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Originally Posted by Air.177
Easy there sir, I believe that Mr Mugwump was forced to decline the offer as the particular weapon was not on the,"up and up".
Good times,
Blake
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No, it was fully transferrable and above board. Illinois is not a "machine gun state" and it just wouldn't work out. The old gent was former Wehrmacht, captured on the western front and sent to do farm work in Wisconsin. He was never repatriated -- he married the farmer's daughter.
I introduced him to my Uncle Ray, who was a Marine, and they became fast friends. Ray always said he had more in common with him than all the American 4Fs he ran into.
CPTAUSRET Sir, I wish I'd known you when it was available! The old guy would have heartily approved of you as its new owner. You two would have had a lot to talk about. As it turns out I helped him sell it -- he donated the money to his fire department (her was a long time volunteer firefighter).