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  • gunace89
    Member
    • Oct 2009
    • 426

    Reproduction BAR

    Hey guys just thought id share a random find with all of you. Went to the gunstore today with my dad, and sitting in the curio/relic section was a Repro BAR. I had always heard of repro ones but never seen one, I was like d***, then the guy told me it was 5000$ and was like holy s***! For some dumb reason I didnt bother asking anything else about it. Anybody have one? or know anything about them? Maybe fund me five grand?
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  • #2
    kurac
    Veteran Member
    • Dec 2005
    • 2917

    $5k sounds a little steep, I think you can get two 1919's for the same money.
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    • #3
      Josh3239
      Calguns Addict
      • Dec 2006
      • 9189

      Ohio Ordinance Works, I have seen them on GunBroker for some pretty good prices. I don't nearly make enough to afford them even then: http://www.ohioordnanceworks.com/sem.../SLR-semi.html

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      • #4
        zinfull
        CGN/CGSSA Contributor
        CGN Contributor
        • Aug 2006
        • 2733

        They do not qualify for C&R. Also the web sight mentions $150 charges to exchange the 2-20 rd mags with 10 rd mags Also to put a CA flash hider on the gun.

        jerry

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        • #5
          gunace89
          Member
          • Oct 2009
          • 426

          Originally posted by Josh3239
          Ohio Ordinance Works, I have seen them on GunBroker for some pretty good prices. I don't nearly make enough to afford them even then: http://www.ohioordnanceworks.com/sem.../SLR-semi.html
          I def understand where your coming from with not making enough money to get one lol..thanks for the info..3500 is better then 5K but..yeah..more money then id be willing to put down and it figures there would be added price for CA.. still its cool to know they are out there
          Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far-Theodore Roosevelt

          Snake Plissken:Got a Smoke?
          Malloy:The United States is a non-smoking nation! No smoking, no drugs, no guns, no alcohol, no women-unless your married-no foul language-no red meat!
          Snake Plissken-(sarcastic)Land of the Free
          Ironic how fiction slowly becomes reality, isnt it?

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          • #6
            Milsurp Collector
            Calguns Addict
            CGN Contributor
            • Jan 2009
            • 5884

            What is the attraction of spending $3500-3800 on a reproduction Browning "Automatic" Rifle that is incapable of automatic fire? I can think of a lot better ways to spend $3500-3800 on firearms.
            Revolvers are not pistols

            pistol nouna handgun whose chamber is integral with the barrel
            Calling a revolver a "pistol" is like calling a magazine a "clip", calling a shotgun a rifle, or a calling a man a woman.

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            • #7
              AngryPossum
              Senior Member
              • Aug 2009
              • 1414

              Originally posted by Milsurp Collector
              What is the attraction of spending $3500-3800 on a reproduction Browning "Automatic" Rifle that is incapable of automatic fire? I can think of a lot better ways to spend $3500-3800 on firearms.
              Exacty...Personally no reproduction rifle does it for me.

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              • #8
                thefifthspeed
                Veteran Member
                • Jun 2007
                • 2674

                I have one and I believe another member Beatone has more than that. The semi BARs are built using some old demilled BAR parts and some new parts from Ohio Ord. I bought mine because repo or not I wanted (now have) every USGI weapon in WW2 which includes the BAR. The thing is a beast and is actually very acurate. Since they are limited production, worst case scenario is I could sell mine back for a lot more than I paid for.

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                • #9
                  Beatone
                  Veteran Member
                  • Dec 2005
                  • 4053

                  I have two. (Had three) The one in my avatar is a model 1918. I also still have a new in box 1918A3. I had a Bar in .308 but sold it.
                  They are fun to shoot if you don't mind it weighing 19 LBS. Cool factor at the range is very high.
                  I'm into WWII guns so it goes well with my semi-auto Tommy gun.
                  They may seem expensive but they continue to go up in value as the only made about 400,000, compared to Grands which they made millions.
                  sigpicNRA Life Member

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                  • #10
                    gunace89
                    Member
                    • Oct 2009
                    • 426

                    I personally think thats awesome that you guys own a few, i was just excited to even see and hold one. Reproduction or not, your still engaged in some form with a piece of WW2 firearms history, and as Beatone stated there werent many made. Thanks for sharing. Even though they are a good chunk of money, you cant really be picky in the Peoples Republic of Kalifornia.
                    Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far-Theodore Roosevelt

                    Snake Plissken:Got a Smoke?
                    Malloy:The United States is a non-smoking nation! No smoking, no drugs, no guns, no alcohol, no women-unless your married-no foul language-no red meat!
                    Snake Plissken-(sarcastic)Land of the Free
                    Ironic how fiction slowly becomes reality, isnt it?

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                    • #11
                      ccandgc
                      Senior Member
                      • Jun 2008
                      • 2142

                      on top of that....what does a real one go for? $20,000? More? I don't know...couldn't own a real one in the PRK if you jumped thru all the hoops backwards.....
                      -Chad

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                      • #12
                        Mikeinblack
                        Member
                        • Dec 2008
                        • 278

                        I like mine also...
                        "The problem with Socialism is, eventually you run out of other people's money" Margaret Thatcher

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                        • #13
                          ccandgc
                          Senior Member
                          • Jun 2008
                          • 2142

                          Im on OOW wait list for a upcharged CA model.....
                          -Chad

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                          • #14
                            B Strong
                            CGN/CGSSA Contributor
                            CGN Contributor
                            • Feb 2009
                            • 6367

                            I and three other friends each purchased one in a mini-group buy when they first came out, prior to the SB23 ban.

                            The price we received was a little less than OOW list at the time, and having done business with Bob before helped a little.

                            The good: I don't know about later ones, but all of ours looked brand new, in and out - all parts were as new, no demilled used parts, finish was perfect. Furntiure was perfect. We had purchased a large quantity of mags, dirt cheap, and had a good supply of GI '06 to burn.

                            The Bad: None of our pieces would function reliably. All failed to fire, failed to extract, failed to eject, and failed in general. Not one rifle would make it through a magazine without a failure.

                            Back to OOW they went.

                            Eventually, after three trips back for mine, I got the thing to run one full magazine without a failure.

                            For the price I paid, it wasn't the worst deal of my lifetime, but unless a seller would allow me to test fire the thing first, I wouldn't pay $100.00 for another one.

                            For those that don't see what they're good for, one that functions 100% would be a better, higher cap version of a Garand, and that ain't bad.
                            The way some gunshop clerks spout off, you'd think that they invented gunpowder and the repeating rifle, and sat on the Supreme Court as well.
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                            • #15
                              Milsurp Collector
                              Calguns Addict
                              CGN Contributor
                              • Jan 2009
                              • 5884

                              Originally posted by B Strong

                              For those that don't see what they're good for, one that functions 100% would be a better, higher cap version of a Garand, and that ain't bad.
                              I believe the better, higher cap version of the Garand is called the M14/M1A

                              If the guys who want/have them like them, that's fine, to each his own. I still stand by my earlier statement.
                              Revolvers are not pistols

                              pistol nouna handgun whose chamber is integral with the barrel
                              Calling a revolver a "pistol" is like calling a magazine a "clip", calling a shotgun a rifle, or a calling a man a woman.

                              ExitCalifornia.org

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