Advertisement of the Day: 1990 Gun South Inc Advertisement for 86 Post Sample Styer MPi 81

                                        1990 G Advertisement for 86 Dealer Sample Steyr  MPi 81

The year was 1990 and many cold-war era sub-guns struggled to military/ LEO buyers as interest began to fall more in favor of shorter barreled assault rifles and the MP5 series of firearms.  Rock bottom prices could be had on many sub guns manufactured from the 1960s-80s for machine gun dealers in the US. For $269, the MPi 81 was a true bargain. Guns like the MPi 81 began turning up in MG rentals at shoots here in the US in the 1990s. It was a wonderful opportunity to fire a cold-war era subgun that was seldom seen in the civilian market.

Magazine Cover of the Day: Firepower Magazine 1986

                                    Firepower Magazine: January 1986

The January 1986 edition of Firepower was packed with a number of articles that ranged from the introduction of the Calico M1-II  gatling style conversion kit for M1 Carbine. At that time, surplus M1 carbines were still fairly reasonable in price and cheap .30 Caliber M1 ammo was plentiful.  These kits were produced in fewer numbers than it's little brother, the Calico Two Twenty Two and must have been a blast to fire. One article details the use of a 1911 full auto conversion that is in the US patten office and the introduction to the Springfield SAR 48. This was one of the last few Firepower Magazines published before the Firearms Owner Protection Act of 1986 that included the prohibition of the manufacturing of transferable machineguns after it's passage.