*wistful sigh*
Total cost of all the guns was probably >$100,000.
Ammo bill was probably right behind it.
I just love hearing that chattering of full-auto fire, seeing the brass fly, and the links pour out the side. While private ownership of FA is great, it's the public shooting of machineguns (particularly with women and children behind the trigger) that makes it
fun. I can't imagine a more entertaining way to spend a Saturday than with a dozen people (close friends, family, etc.), a few machineguns (and some semi and bolt guns too, of course), a cooler of soda, and a private place to shoot.
I really liked the "technical" with the M2 mounted on the top. Fun little vehicle.
I really must move out of California...here, the local ranges either have really small booths, make you fire through tiny slits (so guns don't accidentally go full-auto, kick around, and kill someone like they did to one guy a few years ago), and generally don't allow rapid fire. They most certainly do not permit full-auto fire (such things are verboten here), and definitely do not permit actually MOVING while shooting. We're becoming a state of benchresters, it seems.
Anyway, that day sure looked like fun. I wish I could be there for the next time around...