May 8-10, 2024 Firearms & Militaria
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 5/8/2024
Very clean and attractive smooth jacket Vickers water cooled machine gun as registered by “Wilson Arms Co”. Armored muzzle booster with drain plug, cork, and chain present at the front of the water jacket. “VSM” marked rear sight with “push-tension” release adjustment knob. Electronic NFA registry indicates “WILSON, JAMES DBA WILSON ARMS CO” as the manufacturer of this gun. CONDITION: Overall appearance and finish is near excellent lustrous blue refinish upon remanufacture on receiver box with “MA 41” visible under the finish. “VSA092” with Wilson logo also visible. Top cover and backplate metal are black enamel painted. Jacket retains nearly all of its green paint coverage. Wood handles extremely fine with light handling marks, and very attractive. Bore is extremely fine, shiny and bright. Lock face also extremely fine. Mechanics are crisp. This is a full-auto-only machine gun. Tripod is dated 1942 on top of brass head legs are painted with gray paint. Very serviceable. The Vickers is always a popular gun at the shooting range. Well-made, reliable, and readily and easily converted to different calibers according to the desires of the owner. Parts have always seemed to be readily available as well. THIS IS A NATIONAL FIREARMS ACT ITEM AND REQUIRES BATF APPROVAL PRIOR TO TRANSFER. THIS ITEM IS FULLY TRANSFERABLE ON AN ATF FORM 3 OR 4. JWK 2024-05-025
Manufacturer
Wilson Arms Co.