“They bring a violin, you bring a cello. That’s the Chicago way.”
One would have to ascertain the snob factor of the owner to know for sure.
The ones made up at the time for law enforcement agencies were converted trombone cases. The result was very heavy, especially if the magazines were loaded, and the leather handle inherited from the musical instrument case would probably break if you tried to run with it.
^^^ Good lord! Ignorance fought and a weak joke’s fallen flat (speaking of things musical).
FWIW, according to Peter Maas in The Valachi Papers, Joe Valachi claimed “Buster from Chicago” carried a machine gun in a violin case. Valachi’s verity has been questioned, but I don’t know why he’d make up something like that.
See you, and…raise.
http://www.forgottenweapons.com/wp-content/uploads/Heligun/heliguncase.jpg
Antonio Banderas and friends agree. (Yeah, yeah; they’re guitar cases—work with me a little.)
Didn’t the old AT-3 “Sagger” ATGM fit into a suitcase? I think that might be what you’d bring in the cello case.
Thanks for the info up above, pkbites. Had I the coin, I’d look at Rohrbaugh or “settle” for a Kahr.
There’s too much violins in modern culture.
Are you talking about a 9mm or 9mm short (.380)?
I’ve never fired one personally, but everyone I know who has, and everything I’ve seem online says the Rohrbaugh 9mm kicks like a mutha fukka!, and is not fun to shoot.
I had a Kahr PM9 9mm. Beautifully made 9mm pocket pistol. For a small frame it handled recoil well. But the steel single stack magazines were sub par. If I carried an extra mag in my pocket or a pouch there was always a round of ammo laying around. The magazine upper lip didn’t hold the top round very securely. But that was my only complaint.
Too much sax and violins, imo.
Ironic, considering that the rectangular case is the only one that will hold a fully-assembled Thompson.
My gf was a violininst.
Her playing was so bad that when she opened the violin case, people prayed she would pull out a Thompson.