Is This The Saddest Weapons Bust In Chicago Police History?

http://dailycaller.com ^ | 04/20/2017 | Will Racke

[Beowulf9]

The Chicago Police Department is used to taking some serious firepower off the streets: Glock pistols, sawed-off shotguns, even AR-15 and AK-47 rifles.

Not every weapons bust gets the big guns, though. Take the fruits of a search warrant executed Wednesday at a home on the city’s southwest side:

[Beowulf9]

[Cicero]

My uncle used to have a leather bound box in a drawer in his library with a pair of nineteenth century flint lock, black powder dueling pistols. When I was a kid, I used to sit in the leather chair next to the desk and play with them.

These days I suppose the police would confiscate them if they knew they were there.

Indeed, when I got older, I made some black powder (carbon, potassium sulfate, and carbon powder, and fired a few shots at a tin can.

[Chainmail]

Pathetic.

[Big Red Badger]

That Is Impressive!

[Cicero]

Sorry, meant to say carbon powder, potassium chlorate, and sulfur.

[kingu]

Huh, no caps on the brass frame Remington (though I swear that looks like it is a .36...) Sans that, does it even count as a weapon? The Saturday Night Special’s kind of cute; did 15 officers participate in this takedown?

[RFEngineer]

potassium nitrate

[dangerdoc]

potassium nitrate?

[dangerdoc]

My attempt at making black powder as a kid was less than successful.

[yarddog]

The .25 looks a bit like a Tanfoglio. I once had one. It was in fact cheap but was a good shooter.

A store owner I knew had a Colt .22 single action. Not the single action army but still a nice little .22 He told me he wanted a much smaller pistol to keep. I traded him the Tanfoglio for it. I did feel a little ashamed of myself.

[wjcsux]

Where do the 30 round clips fit in?

[Billthedrill]

The revolver looks like a kit gun - 1858 New Army Model Bison. Don't know who makes it.

[W.]

I bet the weed is worth more than the guns!

[CtBigPat]

I have an 1858 Remington copy with a steel frame and target sights. It's fun to shoot, makes lots of smoke, big holes and gives you a tremendous appreciation for cartridge ammunition.

Shooting the 1858 bison model: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lp5sBtRWGM

[Beowulf9]

"You'll never catch me alive, coppers!" Famous last words.

[R_Kangel]

Must be a joke.

[TangoLimaSierra]

potassium nitrate

AKA Saltpeter

[IronJack]

Potassium nitrate, not sulfate.

[reg45]

Potassium nitrate

[imardmd1]

. . . and fine charcoal. Eleuthere Irenee du Pont used charcoal made from willow twigs from along the Brandywine . . .