sad commentary that NONE of them wanted to keep it...Picture at site.
Last one I saw in that condition was going for $2400.00.
TSA confiscates knives daily and some pretty darn nice.....They all dont make it to trhe scrape heap,for some unknown reason.Think thats what happens to collector firearms these PD’s grab during these buy backs??
I don’t understand what is the big deal? My husband bought a .306 Springfield of the same vintage (military surplus) by mail order from the NRA in 1959 for $35. It had never been fired until my husband sporterized it and has used it for deer hunting ever since. Although my husband’s gun is a different calibre, I’m sure that these surplus trainers were probably sold in the same way and there are probably 1000s of them out there.
My husband’s gun was stolen once, about 25 years ago, but the police got it back for us. It is now safely stored in a Browning gun safe with my sterling silver.
These people are just lucky that gun didn’t sneak down in the night and shoot them all.
Nice!
But why would some fool think to turn it into the police for disposal? It would end up in some cop’s private collection.
I need to point out that I have a special connection to my husband’s Springfield rifle because when I went into labor with our first child, my husband drove the opposite way from the hospital and took me to the gunsmith to pick up his new bolt (made to specially fit the long stock he’d crafted for his gun). It wasn’t until I screamed at him to “TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL, I’m having a baby!” that he turned around and took me to the hospital where our darling daughter was born 12 hours later. 9 lbs, 1 oz.
I remember details like this. LOL.
I have a friend who’s mother had the late father’s WWII ACP .45, complete with all the trappings. Had never been fired any more than necessary for the dad to qualify. wrapped pristinely and put away for 75 years.
Mom gave it to the cops for a $50 gift certificate in a buy-back-and-destroy scam. I’m betting the house that gun is in some cop’s private stash.
Heartbreaking. ‘twas worth what, $3k? $4k? I mean, it was new in the box with original paperwork, holster, ammo, etc.
sad commentary that NONE of them wanted to keep it...This is the type of item that often ends up in the silly gun turn in programs.
Many of those valuable guns are sucked up by the savvy cops and politicians for free.
A widow woman took her deceased husband's WWI Springfield and 1911 Colt to be disposed of.
The cop on duty recognized them as collector's items and told her to take them to a dealer for appraisal as they were worth way more than what she would get at the buyback.
The cop was later reprimanded by his superiors for letting them get away.
And I bet it wasn't drilled and tapped for a scope when it left the armory.