Valuable WWII Gun at Police Buy-Back (Sturmgewehr 44)

Yahoo! ^ | 12/10/12 | Annie Rose Ramos

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"...eventually replaced by the AK 47 in 1947 by Russia, who copied the German design of the Sturmgewehr 44..."

A claim strongly disputed by Mikhail Kalashnikov.

[chainsaw56]

Bleh, that’s an AK-47!

/BSM

[chainsaw56]

Is there such a thing as drool ping?

[backwoods-engineer]

It is unregisterable contraband under the National Firearms Act of 1934 as amended by the Gun Control Act of 1968, per Section 922 of the US Code of Federal Regulations.

That Stg44 cannot be owned legally, and must be melted down immediately.

Haven't you people seen the sacred sculpture in front of the United Nations? Bow down to the twisted gun!

This country is so screwed, that we have laws requiring museum-quality relics to be melted down.

[Perdogg]

I would love to have one.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Back in the early 1980s, a friend of mine found a nice .32 Colt pistol at a garage sale.

When he asked the woman what she wanted for it, she said that her husband paid $15 dollars for it back in the 1930s and she wanted what he paid for it, $15.00.

A local widow woman sold her husband’s guns to the local police when he died. They got bargans on M1-Garands and M1 carbines, and his other military rifles from WWII.

The locals were very upset that the cops took advantage of her ignorance to fleece her of the rifles.

[TexasRepublic]

The badge is a dividing line. Some thugs stand behind it, others in front of it.

[ExGeeEye]

Officer Crabtree is an honorable, honest man with whom I would prefer to deal if I have to deal with the police.

He is technically incorrect. While the SG44 and AK-47 are superficially similar (to my wife’s untrained eye, they are also indistinguishable from a flattop AR), their operating systems, internal architecture and other mechanical characteristics differ greatly.

[Charles Martel]

I was wondering since its a machine gun in no working condition if she would now need a tax stamp to own it.

Unfortunately, it was once a functioning machine gun, so in BATFE's eyes it must either have been registered before the '86 cut-off date - or be sliced, diced and julienned.

A registration amnesty is long, long overdue for these stashed WWII firearms. But of course, that would deprive BATFE of its favorite door-busting, kitten-stomping entertainment.

[Impy]

I wanna shoot me some nazzys!

[GOPsterinMA]

Very good, Lt. Raine! :)

I’m having SOA withdrawal...

[Impy]

Me too.

“Holidays”, terrible time for TV watching unless you like the Peanuts.

“Justified” is back in January, ever watch that one?

[Stonewall Jackson]

I've heard of several incidents like this. There was one discussed here on FR a few months ago where the proverbial little old lady brought in her father's Tommy Gun. Apparently he'd been a hit man/enforcer back during Prohibition and had somehow managed to both elude police and keep the tool of his trade.

Sadly, it ended up getting melted down despite attempts by several museums to acquire it for their collections.