Anyone here own a full auto MAC10?

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I have decided that my chances of buying a select fire M14 are just too slim to be realized any time soon. So I have decided on a MAC10 in 9mm. I have heard both sides to these guns, that they are junk and that they are ultra reliable. I really only am asking out of curiosity. I am buying one no matter what the answers are. :)

I like the MAC as it is (relatively) cheap and looks like a lot of fun. 9mm Can be had for pennies and the 1200+ rounds per minute would be a neat conversation starter to boot.

A good condition MAC10, well actually a Cobray knock off, with supressor can be had for $2000 to $2500 plus the double tax stamp for the gun and suppresor. Since most non USGI M14's are going in the $7500 to $10000 range and real USGI issue ones have now surpassed the $20K mark :what: I figure this is my best chance to own a class III firearm without having to take a loan. I don't think the wife would like that!
 
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I'd like to get an MPA-30 (semi-only, unfortunately) some day... IIRC, two members come to mind as owners of the true MAC-10.
 
I have the Cobray M11/9 and it's a reliable bullet hose. At 1200 rounds per minute, that's 1.5 seconds per magazine dump. Not too bad. There are also a lot of after market accessories starting to turn up for the M11/9, including AR type buttstocks, MP5K type foregrips and uppers with a side-mounted operating knob.
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Thanks for reenforcing my already strong leanings towards this gun HKmp5sd. :D

I am guessing you may own at least one other FA weapon judging by your screen name.
 
MP5K type foregrips and uppers with a side-mounted operating knob.
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I've heard about these before and was curious as to what they looked like. Do you know where I could see a picture of one?
 
I picked up my SWD/Cobray Texas M10/9 a couple weeks ago. It's a blast to shoot but doesn't have as many aftermarket parts as the M11/9s do. I got it NIB so it was about $2650. It uses the same plastic mags as the M11 and since it has a .45acp sized bolt with only a 9mm blowing it back the firing rate is slower and more controllable. Around 800rpm, 3 round bursts are not hard to do at all.

It seems pretty solid, 2 hunks of metal with another big hunk of metal moving around inside is basically all it is. Besides the fire control parts there isn't much that can break.

I figured I'd never be able to afford a M16 or MP5 and machinegun prices keep climbing so I should get a MAC while I still can.

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Here's a pic of it with a www.stonycreekarmory.com forward grip. Their website has lots of MAC goodies, like side cocking uppers and folding stocks. They also got a HK 3-lug adapter that will screw onto the 9mm MAC and let you use HK suppressors on them.
 
I have a Cobray M11/9 I picked up last year. (didn't have all the extra stuff with it thou, had to get that on my own). They are alot of fun (how can it not be fun dumping 30 rounds in a second), and they make lots of after market stuff for them.The only drawback is the plastic mags, they wear out but they make metal lip inserts so that you can make them live again. If you can find some metal ones they will last longer. If you are going to get one get it now before the price goes up. Mine has doubled in value from what I paid for it last year.

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I was wondering, what is the difference between a "powder springs" and a normal M10? I hear that mentioned a lot but haven't seen a explanation
 
The Powder Springs guns are the original M10s designed by Gordon Ingram and manufactured by Military Armament Corp (MAC). They went belly up...

RPB bought their inventory and made a few guns. Then they went belly up...

Another company in Texas also called MAC got the rights to manufacture the design. They made a bunch and then went belly up.

Then Sylvia & Wayne Daniels (SWD) bought their inventory and made a bunch of M10s and their own M11/9 (the most common variant). Then they went belly up and they got divorced.

There's another company called Jersey Arms that also made MAC guns but I dunno how they fit into this tale.

But the Powder Springs guns are the most sought after ones because they are the 'real' original MACs.

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I'm trying to Design my Own Mod for a Mac 10/11 to make it not only look like but function similar to a HK MP7.

Don't own one yet, but the Mod Looks Highly possible to me & a few gunsmiths Ive spoken to online...
 
I think the M11/9 would be easier to dress up like a MP7. The M10s are aptly named 'Fat Macs'. :D

I guess they are the michael moore of machine guns. Short, fat, heavy, and ugly :p
 
If I remember the original was a throw away gun , that is it was designed to fire a limited number of rounds so it was not built for durability.
 
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I know of a fellow mac enthusiast who owns the original powder sprinbgs mac has put many thousands of rnds through it and had it since Ive known him.the good thing about macs is the ease of swapping the upper assemblies..matter of pushing in a pin like the ar series and replacing the top half or simply driving out the barrel pin and screwing in a new one..ive seen the replacement parts for the lower selling just about everywhere and their not expensive at all.if plastic mags dont float yur boat then you can get a sten mag conversion.mpa sells just those parts needed to use surplus sten mags.the sten mags run very well and at 10 bucks a pop for a 30 rnd steel smg mag..not too bad.madsen smg mags(i think they are madsen anyways..lol) can be made to work also in an unmodified swd magwell.trick is cutting the ledge just right.

go to the mac website..macguns.com or check out harvey at the cobray website.harvey has provided me with tons of info and will literally talk your ear off.he really knows his macs and sells replacement parts too.all in all,the macs are very fun little packages.

the texas macs are the only ones that I may have second thoughts about.some of these had been welded incorrectly at the backand some use the laminated steel parts.swd did a fine job fixing up these...these are labled 45 acp or 9mm but getting the parts to swap calibers is hard to find unless you get them together.basically same gun cept a different bolt,barrel and a insert that goes in the magwell.
 
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