Posted on 07/23/2014 12:07:26 PM PDT by marktwain
The Billings Montana Police Department and Yellowstone County Sheriff's department are going to auction off a number of guns on Saturday, August 2nd, from 9 a.m. to noon. The stated reason for the auction is the law passed in Montana that requires such assets to be sold to federal firearms dealers (Montana code 46-5-313) rather than be destroyed. These pictures give us an idea of the assets that are being saved by laws such as these. Each picture is one lot of guns. The guns will be auctioned off in lots. Notice the minty looking Springfield 1903 in the center. Original 1903 Springfields in that condition are difficult to find. They are almost never used in crimes.
The lots are of five guns each, with two lots containing six handguns and another two containing four handguns. There are nine lots of handguns and six lots of long guns. The lots appear to have been judiciously mixed to include expensive and inexpensive guns. A number of the bolt action rifles appear to be missing bolts.
Here is one of the handgun lots:
That’s a lot of Glocks and AK-47’s!
There must be some AK15s in there somewhere! /S
It helps when you have them in the safe, and a copy of the Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson at hand. ;)
Yep, Krags went insane. I’ve got one of the DCM arsenal sporters from the 20’s, it’s a fun gun.
Here’s a bit of eye candy for you.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2947889/posts
So I'm not the only one... ;-)
There's a trick to it that I finally got so I didn't have to return the gun to my mocking brother dissassembled. But to that point it was a Chinese puzzle box. BTT
Wow... the scroll work and checkering on that side by side is beautiful... what a nice work of art!!! Did you do that work yourself, or have it done?
RE Krags: I could kick myself every time I think of those... Smooth shooters. .30-40 was a nice round.
“...So I’m not the only one... ;-)...”
No, my friend... you are NOT alone...!!
I was about two seconds away from literally throwing it across the room, then I got the bolt back in place correctly, and it slid in like a glove... and I felt VERY stupid and childish for the tantrum.
It was a lesson in patience. But like I said - WHAT a tack driver. The newer ones with the bull barrels are nice, but there’s just something about “The Original” that sings...
I have a Walther P22 that is nice to shoot too, but it’s the whole polymer thing... “got no soul”....
It’s like throwing a Kar98K or a Garand up to your shoulder versus an AR... yeah, they’re both sweet... but one is a Rifleman’s rifle, and the other is ... “any guy’s gun”.
(Not disparaging the AR, though... it’s ubiquitous, easy to operate, easy for women shooters to use, and it’s a modern, fast-handling battle carbine that will protect you and your liberty... my flavor is Bushmaster, and it’s a great carbine.)
Love ‘em all.
If I had some extra cash on hand, I be bidding on one or two of those lots myself...
That is a factory Grade 5E Ithaca NID in 16 gauge. According to factory records, less than 30 were made. This one was from a block of “specials” in 1941.
The MKI (or II) is one instance of “gun karma” for me. I showed a newbie at the range how to take one apart and reassemble it, and in doing so didn’t get to shoot.
The next day I found a Smith 27 no dash in 99% condition for $500.
What goes around comes around.
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