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Is the Wellrod NFA legal?
« on: May 07, 2013, 06:01:18 AM »
Bolt operated suppressed pistol, I would think a $200 stamp would cover it. I had never heard of this, thought I would toss it out for your enjoyment. It's a 73db pistol!  ;D

So I am watching a show called Secret War on History, and they are covering the Belgian resistance during WWII featuring a dress designer named Hardy Amies who led a resistance cell. As a part of the show, they cover, in great detail including an x-ray cross-section, this pistol, called the Welrod or Wellrod.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welrod

It's essentially a suppressor with a magazine, fires .380 (or 7.65 Browning), often nicknamed the "bicycle pump", and was developed by the British SOE for use in executing collaborators.
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Re: Is the Wellrod NFA legal?
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2013, 01:57:10 PM »
First I have to ask , was the "machine gun ban" on "machine guns only, or all NFA items ?
Reason I ask is that most of them were in England .
If you found one that was already legally "here" it should be perfectly legal .
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Re: Is the Wellrod NFA legal?
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2013, 10:55:13 PM »
Iirc they also made a full sized rifle in 45 acp that had a built in suppresor.   the brits have always had cool toys.
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Re: Is the Wellrod NFA legal?
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2013, 01:43:29 PM »
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Re: Is the Wellrod NFA legal?
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Re: Is the Wellrod NFA legal?
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2013, 03:49:22 PM »
Quote from: tombogan03884 on May 08, 2013, 01:48:47 PM
You beat me to it   >:(    ;D

Yer slippin' Tom, slippin' I say........  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D
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Re: Is the Wellrod NFA legal?
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2013, 05:11:11 PM »
It's that "work" crap.
It makes me late checking in.
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Re: Is the Wellrod NFA legal?
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2013, 01:34:25 AM »
ok just found out that there is a company that makes repos of the de lisle carbine, they are about $2.5k   I want one.  I wonder if its legal to hunt with here?   it would make a awesome pig killer over bait.   I would have some serious back up( see scar on my leg and I was using a 30.06). for that type of pest destruction a just sub sonic jhp would be plenty deadly for all but the biggest hogs.   Lung one, cycle the bolt, repeat.   
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