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Was at a local car show with one of my military vehicles about two weekends ago and had a great conversation with an older gentleman about the my MV and a bunch of other stuff. During the conversation he mentioned that he had an old browning machine gun that I might be interested in. His dad worked at RIA during the 1920-30s and gentleman was Korean War vet. He said his dad brought it home one day and never took it back. The gentleman, who is in his 70s now, apparently registered during the amnesty, thankfully, as he said he had some paperwork from the 1960s he got from the IRS. Anyway, I was finally able to go by his place today and it is an original M1919 converted to M1919A2 by RIA and retains what appears to be all the original A2 parts (shorter barrel), stirrup, etc. It's papered as a 1919A4 with the correct serial number on the receiver, so that is not an issue. All it takes is a letter to have that corrected.
The big question, what is an original A2 in A2 configuration worth? Would like to give the gentleman something fair, as he basically wanting to give it to me since his kids hate guns and would have it destoryed or give it to some gun buyback program.
Thanks for your time and knowledge,
Aus.
The big question, what is an original A2 in A2 configuration worth? Would like to give the gentleman something fair, as he basically wanting to give it to me since his kids hate guns and would have it destoryed or give it to some gun buyback program.
Thanks for your time and knowledge,
Aus.