Estate finds.....

[NSP64]

I am helping a widow dispose of some stuff her husband left behind and she brought over a truck load of stuff including reolading supplies, loaded ammo, and 2 M72 LAWS ROCKET TUBES. I know how to despose of the other stuff, but what to do with the tubes? Does anyone knows if these are legal to own? Googled some on a colectables site?:drinks:

[trevj]

Empty?

Someone will want them to round out their reenacting kit.

At one time I saw a fair few of these for sale at gun shows and surplus places.

Never shot a live one, but whanged a few practice rounds against an old tank hull... Kinda underwhelming, compared to what the Hollywood ones can do....:D

Can't help you on whether "there's a law", but if I found one at a garage sale, I'd make an offer and not worry about who knew.

Live? Destructive device, no?

Cheers
Trev

[mtnman31]

I've never heard of them having any type of restriction. I have seen them for sale a few times in the past. Don't recall where or how much - if I remember right one of the cartridge collector's websites had some for sale along with all sorts of large caliber samples, i.e. 20mm and larger, inert mortar rounds, etc. PM me with a price if you want to sell them. I don't really have a clue what they are worth but one would look cool displayed next to the 120mm tank training round I have. It is a full size and weight resin practice round they use to train tankers in reloading drills.

[HeavyMetal]

LIve or not those were, at one time, considered a "destructive device" in California!

I would suggest a call the the State DOJ before I gave one a home!

[jdgabbard]

As long as their demilled they are not illegal. A buddy that owned a shop used to have one hanging from the ceiling.

Don't ask me how to inspect if they are demilled.

[Bladebu1]

I know in the navy years ago to have anything like that or a AT4 tube as a traing device we had to have EOD certifie that it was inerate and we had to keep a recorded on file of what we had for aids too I would think make a call to doj or maybe the ATF ?

[mike in co]

LIve or not those were, at one time, considered a "destructive device" in California!

I would suggest a call the the State DOJ before I gave one a home!

he lives in the UNITED STATES...not in kalifornica

[kyle623]

what kind of reloading supplies? I'm not very far from you if your talking bout carlisle lake.

[beanflip]

heres a link to the M72 LAWS ROCKET TUBES.... the cost in 1965---Unit cost 923.5$


http://www.buymilsurp.com/us-m72-laws-rocket-tube-dated-1965-p-5566.html

[AZ-Stew]

The most dangerous part of an empty LAAW (Light Anti-Armor Weapon) tube is the sights. They're filled with Tritium so they are visible at night. Tritium is radioactive, so don't break open the sight to see what makes it glow in the dark.

The "HEAT" warhead is a shaped charge that expells the explosive energy in a pencil-like stream in a forward direction with respect to the direction of travel of the warhead when it hits the target. HEAT stands for High Explosive Anti-Tank.

As the link in Beanflip's post says, the rocket propellant is completely burned within the LAAW tube so the blast doesn't hit the face of the shooter. It makes one HELL of a BOOM when fired. It does NOT hiss and stream a trail of smoke as depicted by Hollywood. Once it leaves the tube it flies like a bullet. No smoke trail. Makes it harder for the enemy to figure out where it came from.

Regards,

Stew

[abunaitoo]

As far as I know they are legal to own.
Some of the guys here have them.
Want to sell them????
I'm interested.
Send me a PM with a price.

[par0thead151]

LAW's are 100% legal to own.
they are not like the RPG. law is a one use item and toss it once used.
the launcher tube is just that... a tube.

[Bert2368]

Flea Bay with $250.00 buy it now price...

http://cgi.ebay.com/M72-LAW-Rocket-DUMMY-COLLECTIBLE_W0QQitemZ250412041186QQcmdZViewItemQQp tZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item250412041186&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C 240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

[Beaverhunter2]

Trev,

I fired a few live ones. Serious boom when launched, more of a "crack" on impact, a neat little pencil-sized hole in the armor (APCs- not tanks), and amazing amounts of torn-up stuff inside!

John

[Ancesthntr]

Try contacting Big Sky Surplus to see if they want to buy it from you. http://www.bigskysurplus.com/Default.htm

[jlchucker]

Didn't certain enemies in Southeast Asia once pick these up off the ground to use later as improvised mortar tubes?

[6.5 mike]

Yes they did, however if you slipped a frag inside it would change charlies mind about doing it again.

[sircharles]

First off, I am not a lawyer and I don't play one on Television...

The M72 was purposely designed as a one use device. That said, once used it becomes a demilled relic. Can it regain secondary status as a "weapon?" Certainly! But so can an old telephone handset, an automobile, or a baseball bat. Anybody that has experience with Estes rockets, with form fitting fins, can do the Hollywood reenactments with a high probability of being burned.

Historical information can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M72_LAW