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<blockquote data-quote="FullAuto" data-source="post: 2906088" data-attributes="member: 5110"><p>Not "anything". The foreign made machineguns were banned for import and sale to civilians in 1968. So items like HK stuff were imported as a semi and then converted later by registering the trigger box, sear or receiver. Most AKs are post '68 and imported as semiauto then converted later. The Vector Uzi is popular because they were built from scratch as purpose built machineguns... but they had to be made in America to do that. If you want an Israeli gun, they were semi imports (post '68) and had the bolt or receiver registered. </p><p></p><p>Then there were the much lesser known group of dealer Pre-samples. These were foreign made machineguns that were brought in after the '68 ban. They were limited to dealers only as sales samples. After the '86 ban, they became the Pre-sample group ('68-'86 foreign imported factory machineguns). As mentioned above, they can be bought and sold by an SOT without a demo letter and can kept after the SOT is gone. But if they are ever sold, they have to go to an SOT again. They are quite a bit more expensive than post-samples, but usually only 1/3 - 1/2 the cost of a transferable gun. Of course, you can get the rare ones where there was no transferable version which would drive up the pre-sample price. </p><p></p><p>Transferables and Pre-samples are investments. Post-samples are toys.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FullAuto, post: 2906088, member: 5110"] Not "anything". The foreign made machineguns were banned for import and sale to civilians in 1968. So items like HK stuff were imported as a semi and then converted later by registering the trigger box, sear or receiver. Most AKs are post '68 and imported as semiauto then converted later. The Vector Uzi is popular because they were built from scratch as purpose built machineguns... but they had to be made in America to do that. If you want an Israeli gun, they were semi imports (post '68) and had the bolt or receiver registered. Then there were the much lesser known group of dealer Pre-samples. These were foreign made machineguns that were brought in after the '68 ban. They were limited to dealers only as sales samples. After the '86 ban, they became the Pre-sample group ('68-'86 foreign imported factory machineguns). As mentioned above, they can be bought and sold by an SOT without a demo letter and can kept after the SOT is gone. But if they are ever sold, they have to go to an SOT again. They are quite a bit more expensive than post-samples, but usually only 1/3 - 1/2 the cost of a transferable gun. Of course, you can get the rare ones where there was no transferable version which would drive up the pre-sample price. Transferables and Pre-samples are investments. Post-samples are toys. [/QUOTE]
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