[Kevin Gibson]

Story from the BBC of a "military grade rifle" found in Strabane in Northern Ireland. I'm sure they'll find the AR18 will be traced back to the original batch of about 2,000 of AR18's that were smuggled into Northern Ireland during "The Troubles" from the US through the NORAID line.

I've always been a big fan of the AR-18, the " only military rifle in history to fail on three continents without ever having been in a war". While it may have been a failure, it's probably the most influential rifle of the post WW-II era.

Strabane: PSNI find 'military-grade rifle' during dissident republican investigation - BBC News

 

[TommyGunn]

I wouldn't be very surprised if there are still a couple of 90 year old Thompson 1921s still hiding in the walls of some Irish cottages.....:wink:

 

[Kevin Gibson]

I wouldn't be very surprised if there are still a couple of 90 year old Thompson 1921s still hiding in the walls of some Irish cottages.....:wink:

I'd be surprised if there weren't.

I wanna say there was at least one found a couple of years ago buried in the sand on a beach in Northern Ireland when a local teenager struck pay dirt with his metal detector. What I do remember from that one was a couple of rare guns, a Colt Monitor (or FN model D) and an AR-10.