POTD: The MAC-11 at Poulin's Antiques and Auctions
Today we have two pictures from Poulin’s Antiques and Auctions and their auction held in May of 2021. Some auctions contain a lot of objects that may not be of your highest interest, but here and there you’ll find some exceptional items like these Ingram MAC-11, Military Armament Corporation Model 11. These seem to be chambered in the 9x19mm, but .380 ACP was also available.
With a price around $4,000, these are still fairly obtainable, but still quite much more compared to the manufacturing price. They would be a nice addition to most collections I suppose.
ITEM 1 & 2 (LOTS 1005 & 1006). Consecutively numbered, new in box M11/NINE submachine guns.Cal. 9mm. S# 86-0006988 & 86-0006989. Bbl. 5.5″. The younger brother of the infamous MAC-10 may not have moved out of its shadow as far as Hollywood movies & urban legend is concerned, but as far as becoming a commonly owned civilian SMG, it may actually have taken the top spot. From its introduction to the legislative imposed cutoff of 05-19-1986 the M-11 was a popular & affordable entry level SMG. Its low price was only rivaled by its reliability & these little bullet hoses continue to perform just as well several decades later. This particular example mfg. by SWD of Atlanta GA was mfg. during the final year. The company name was an acronym for Silvia Williams Daniel, the prior spouse of Wayne Daniel who owned the manufacturing rights to the Ingram Model 11 as well as the popular Cobray trademark. Finish on exposed metal surfaces is dark & parkerized. The protected post fixed front sight & single aperture rear sight were sufficient for the extremely fast cyclic rate & aided by a top folding telescoping wire stock. Factory threaded bbl. Left side selector switch. Right side safety parallel to trigger guard. The familiar Cobray snake logo appears on the right rear of the lower receiver. Open bolt select fire action. MAGS: 1-30 rd. Zytel Cobray factory. UNATTACHED ACCESSORIES: factory cardboard shipping box w/ fitted Styrofoam insert; 1 Cobray mag. loading tool & factory cleaning rod.CONDITION: finish on exterior metal surfaces enjoys complete coverage w/ only light scratches which are common when storing these in multiple. Gun is devoid of finish thinning even in areas of mechanical intervention indicating that it has been used very little beyond test firing if at all. Bore is shiny w/ strong rifling. Fire control mechanism appears to function correctly when cycled by hand. $3,500-4,500.
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i paid 150-300 dollars for these in the day. i consider them junk now or just fortune makers. crazy stuff.
how to make it viable in 2021: (links to specifics I would go with)
Artist's rendition below (I am the artist)(I fully expect to see it on Cursed Gun Images with on Brandon Herrera's YT channel)
1.- weld a folding buffer tube adaptor and ditch the worst collapsing stock ever designed:
(folding buffer tube adapter) https://www.brownells.com/r...
(6 pos buffer tube) https://www.brownells.com/r...
2.- weld a fore-rail onto the lower so you can use something other than a piece of sling for a foregrip, then put a VFG on it so you can hold it without risking the tips of your fingers getting burnt on the barrel or suppressor. I like not having burnt fingers.
3.- will probably require custom machining,
cut the sights off, have a rail made and welded to the upper in their place that has a slot for a non-reciprocating charging handle arraignment, with a hole in the rail/handle to allow the part that connects it to the bolt to fall out when you want to disassemble the gun (which is required to be able to disassemble it) and mount a good recoil-resistant sight on it. with the ROF this thing has, lesser sights might get jostled enough to stop working.
4.- somehow get one of those old school giant surpressors they used in the 1960s (or a functional replica)
5.- have fun with your vietnam era "Kriss Vector's grandpa" gun
edit - someone done did it 4 years ago: https://www.youtube.com/wat...
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