[chapin2500]

You are correct. $200 was a lot of money then but not so much today.

Thanks. $200 was a lot of money considering a Thomson was about $75.

[Richard-SIA]

Actually, the illicit NFA tax was set at $200 as that was the price of a Thompson in 1933.

The Thompson was just about the only SMG available at the time.

If congress had never passed prohibition, the MOB would never have become such a problem, and MG's might still be completely unrestrticted in the U.S.