MAC-10 True Lies
Posted on 05/02/2016 6:10:57 AM PDT by C19fan
For roughly a 20-year period from the mid-1970s to the mid-'90s the MAC-10 submachine gun was everywhere. At least that’s what you might think if your only exposure to the weapon is action films and T.V. shows from the era. The compact MAC-10 first registered in America’s collective imagination when John Wayne wielded one with lethal prowess in the 1974 police thriller McQ.
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But,it is great fun to shoot. Just have
alot of ammo when you do.
So was the TEC-9.
From “Night of the Comet”
“See that’s the problem with these things, Daddy would have gotten us UZI’s” ...
Very accurate if you fire it ghetto sideways....
Bruce Willis killed John Travolta in the bathroom with one. John never got to finish his book.
In the late 70s I was responsible for acquiring weapons and ammo for SEAL team 2 - an unusual and sometimes annoying job for a Marine captain. I received a request from them for a dozen MAC-10s and I told them it was ridiculous. They aren’t combat weapons and they weren’t even being made anymore. They got their favorite admirals involved, so I ended up buying them.
After they arrived, the SEALs took them to a Virginia Beach indoor range and burned through 6,000 rounds in a single session, trashing most of the guns and burning out the suppressors.
Glad we could provide an afternoon’s entertainment...
Loved that movie.
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Wherever did you find 12 of them?
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IIRC, in Lone Wolf McQuaid, Chuck Norris used a spin and a continous burst from his MAC-10 to mow down a vast arc of bandits arrayed on surrounding hillsides. His control of this precision weapon was bloody diabolical.
C'mon Hector, the MAC-10 submachine gun was practically designed for housewives.
The MAC-10 etc was simply a “dump” weapon.
You walk up to confined space and “dump” the magazine into it.
It was never intended as a tactical weapon or at any real distance. It was designed to kill multiple occupants of a car or small room at close range. You drop it and run. Cheap and effective. It is not an extended service weapon, but more of a single use.
What did that cost? [Just bein’ nosy...]
MAC-10 True Lies
Me too!
Always had a thing for Catherine Mary Stewart
It looks kind of cool, though. Just like some old cars, someone ought to remanufacture a reliable version today with the same look.
Best line in that movie!
Rick used one in Magnum PI. Opening scene in later years.
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