S&W Project Spitfire
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Jsimon78
Custom
Reminiscent of the Marlin Camp9. Developed in the ‘40s, shelved for 50 years then dumped.
If they put it out tomorrow I’d buy one.
Id get 1
Recusant
Hellcat
Reminiscent of the Eagle carbine from the late 60s. This one is the 45 cal model and uses grease gun mags.
Patterned around the M3 Grease Gun, the Eagle carbine was developed and manufactured in small numbers in the 1960's. The Eagle Carbine was developed and manufactured from 1964-68 by Bill Ordner and was discontinued in 1969 after a fire broke out in the Pennsylvania factory destroying the inventory, parts and much of the tooling. The Eagle Carbine was patterned around the M3 Grease Gun and used genuine Thompson 1928 wood stocks in their construction. As the owner of the Eagle Gun Company, Bill operated out of his house in Stratford, Connecticut. The factory where the Eagle Carbine was manufactured was in northeast Pennsylvania. Bill would travel to the factory to proof fire new stock and pick up shipments of Eagle Carbines for resale to dealers. The Eagle Mark I, followed later by the Mark II version, were the first of several open bolt carbines to be manufactured and sold in the 1960's. These were followed by the Spitfire, the Apache and the Commando Carbine which appeared in the early 1970's. All were semiauto carbines that fired either .45 ACP or 9mm pistol cartridges using surplus Thompson, M3 or Sten magazines. The Spitfires and Apaches were later banned by the ATF and reclassified as "machine guns", in effect making the already rare Eagle Carbine one of the only legal versions of this type of firearm.
Patterned around the M3 Grease Gun, the Eagle carbine was developed and manufactured in small numbers in the 1960's. The Eagle Carbine was developed and manufactured from 1964-68 by Bill Ordner and was discontinued in 1969 after a fire broke out in the Pennsylvania factory destroying the inventory, parts and much of the tooling. The Eagle Carbine was patterned around the M3 Grease Gun and used genuine Thompson 1928 wood stocks in their construction. As the owner of the Eagle Gun Company, Bill operated out of his house in Stratford, Connecticut. The factory where the Eagle Carbine was manufactured was in northeast Pennsylvania. Bill would travel to the factory to proof fire new stock and pick up shipments of Eagle Carbines for resale to dealers. The Eagle Mark I, followed later by the Mark II version, were the first of several open bolt carbines to be manufactured and sold in the 1960's. These were followed by the Spitfire, the Apache and the Commando Carbine which appeared in the early 1970's. All were semiauto carbines that fired either .45 ACP or 9mm pistol cartridges using surplus Thompson, M3 or Sten magazines. The Spitfires and Apaches were later banned by the ATF and reclassified as "machine guns", in effect making the already rare Eagle Carbine one of the only legal versions of this type of firearm.
Belt Fed
SAINT
What about the day after tomorrow?
I might buy 2!
Jsimon78
Custom
I’ll put name on the waiting list