got it from said that he does see them as having a 600-700 value to right person

 

[Battering ram NIB]

They werent until last night

Ive been offered m10/45 ones on form 4 for $300 2-3 times. I laughed and turned it down. I had offered $200 both times and been told no

I bid and won the 380 can last night for $399 shipped on a form 3. But watched the 10/45 can go to $1300 in amazement

I wonder if it’s rich people going nuts?
I gotta think Ruben is happy today.

I believe they are $200 cans. $400 max

I like the look of the 2 stage can on a Mac 10–escape from my style

I think $1300 is insane. I’d like to hear from the bidders where they see the value in these. They are not hard to find

 

[ktk120]

I guess if you got money and probably have a large mg collection is $1300 really that much if that’s what you want. I think we would need to see that as a sustained thread.

 

[ScottinTexas]

This is really odd. I'm no expert on the old Sionics cans but I await some input from those on this board who are.If I recall these were MAC cans, not RPB. Still, very odd.

 

[ferndog1]

I like the "old school" look of the original MAC cans. (with modern wipeless baffles). I do have one with a s/n that matches my PS M10, it has not been updated.
The downside to any used suppressor is the $200.00 transfer tax. As far as prices, I would pay a premium for one that matched the s/n of my gun, but certainly not $1400.00.
A lot of MAC suppressors were sold with serial numbers that matched the host guns, but no one wanted to pay an extra $200.00 for an old obsolete can, thus most matching suppressors were separated from their MACs.

I had a guy give me a MAC can a few years ago. He said if I would pay the xfer tax he would give me the can. He bought a MAC, but didn't want the suppressor that came with it. He told me that the can was still at his dealer, I explained to him that since I was also an SOT, it could transfer to me tax-free on a Form 3. So I offered to send him the $200.00, I did we were both happy.

 

[Erehton]

I have a 2 stage RPB can that came with my PS that had a nomex foam cover torn but usable. I wanted the classic look.
Pulp Fiction, Vincent Vega gets a mag dumped into him (still shot only):

 

[patracy]

I'd like to find a cheap .45 can.

 

[IndustrialRescue]

Aren't those cans normally free, just pay the stamp?

 

[challenger70rt]

Not gonna lie.. always loved the look of the M10 w the two stage sionics can. When I decided to get one, I had to have one that was s/n to the gun.

 

[Battering ram NIB]

anyone has a M10/45 can for sale id be interested.

 

[b_saan]

anyone has a M10/45 can for sale id be interested.

Best time to ask would have been last week...

 

[Battering ram NIB]

Best time to ask would have been last week...

the market is 4 or 5 guys....once they spend their nutty money it will go back to normal...ive turned down a bunch over the years....suddenly they are hot for a week...

 

[nklf]

I guess the real question is did the winning bidder on the GB auctions actually pay or did they become non-responsive after they sobered up? Rock Island gets some wild bidders as well. I think the true value is $100 to $300 but there will always be the exceptions.

 

[Battering ram NIB]

$200 is where i put it....on a form 3 $400

i kept watching that $1300 45 auction keep going.....people kept bidding my 380 can up every 15 mins too...lasted 1-1.5 extra hours....just going up $10 at a time while the m10/45 one went up $150 at a time

im fine with my swd 380 one for $395 shipped...im getting the guts swapped out and plan to use it on 9mm and 380.....i bought it 100% for history/looks