Reproduction BAR

[gunace89]

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?

[kurac]

$5k sounds a little steep, I think you can get two 1919's for the same money.

[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

[zinfull]

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

[gunace89]

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

[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.

[AngryPossum]

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.

[thefifthspeed]

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.

[Beatone]

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.

[gunace89]

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.

[ccandgc]

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.....

[Mikeinblack]

I like mine also...

[ccandgc]

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

[B Strong]

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.

[Milsurp Collector]

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.