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There needs to be a new Godwin’s Law-style law about how whenever there’s a thread about guns, trucks, or other manly things, someone will inevitably make a penis-size-compensating reference.
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She will laugh at my manly things
She will laugh at my manly things
Why must everybody laugh at my manly things?
[QUOTE=Argent Towers]
There needs to be a new Godwin’s Law-style law about how whenever there’s a thread about guns, trucks, or other manly things, someone will inevitably make a penis-size-compensating reference.
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Congratulations, you’ve just established Argent Towers’ Law! Glad I didn’t come up with that one! 
Dude, hold your head up!
[QUOTE=Diomedes]
Almost certainly the guns. Just the AKs, M-16s, BARs Tommy guns and other small arms are going to retail for between $500 and $2000 apiece. The Barretts probably closer to $5k-$10k. He’s got at least 100 weapons hanging there on the walls, not to mention the AA Cannon sitting in the middle of the floor.
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AA Cannon? Poor fool… doesn’t he know that, statistically speaking, an AA cannon is more likely to shoot down a family member’s airplane than an intruder’s?
[QUOTE=Argent Towers]
There needs to be a new Godwin’s Law-style law about how whenever there’s a thread about guns, trucks, or other manly things, someone will inevitably make a penis-size-compensating reference.
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Sure, but can we call it the Hestin-Bobbitt law?
What is the large tube type thing on top of the big gun with the chain of bullets hanging out behind the purple couch in the third picture?
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[QUOTE=friedo]
The plush purple sofa is a nice touch.
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If I had a gun vault like that, I’d be tempted to paint the whole goddam thing hot pink with a hello kitty motif, and you got somethin’ to say about that? I thought not.
[QUOTE=Hirundo82]
Agreed that the guns are more expensive, but you are drastically underestimating some of those prices. Assuming that they are transferrable (ie not dealer-only samples) and full-auto (not look-alikes),
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I was intentionally trying to price them low: assuming that all weapons had been converted from full-auto. On further thought, you’re almost certainly right: A guy with a weapons cache like this would probably have pre-ban weapons, or have converted replaced trigger groups with full-auto ones. I really thought my lowball estimate would have been expensive than the plane… but then, I guess I don’t know much of anything about the pricing of small planes. 
[QUOTE=NaturalBlondChap]
What is the large tube type thing on top of the big gun with the chain of bullets hanging out behind the purple couch in the third picture?
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If you are referencing the Browning Machine Gun, Cal. .50, M2, HB, Flexible, that “large tube-type thing” is a sight. From what I can see probably some sort of light-amplification sight for use against ghoulies and ghosties and long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night.
I was sent these pics by e-mail last week with a claim that this was Chuck Heston’s collection. Anybody know if there’s any truth to that claim?
This message board makes a claim that the guns belonged to Bruce Stern - whoever the hell that is:
[QUOTE=NaturalBlondChap]
What is the large tube type thing on top of the big gun with the chain of bullets hanging out behind the purple couch in the third picture?
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The weapon is an M2 Browning. It looks like some crazy sort of scope… probably with light amplification.
On preview: what silenus said.
If, as stated in that link I gave above, these were Bruce Stern’s guns, a portion of his collection was recently auctioned off - for $12.7 million.
Bruce Stern, it seems is another NRA board member.
http://www.nrawinningteam.com/bios00/stern.html
[QUOTE=Diomedes]
The weapon is an M2 Browning. It looks like some crazy sort of scope… probably with light amplification.
On preview: what silenus said.
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Thanks (Silenus also), although why you would need a sight on that thing I am not sure. I would think it does a pretty good job of making the scenery and all that resides in it, disappear.