Got the opertunity to pick up an IMI SMG. All orig. Look like barely played with.
What would be a fair price?
Every IMI uzi machine gun is a converted IMI uzi semi-auto. The gun started life as a semi auto, not a machine gun. There are a number of ways the conversion was accomplished. Make sure you understand how the gun you're looking at buying was converted.
Not every one. Just the transferable ones in the 12-13k range.
Every one that he'll be looking at. How many uzi machine guns were imported before the GCA of 1968? Maybe a few.
There's a ton of pre-samples out there for sale every day. All it takes is a FFL and a SOT (which are easier to get than you might think). And they are around 2/3 the price of the transferable conversions and are all factory made as SMGs.
But yes, you're right. Excepting the handful of original pre-68 transferables (which are most likely in the hands of deep pocket collectors), all the average Joe is going to find as far as IMI guns are the conversions.
And as you previously mentioned, they vary as far as the completeness of the conversion, so if someone is considering buying one, it's best to get educated on what to look for before you buy it.
Got the opertunity to pick up an IMI SMG. All orig. Look like barely played with.
What would be a fair price?
By the way, it has a $6,900 price tag on it. A good looking original IMI. A little high for a sot gun...
If its a pre-86 dealer sample, that's not a bad price. They used to be a lot cheaper 20 years ago.By the way, it has a $6,900 price tag on it. A good looking original IMI. A little high for a sot gun...
What is an SOT?