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Post by saa45colt on Aug 4, 2006 15:27:45 GMT 1
I have been asked to loan my Vickers for display at a September Arms Collectors Show. The collector group is putting together a display of "Arms of WWII" They would like it in some sort of a gun emplacement. The Browning 1919 they have for the US Army is to be surrounded by sand bags. I would like to have something different for the Vickers.
Thanks,
SAA45Colt
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Post by saa45colt on Aug 6, 2006 23:04:04 GMT 1
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Post by missingsomething on Aug 7, 2006 4:22:21 GMT 1
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Post by saa45colt on Aug 7, 2006 13:23:19 GMT 1
Yes, the tripod is not an olive drab military. At sometime in the past, all the bronze was very carefully polished and buffed and all the steel parts were lacquered in Chinese Red. Whatever it was being used for, it was obviously meant to be seen and not concealed.
SAA45Colt
Southlake, Texas
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Post by saa45colt on Aug 7, 2006 13:36:01 GMT 1
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Post by NZ L1A1 Collector on Aug 7, 2006 22:26:49 GMT 1
Nice to see you have an L85A1 (SA80) on the wall there. How many of them are floating around the US, there can't be many.
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Post by saa45colt on Aug 8, 2006 16:34:54 GMT 1
No, there are not many SA80s. Just a few got in to the country before the assualt weapon ban went into effect in 1986.
For a while I could buy LAL1's by the truckload if I had the money. They were selling for about $350 US. I bought several. One British, one Canadian, One Israli heavy barrel, and one from Argentina. When the prices doubled on them I sold all but the Canadian. Selling them was a mistake. I should have kept them all.
They are selling around $700-$900 now for one that has been Americanized with US made internal parts and converted to semi-automatic.
SAA45Colt
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