Bobson
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My dad owns a gun I've always been very curious about.
It's a .45 ACP semi-automatic SMG-style weapon, with either a 25 or 30 round magazine (I don't recall). It would easily classify as an ugly gun by most men's standards, but I've always been fond of it. It has dark wood furniture, and the whole rest of the gun is the same textured matte black metal as the magazine.
My dad has always claimed he oversaw the making of it (and several others - it was allegedly a high-count order) when he was a machine shop foreman, when I was very young (Sometime between 1981 and 1989 is my best guess, my dad says he doesn't remember exactly when it was). He says he got it because it was the first one produced in his shop. I've never asked if he paid for it. I don't have a picture, but might be able to get one from my dad (though he tends to be distrusting about people regarding things like this and wouldn't approve of my posting the picture).
I've never known my dad to be anything but completely honest, so I have no reason to believe he lied about where or how he got it, but I don't recall ever seeing any brand name stamped anywhere on it. I don't specifically remember seeing a serial number or caliber stamped on the barrel either, but they may be there.
It's a .45 ACP semi-automatic weapon (roughly the same size as a Tommy Gun with the buttstock removed), with either a 25 or 30 round rectangular magazine (I don't recall the exact number, it may even be 20, but no less). It would easily classify as an ugly gun by most men's standards, but I've always been fond of it. It has dark wood furniture, and the whole rest of the gun is the same textured matte black metal as the magazine. He has only one magazine for it, and I've never seen any other gun quite like it.
Identifying characteristics of the gun:
- It has a pistol grip, and if my memory serves me correctly, no buttstock.
- The magazine inserts and protrudes from the left side of the receiver.
- There is no foregrip (my dad always used the magazine as a makeshift foregrip when he shot it)
- Heat shield shroud over the barrel (like in the picture I supplied)
This picture is the closest thing I could find online, compared to the gun my dad has, but I haven't seen it in around ten years either. The only difference I specifically remember about my dad's gun is it doesn't have a buttstock like the gun in this picture does, it's just a wooden pistol grip, more like that found on a traditional AK47.
I know I'm not giving you guys a lot to go on, I've just always been curious about the gun. He always gave me as much detail as I wanted about any of his firearms, but he seemed to avoid getting detailed about this particular one.
It's a .45 ACP semi-automatic SMG-style weapon, with either a 25 or 30 round magazine (I don't recall). It would easily classify as an ugly gun by most men's standards, but I've always been fond of it. It has dark wood furniture, and the whole rest of the gun is the same textured matte black metal as the magazine.
My dad has always claimed he oversaw the making of it (and several others - it was allegedly a high-count order) when he was a machine shop foreman, when I was very young (Sometime between 1981 and 1989 is my best guess, my dad says he doesn't remember exactly when it was). He says he got it because it was the first one produced in his shop. I've never asked if he paid for it. I don't have a picture, but might be able to get one from my dad (though he tends to be distrusting about people regarding things like this and wouldn't approve of my posting the picture).
I've never known my dad to be anything but completely honest, so I have no reason to believe he lied about where or how he got it, but I don't recall ever seeing any brand name stamped anywhere on it. I don't specifically remember seeing a serial number or caliber stamped on the barrel either, but they may be there.
It's a .45 ACP semi-automatic weapon (roughly the same size as a Tommy Gun with the buttstock removed), with either a 25 or 30 round rectangular magazine (I don't recall the exact number, it may even be 20, but no less). It would easily classify as an ugly gun by most men's standards, but I've always been fond of it. It has dark wood furniture, and the whole rest of the gun is the same textured matte black metal as the magazine. He has only one magazine for it, and I've never seen any other gun quite like it.
Identifying characteristics of the gun:
- It has a pistol grip, and if my memory serves me correctly, no buttstock.
- The magazine inserts and protrudes from the left side of the receiver.
- There is no foregrip (my dad always used the magazine as a makeshift foregrip when he shot it)
- Heat shield shroud over the barrel (like in the picture I supplied)
This picture is the closest thing I could find online, compared to the gun my dad has, but I haven't seen it in around ten years either. The only difference I specifically remember about my dad's gun is it doesn't have a buttstock like the gun in this picture does, it's just a wooden pistol grip, more like that found on a traditional AK47.
I know I'm not giving you guys a lot to go on, I've just always been curious about the gun. He always gave me as much detail as I wanted about any of his firearms, but he seemed to avoid getting detailed about this particular one.
