Posted on 03/25/2017 6:33:15 AM PDT by marktwain
Two years ago, Romeoville Illinois held a gun “buy back. They took in 73 guns, pictured above. Some of those firearms are very nice indeed, and worth much more than the $60 that police were paying people for them. Third from the left of the middle row of long guns appears to be an M1 carbine and sling. Two over on the left is a classic .22 target rifle, two over to the right a classic hunting tool, a pump action .22 rifle, probably a Winchester 1906. In the center of that row are two Stevens Crackshot .22 rifles, highly desired. There are numerous pump shotguns, probably a .22 levergun in the back row. On the right of the middle row it looks like a Carcano in full military gear.
All the ammunition was turned in for free.
Most of the pistols were inexpensive, but there was a Ruger convertible single six with the extra cylinder, a P38, a Glock long slide and a number of older top break revolvers. Several of the guns were worth several hundred dollars. There might be a couple not worth the $60 given for them.
Setting up to purchase the guns that will come in to the turn in would be a bit of a challenge. The “buy back” will be held at the Police Department. From patch.com:
ROMEOVILLE, IL — Romeoville police will host a Gun Buy Back program from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 8, at the police department, 1050 W. Romeo Road.
Residents can turn in weapons, no questions asked and without penalty — even if they don't have a FOID card — and get $60 in return. “Cash will be paid
(Excerpt) Read more at ammoland.com ...
“...appears to be an M1 carbine and sling. ...”
Believe it’s actually a Ruger Mini-14 or mini-30. The blocky front end is the giveaway.
Headline from 2019: "Crime rates in Romeoville spike; police baffled".
Those top-break revolvers in the front look neat. Old Iver Johnsons, or SW No.3’s, maybe?
Holy crap... In the first row of rifles, on the far left, is a VERY serious (probably) single shot target rifle, probably a Winchester 52 or Remington 40x. Check out the micrometer aperture rear site, and the cylindrical, replaceable insert front site!
Perfect for 50’ 3 position competition. The 9 ring on the targets is .23 in diameter, the 10 is a dot in the center. To score a 10, you needed to touch the dot. a 10X required a perfect center shot with no remnant of the 9 ring left! From 50 feet!
I used to shoot those in high school, on the JROTC rifle team.
Mark
I think they are Iver Johnsons, but there were a number of manufacturers. Not enough resolution to be certain.
I can’t imagine the article NOT pointing it out if my suspicion is correct, ‘course they’re going on a grainy pix just like we are, but isn’t the pistol at lower right, 2nd one up, a Walther P38?
Obviously it could be some sort of clone but that wouldn’t that be a $2K or so pistol?
Rifles, second from right front row, there’s a Nugget...
Always liked top break revolvers, as well as revolvers in general.
Ivers are neat old guns. Smith No. 3 Schofields are pretty cool too.
but isn’t the pistol at lower right, 2nd one up, a Walther P38?
“a P38”
Much depends on the year of manufacture and provenance. Post war models can be had for about $400 - $500.
—sounds like a good idea, depending on the jurisdiction. I suspect in C(r)ook County, Illinois if you walked up to the table, then got an appraisal which caused you to walk away from the “buyback” , cops would be all over you for ID, FOID, etc.,-—
They should sell them at public auction an watch the bidders go mad bidding them up to new prices.
Happened at a police auction in Oklahoma and at private auctions in Arkansas a few years ago.
After seeing such an auction, one pawn shop gun dealer said he wished he had brought ALL HIS guns to be sold at the auction.
Oops, missed that. Now I see that the P38 design was mfd long after the war even into 2000 (as the P1) and that example could just be “a high-quality used gun” on that basis.
I think even that metal Sanka can may be a collectable.
Second from the right. Is that a Steyer?
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