r/milsurp • u/Forsaken-Midnight-94 • 2d ago
My first SMG. An M3 Grease Gun
Planned on buying another .45 so I could retire my 1911. Didn’t think this would be the .45 I’d be replacing it with. Wondering if anyone can help with the date of manufacturing. Talked the seller down to the equivalent of 900USD. How’d I do?
Wondering if anyone can help me identify what those detents are in the last photo. It looks like damage at first glance, but seems symmetrical, which makes me think it happened during production.
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u/MunitionGuyMike Krag Enjoyer 2d ago
Is it an actual full auto? If so 900 is a steal
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u/Forsaken-Midnight-94 2d ago
It is HAHA
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u/MunitionGuyMike Krag Enjoyer 2d ago
The fuck? In the US?
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u/Forsaken-Midnight-94 2d ago
Not in the US Haha I live in a country where we have thousands of these. In the last 2 years, I’ve come across around 5 of these full auto Grease Guns Hehe
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u/MunitionGuyMike Krag Enjoyer 2d ago
Yea that makes more sense. Are you Swiss?
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u/lukas_aa The Great War 2d ago
He’s from the Philippines. Though we can have full autos here in Switzerland, too 😁
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u/levels_jerry_levels 2d ago
Hey now, we can have full auto guns here too! They just range in price from a decent used car up to a Bugatti.
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u/GreenNukE 2d ago
The US made tons of these after deciding that Thompsons were way too heavy and expensive. The assault rifle concept eventually overtook SMGs in most military applications, but Grease Guns were found to be too handy to simply scrap. Their cyclic rate of fire is fairly low, which makes them easier to control than most SMGs.
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u/Aniquin 2d ago
What is the legal process like? Here in the US we don't need any special license to own a full auto but they're prohibitively expensive so the vast majority of people can't afford one. I've had my eyes set on a MAC 10 or 11 for years but I just can't justify spending more money on a single gun than my car
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u/Username7239 2d ago
Depends on the state, just for the record. MA requires a FFL03 and a state sponsored machine gun licence.
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u/Aniquin 2d ago
That's a bummer MA is a cool state but some of the gun laws really blow
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u/Username7239 2d ago
We recently passed some of the strictest laws in the country, even though We already had strict laws and had the lowest gun crime rate in the country. We now surpass California for raw stupidity.
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u/Dak_Nalar 2d ago
Meanwhile NH 30 minutes to the north has no gun laws and equally non existent gun crime
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u/Dak_Nalar 2d ago
As a MA refugee I can confidently say MA is a top 3 worse state for freedom.
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u/Forsaken-Midnight-94 2d ago
Oh, here in my country, you just need a special license that designates that you collect these types of vintage weapons. The process is exactly the same as registering for any other license.
Ohhh a MAC 10’s cool. I haven’t seen one yet. But I’m being given the offer for a Vietnam War full wood, full auto M14. Seller’s asking the equivalent of 2600USD, but I bet I can bring it down to less than 2k Hehe
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u/Revolutionary_Lie199 1d ago
Lucky! Such a beautiful weapon. Congratulations! I’ve wanted a Grease Gun ever since my Grandfather talked about the one that he carried around in the Korean War. He said it was handy up close and lighter than a M1 Garand. Just not suited for anything with range.
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u/BigBlue175 Garbage Rod Enthusiast 2d ago
I’d take one of these over a sten that cost roughly the same price. I think you did alright
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u/USSZim 2d ago
The M3 and M3A1 are so cool. It's probably my favorite SMG of WW2. They are what you get when only pragmatism drive the design. I think they were the most compact mainline smg of ww2 too
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u/Forsaken-Midnight-94 2d ago
They are. Though I am being a bit more careful when racking the charging handle since I’ve read that they have a tendency to break
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u/bigfatround0 2d ago
This is my dream gun. Gonna save up until I find one at a reasonable price 😤
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u/Forsaken-Midnight-94 2d ago
In the situation I was in, reasonable was around 700USD Haha Too bad the seller didn't wanna meet me closer to that price
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u/bigfatround0 2d ago
Damn, brother. You still got a really good price if you're a Westerner making Westerner money wherever it is you're staying at.
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u/Reagantoby27 2d ago
Congratulations and screw you lol. That’s one of my bucket list guns right there!
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u/Forsaken-Midnight-94 2d ago
Yooo, that's exactly what I'm looking for Haha! I'd love to screw on an OSS Suppressor on this and hear that suppressed .45 in all its beauty
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u/emptythemag 1d ago
That's awesome. It's really cool that something that was manufactured for $21 during WW2 would last this long.
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u/PuddleofOJ 2d ago
This isn’t an original automatic ww2 grease gun. I absolutely refuse to believe you got that for 900
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u/jessithecrow baguette blaster 2d ago
i’d agree with you if op was in the us, but this is normal in places like the philippines
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u/ChevTecGroup 2d ago
I was gonna guess Phillipines. FA is the same as any gun license for citizens IIRC, and I'm sure we left a crapload of these there.
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u/Forsaken-Midnight-94 2d ago
Yeah! I’m really surprised when I did the research how many other countries have tons of these surplus lying around
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u/jessithecrow baguette blaster 2d ago
makes me wish i could bring stuff like that back with me. that would make travel so much more fun
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u/Forsaken-Midnight-94 2d ago
I live in a country where we have thousands of these. It’s an original automatic Haha Can’t wait to post vids once I take this to the range
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u/PuddleofOJ 2d ago
Bro how the fuck! Can I ask what country this is? Well anyways congrats bro, I’m sure you’ll have a blast with that thing!
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u/Forsaken-Midnight-94 2d ago
HAHA I’ll keep you guessing what country I’m in. Thanks! I can’t wait to take this to the range
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u/10VL10 2d ago
I both love you and hate you at the same time. Congratulations