I was speaking with a few folks I know (US) and the issue of those arms that we all have an interest in, but really cannot have (such as a Model 1921 Thompson sub-machinegun) came up. so there were two points of view:

1) Folks would prefer to own some sort of a shooting semi auto variants, such as the M1927A5/M1927A1, which though not the real thing gives you some sort of a feel for the shooting arm. Problem is they are all reproductions, not originals , along with the barrel/length limits make most such reproductions sort of stupid.

2) Those who kind of envied the UKicon model where you could get the real arm, complete in its original form, simply modified so it could not fire. So it is possible in the UK to get a model 1921 Thompsons for a reasonable price, an item that even if you went through the paperwork required would cost 30,000 dollars, hence beyond almost all US chaps.

Sort of curious what folks across the pond think. For the most part self loading reproductions of submachine guns are not popular in the US as they pretty much all suck and lose something integral to the design either the pistol form or long barrel rifle form. Would UK folks prefer to have the shooting copies if they had to give up the real deactivated guns.

Thanks in advance.
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