The MAC-10 Was an Over-Hyped Hunk of Junk

<p>For roughly a 20-year period from the mid-1970s to the mid-&#39;90s the MAC-10 submachine gun was everywhere. At least that&rsquo;s what you might think if your only exposure to the weapon is action films and T.V. shows from the era.</p> <p>The compact MAC-10 first registered in America&rsquo;s collective imagination when John Wayne wielded one with lethal prowess in the 1974 police thriller&nbsp;<em>McQ</em>.</p> <p>After that, the MAC-10 became a standard prop gun, often appearing prominently in&nbsp;<em>several&nbsp;</em>feature films and episodes of popular T.V. shows, such as&nbsp;<em>The A-Team</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Miami Vice</em>, in a single year. A veritable who&rsquo;s-who of Hollywood elites, action superheroes and B-movie regulars fired a MAC-10 at someone on screen at some point.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-mac-10-was-an-over-hyped-hunk-of-junk-7d4290618ecb"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
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