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You can get an M16A2 made prior to 1986, but not an A4.

The reason any fully-automatic weapon that's legal for civilian purchase is so expensive is because there aren't that many of them left in circulation. By "in circulation, " I mean that the owner is willing to sell the firearm.

Current laws in the US prohibit the transfer of fully-automatic weapons manufactured or imported after 1986.

EDIT: Yes, you are allowed to purchase a fully-automatic firearm that was manufactured in the US before 1986, or was imported to the US before 1986. You have to pay an extra $200 on top of the price of the firearm (which will be high for reasons we've already mentioned) and wait anywhere from three months to a year for the BATFE to get around to processing your paperwork before taking possession of the firearm.

About the cheapest you can find a fully-automatic firearm is $5,000... And most will be $10,000 or more.

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Why does a class 3 Colt M16A4 cost $15000?

Is there any particular reason for it to cost so much?

Does anyone know where you can buy a used M16A4?

Colt M16a4

The short answer, which everyone else seems to be avoiding, is that automatic weapons cost so much because the Democrats decided to limit the number that are available to private owners by chopping off the supply, legally. Since the supply is small, and dwindling, the prices shot up to the stratosphere and will only go higher.

Their rationale was nonsense, but their method served their purpose, which is getting automatic weapons out of the hands of anyone except the military or cops.

This is a gun that should, in any rational world, cost a few hundred dollars more than the semi-auto commercial version of Colt.

This is a perfect example of supply and demand, and how it can be misused to take away your rights.

Civilians cannot purchase select fire weapons made after 1986. A limited supply and a high demand means high prices.

EDIT:: Correct. You purchase one through a Class 3 dealer. The gun in question has to have been registered before the cut-off date in 1986. The exact date escapes me at the moment. You need a bit of paperwork and $200 tax stamp first.

Yes, you'RE not allowed to own a fully automatic weapon that was made prior to 1986.

If you want something fully automatic that fires .223 then go to budsgunshop.com and go to their class III stuff, there's some fully automatic Mini-14 for $7,200.00 Free shipping though.

Or you could find a MAC-10 for around $4,500.00, not sure where though.

Supply and demand. And you can't have one anyway because they were all built after 1986 and can not be transferred to a civilian.

Because only the rich and powerful don t want the poor and powerless to shoot off their feet....the rich know the poor need their feet to report to work for the rich and powerful. The 1% can t exploit the 99% if the 1% are left to their own judgement....lest the rich and powerful permit the childish and ignorant drones of the world to de-feet them :)