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LOT 1357
Desirable Group Industries Model 1918A2 Browning
Automatic Rifle, Class III/NFA Fully Transferable
Machine Gun with Extra Magazines - Serial no. 00086,
30-06 cal., 25 inch round bbl., parkerized finish, synthetic
stock. Manufactured with a Group Industries receiver and
military components, this is a commercial continuation of
the Browning Automatic Rifle as used by U.S. armed forces
from World War II onward. First introduced at the tail end
of World War I, the BAR was the forefather of the modern
“squad automatic weapon” concept, a lightweight machine
gun as an organic part of a small infantry unit, capable
of maneuvering with the unit and of returning fire with
a single operator without a field mount when needed. It
would serve as a force multiplier for American infantry from
1918 up to the introduction of the M60 for Vietnam, serve
with multiple American allies, and see less savory use during
the “gangland” activities of the 1920s/1930s, including as
a weapon of choice for notorious outlaws Bonnie & Clyde.
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