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Originally Posted by MT2008
Well, I would hope that American armories have the monopoly on M2s, being that it's a weapon that was made in this country.  That would be kinda weird if the Canadian or European armorers had better access to M2s than our armorers.
Also, I forget...did you go to Canada to photograph any guns? I thought that was how you got the pictures of the Norinco Type 84 Match/Target rifles (since those variants were never sold in this country)? |
I scored those when I was on site to see the very SAD SIGHT of workers tearing down, destroying and selling of the bridge of the BSG.
I'm supposed to go back up for a visit for the Stargate Atlantis movie but that's been put on permanent 'MAYBE' status due to the credit crunch. %*&^ banks aren't lending anyone ANY money. They loaned to idiots who couldn't pay between 2006-2008 and now they' so gun shy, they won't lend to ANYONE. The entire film and television industry is based on acquiring large amounts of venture capital and then turn it around within 1-2 years. Spielberg has to go to China to beg investors to bankroll his next movie. My next film was completely financed by Insurance companies from Taipei. The Entire industry's venture capital is crapped out right now. Well enough of my rant now.
BTW: The Eagle has landed page was already made by User:Mauser. That was filmed in England 100% and used British Armorers and yes, those were REAL M2s because in Mauser's screenshots, you can see the selector switch very clearly and they are seen on screen firing full auto (which is unusual since the M2 didn't formally hit the fields until the war was over and the full auto conversion kits shipped out in late 44 for the M1 Carbines were still really rare, but it was 'possible', but unlikely.)
I also have a theory about WW2 era guns. For one thing, it was easy (well at least until 1986) for American citizens with the proper paperwork to buy and collect full auto guns. It was NOT an option for British Firearms armories to sell off their guns to the public like we did in America for many years. A lot of the M2s that are pre-86 transferable are in the hands of private collections. A lot of the police armories got rid of their M2s in the 1970s so these were sold to the public. But in the U.K. they did not have that option, so they hang on to massive warehouses of WW2 and immediate post WW2 stuff forever. Also the DOD gave away a lot of our M2 carbines to other countries (Vietnam, El Salvador, Chile, various African nations, etc.) during the Cold War.