Originally Posted by
hunters_life
Okay, for one, something styled after an UZI wouldn't be a rifle. They are classed as pistols. The full autos are machine pistols. If you are into collecting as you say, you have a lot to learn. Even an UZI with the collapsible stock is still considered a pistol. These firearms you are looking at have no collectible value whatsoever. They are imitations of something again made famous in Hollywood.
well YES and NO, on the collectable side of these things
UZI's have a A and B model and the price's vary, and they have climbed a bunch since they came out
as for MAC 10's, the real one's have sort of leveled out on BIG jumps in prices(a guy bought a boat load of them before they went class 3 for 7 bucks each way back when LOL)
and seen some go for a few grand to some guys willing to dish it out, so for that first guy, from 7 bucks to a few grand in say 30 yrs or so(and NO he didn;'t still have them all) , they were great investments.
the same can be said on UZI"S many of the originals, in great condition have jumped in prices from when new and out there to now.(all the more so full auto's)
But again, these are the REAL one's NOT copies of them, that tend to have value, and , about ANY class 3 item will ONLY go up in value, they have climbed since the day there were limited to what's out there.
all guns can have Value, just NOT many really climb upwards fast or at all, mostly buying guns is about a hobby! or for hunting/protection
which none of these you listed are very great at, full auto MAc 10's are about 33 rounds a second I think if my memory is correct? so, your going to run out of ammo real fast and your just spraying more or less!
the cheap copies tend to be that cheap, and again NONE were designed to be very accurate!
if you look at the market on AR's as an example
the original, so called PER ban, colts and major makers held more value than lower end copy's of them
but now the market is flooded with these things, and prices on some range from a few grand to the cheaper one's a few hundred
but the right one's again will always hold MORE value.
when ever you get into collecting guns, its about just that collecting and NOT shooting them, to be honest!
you need to learn what makes certain one's more valuable and desirable, to be sure they hold value and HOPE they climb in value's
the condition of guns add up too, a lot of variable's to collecting anything to be in the PLUS side of the game and NOT just having a bunch of things YOU like