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HT/ richmomz

In 1960 you could buy this. I don’t recall any major crimes committed with it.

http://i.imgur.com/iAPSL.jpg

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  1. mkultra

    January 11th, 2013

    In 1960 there weren’t 10 million aspie neckbeards high on prozac fantasizing about mass murder.

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  2. Bob M.

    January 11th, 2013

    Yeah, but did it have ‘a shoulder thing that goes up?’ :roll:

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  3. Unruly Refugee

    January 11th, 2013

    Fckn-A! 20mm, that’s just 4mm shy of an inch. OUCH!

    I need one for those pesky “squirrels”.

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  4. Kairn

    January 11th, 2013

    I hope there are still some of these puppies out there still in good working order. Yep, I hope they still have a goodly supply of cartridges as well.

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  5. Unruly Refugee

    January 11th, 2013

    oops, 5.4mm shy of an inch. damn keyboard

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  6. Stranded in Sonoma

    January 11th, 2013

    A 20mm rifle for under $200! Of course, if you want an anti-tank weapon…

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  7. Shiite from Shinola

    January 11th, 2013

    Sold by a company located on Hollywood Blvd.
    In the pre-libfaggot days. Gay still meant happy.

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  8. Shiite from Shinola

    January 11th, 2013

    If you want to know what the kick is like, just stand behind a mule and poke it in the ass with a sharp stick.

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  9. Two Legged Blue Eyed Cracker

    January 11th, 2013

    What is interesting is the 2012 $ price tag of around $1200.

    Sell an old pick up and create triple-interlocking fire with three 20mm and a case of ammo.

    Please visit the ranch to pick up our “clips”.

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  10. FXDWG

    January 11th, 2013

    I’m old enough to remember these ads. Mostly WWII small arms. Mausers, Lugers, Walthers,etc. They had a special on Italian Carcano carbines, scope included…

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  11. GenghisJohn

    January 11th, 2013

    That could take out a DHS Hummer full of Obama Brown-Shirts in one shot.

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  12. J Frank Parnell

    January 11th, 2013

    It was in the book Unintended Consequences. Turned his own projectiles on a lathe IIRC.

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  13. CrustyB

    January 11th, 2013

    I think we all remember where we were when we heard that JFK’s limo was blown up by a Nazi 20mm anti-tank rifle.

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  14. Bayouwulf

    January 11th, 2013

    It probably would not destroy the tank, rather it would damage key areas, i.e. turret ring, track links, etc. A well placed shot could disable the tank and get the crew out where they could be dispatched easily. Ask any Eastern Front veteran.

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  15. OpenTheDoor

    January 11th, 2013

    “In 1960 there weren’t 10 million aspie neckbeards high on prozac fantasizing about mass murder.”

    That is awesome! I am so stealing that.

    How come Fort Hood is never brought up?

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  16. John Cooper

    January 11th, 2013

    J Frank Parnell: Check out the prices for a used “Unintended Consequences” hardback on eBay or Amazon. They’re going for over $200!

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  17. TJSNRWC

    January 11th, 2013

    Didn’t “Thunder Bolt and Lightfoot” use one of those on an armored car. That didn’t cause a bunch of thugs to go out and rob an armored car. MMMM what has changed since the 60′s. A lot.

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  18. Skorpion

    January 11th, 2013

    TJSNRWC: Yes, Clint Eastwood and George Kennedy used a similar anti-tank weapon to blow open a depository vault in that movie.

    I’ve used this same graphic, along with other mail-order ads from the early 60s offering M-1 Carbines for less than $100 , to demonstrate the very point made here. Guns are FAR less available now then they were before 1968, but the near-weekly massacres of our time were virtually unknown in American society then.

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  19. Tim

    January 11th, 2013

    Man, that would look cool hanging next to my hydrogen bomb … oh, I didn’t write that out loud, did I?

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  20. One Notch Above a Congresscritter

    January 11th, 2013

    Be a little tough to walk in a theater with one of those bad boys under your coat.

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