WTK MAC 10 open bolt semi SAP Trade Sell or Keep it?!

[72gunner@gmail.com]

I picked up an open bolt MAC10/45 SAP '81 stamped pistol and 3 mags and factory sling for a great deal. I've already had several trade offers, best cash offer of $1200 and best trade offer at least for me was a Smith .500 stainless with 150 rounds. The thing I look at is they won't be making anymore open bolt MACs, they'll probably continue to make S&W .500 pistols though. Heck i guess I answered my own question...

 

[woodenword]

I guess for me, I don't collect guns; I shoot guns. Can't see where an open bolt semi would be anything to keep.
But I'm sure there will be others with different opinions.

 

[Ericoak]

The only thing I ever see those things being useful for is the minuscule chance the government completely collapses, they would be easy to turn into full auto. But not current legal.

 

[06sandstone]

I just bought one this week for the collection...

 

[HK45]

Unless you're a collector of full auto MAC type weapons, and you want one for historical purposes, sell it and buy something more useful.
I've never understood the attraction to an open bolt, 6 pound pistol with worthless sights and a horrible trigger?

I'd sell it for $1200 dollars in a heartbeat.

 

[Concorde]

I sold my open bolt semi-auto MAC to help finance my first select-fire/full-auto MAC. I couldn't see any reason to have both, and I don't miss the semi gun at all.

 

[zipakna]

pre-82 RDIAS, Open Bolts and the like are still up in the air... what i mean by that, is ATF has put themselves between a rock and a hard place with them.. it has been ruled in court last year, that ATF can define what a machine gun is, atf cannot add new machine guns for civilians after 1986, and ATF had no authority to make exemptions.. what this means is ATF Has/had all the authority to say, Open bolts are machine guns.. but had No Authority to say "except for the ones manufactured before 1982".. if it were me, id keep it, and see where that goes.. so far its being swept under the rug, but eventually ATF will have to address all the unregistered RDIAS, Sears and open bolts made before 1982

 

[Gaujo]

I suppose that should be called a UDIAS (Unregistered drop in auto sear). I think they've made it very clear however that if they weren't registered prior to 86, they aren't ever going to be.