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LOT 1489
Excellent U.S. Sako Defense M60 General Purpose Machine Gun, Class III/NFA Fully Transferable Machine Gun, with Tripod and Accessories - Serial no. 216158, 7.62 mm Nato cal., 24 inch round bbl., matte black finish, synthetic stock. This is an excellent example of the M60 belt fed machine gun as manufactured by the SACO Defense Division of the Maremont Co. Developed in the late 1950s, the M60 was designed as a general-purpose machine gun (GPMG), a single weapon to replace as many different .30 caliber machine guns in the Army inventory as possible. The M60 was deployed as the chief infantry machine gun for Vietnam, along with a variety of air, ground, and water vehicle mountings. While other designs started to fill the infantry niche from the 80s onward, the M60 is still a frontline automatic weapon
with American and allied armed forces. The barrel is equipped with a fixed blade front sight, elongated bird cage flash hider, and swiveling bipod. The receiver trunnion is fitted with the quick release hardware for the barrel, manufacturer’s marks, serial number and folding ladder rear sight. Fitted with a ventilated barrel shroud, ribbed forearm and pistol grip, and a plastic buttstock with a flip-up shoulder rest. Included with the lot is an extra barrel, cleaning tools, green painted tripod, black finished T&E mechanism and a shipping box.
CONDITION: Excellent, with 98% plus of the original matte black finish, showing some mild handling marks overall, with a generally “dry” appearance to the finish. The furniture is equally good. Mechanically excellent. NOTE: This weapon is a National Firearms Act (NFA), fully transferable Class 3, which is registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, (BATFE) under the provisions of 18 U.S.C. Chapter 44 and 27 CFR part 478.
Provenance: The Al Walker Collection.
Estimate: 55,000 - 85,000
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