Fantasy Gun Purchase. What would you buy?

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It's only 61k, but I suppose you could lay-in a couple years supply of ammo and spare parts.

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If I had that kind of cash to play with - I go to all the big guns shows and auctions and bring a moving van with me to haul off the booty.
 
Dammitboy: "It's only 61k, but I suppose you could lay-in a couple years supply of ammo and spare parts."

Portland, Maine PD just picked up two of those M113s for free, surplus. Tourists this summer best behave themselves on Route 1.
 
I guess if I had to settle for a small arm, I'd accept the first musket fired by an American colonist at Lexington Green on 18 April 1775.


unfortunately we are not sure who fired the first shot. The Brits OFC said we did and we OFC say they did and then there the ones who say the guy in the tavern/barn/behind wall did.


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hangovur: "unfortunately we are not sure who fired the first shot. The Brits OFC said we did and we OFC say they did and then there the ones who say the guy in the tavern/barn/behind wall did."

It was all I could do to keep the time machine disguised in the barn. Too many bumpers of flip in the tavern got me thinking it might be fun to see what would happen if I turned the famous Lexington Parley into a real Battle. And what do you know? Bullets go flying, Paul sets off on his horse, there never is a King's Conference on Colonial Grievances, and the thirteen colonies go into full-blown revolt! Sadly, I lost track of that musket while covering the Battle of Monmouth; been looking for it since.
 
For fantasy use of $20 very very large, I could persuade one of those tube gun builders to make me a very personal, semi-auto, national match rifle. I think I could sink a couple million into mag research and design since there seem to be some many problems with them.

For real life use, $20 million is plenty of capital to buy or start your own gun company. There are lots of historic models that would sell in reproduction, and there are empty niches in modern guns as well.

Now that I think about it, $20 million is probably enough to build and equip a privateer to War of 1812 designs and standards, including perhaps 10 cannon per side. Operating costs will eat you alive, though: all those crew.
 
I thiink this would be nice and the rest of the money can be used on ammo. :D

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I also really woudl like to have a fully auto short barreled AA-12 shotgun that can shoot mini grenades. Oh well you cannot have everything.
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Maybe someone can help me pick which one I should by with my $20,000,000?
 
Duke, Paul took his ride the night before the Brits came. He told everyone that they were coming, otherwise the Brits would have found an empty field, not the minutemen. Oh, but you knew that, cause you were there.
 
shotgunjoel: "Duke, Paul took his ride the night before the Brits came. He told everyone that they were coming, otherwise the Brits would have found an empty field, not the minutemen. Oh, but you knew that, cause you were there."

I referred to his and Prescott's ride to Concord during and after what became the Battle of Lexington:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Revere

"Revere, Dawes, and Prescott were detained by British troops in Lincoln at a roadblock on the way to nearby Concord. Prescott jumped his horse over a wall and escaped into the woods; Dawes also escaped, though soon after he fell off his horse and did not complete the ride. Revere was detained and questioned and then escorted at gunpoint by three British officers back toward Lexington.[6] As morning broke and they neared Lexington Meeting-house, shots were heard. The British officers became alarmed, confiscated Revere's horse, and rode toward the Meeting-house. Revere was horseless and walked through a cemetery and pastures until he came to Rev. Clarke's house where Hancock and Adams were staying. As the battle on Lexington Green continued, Revere helped John Hancock and his family escape from Lexington with their possessions, including a trunk of Hancock's papers. The warning delivered by the three riders successfully allowed the militia to repel the British troops in Concord, who were harried by guerrilla fire along the road back to Boston. Prescott knew the countryside well even in the dark, and arrived at Concord in time to warn the people there."
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