Disposal of junk pistol

That's kind of pitiful- you get "mad" at a gun and destroy it. Pretty sophomoric.
Now is not the time to destroy ANY gun. There are many people who could use parts, and the gun actually can be fixed. They are just simple machines, after all.
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The pistol that I personally destroyed with a splitting maul was a Jennings .22. Bought it years ago when I was young; with the idea of cheap "entertainment"/plinking.

I would not wish my particular gun on anyone, except maybe my "worst enemy" and even then I have a bit more compassion than that!

I was not "mad" at the gun, just did not want that particular example of exactly the opposite of fine craftsmanship to survive. I did attempt to fix it, and did several times; however, it did become a danger to any user after a time. And for what I paid for it, and how much use I got out of it (as unreliable as it was) no great loss to me or the gun community at large as I see it. (Unless someone collects Jenny .22s, and then I just upped the value of their collection with the first swing of my maul!)

So, in my case not sophomoric just good judgement.
 
Sell it cheap at a gunshow for a project gun to somebody would be my first choice.

Second choice would be to gut it for all the parts except the frame, sell those to a gun parts company. Use the cylinder as a pencil holder on your desk, lay the frame down on an anvil and smack it on both sides, then top and bottom, with a good sledgehammer, use it as a paperweight on your desk next to the new pencil holder.
 
I had a Rossi M-68 about 25 years ago. Think I paid $50 or so from an Estate sale. Dang cylinder would unlock upon every fired round. Just come open about 1/16", just enough to prevent any further firing until you slapped the cylinder closed again.

I replaced the ejector rod, the hole looked square, I took it to a gunsmith who said it would cost more to fix it than it was worth (don't think he wanted anything to do with it).

It has been resting peacefully at the bottom of a lake ever since. :D

Sophomoric? Maybe.
Satisfying? Absolutely.
 
Turn over to Police

Not that I like taking these reports, but my agency will take them from citizens who don't want them anymore. For the owner, no muss no fuss.
 
I took an old out of time High Standard revolver to a gun show and traded it for a stack of Bushmaster magazines. We both felt good about the deal.
Ralph
 
I don't care how "sophmoric" you may say it is.

Destroying that Sterling was like ridding the world of a terrorist:

cornbush said:
My dad had a sterling .22 that we hated, surprise. We took it out and shot it............with a couple .45's and a 9mm and hung it up on the wall. It looks better now than it ever did before. 230 gr ball ammo will penetrate the slide and frame from about 15 feet!!
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That P.o.S Sterling was a danger to anyone daring enough to load it. It would slam fire, fire out of battery, and the safety no longer worked. On one occassion, it slam fired 3 rounds and only stopped when the pistol rotated in my dad's hand, causing the slide to hit his wrist and fail to feed the next round.

Destroying the pistol eliminated any question of liability, should it have been sold.

Selling it for parts is actually a comical suggestion. The cost of buying 2-3 replacement parts would have exceeded the original purchase price of the pistol. There is a reason Jennings, Sterling, etc. are "throw-away" pistols.


I'll be over at my dad's later today. I'll be sure to marvel in the glory of the swiss-cheese Sterling. Good riddance. :D
 
Sterlings were actually copies of the Italian Rino Galesi. They should not be lumped in with Jennings. Sterlings were made of real steel. While they were a little crudely machined, they were not "throw away" guns. They are no longer in production and parts are getting scarce. Justify destroying it to yourself all you want-someone else could have used it. Getting mad at an inanimate object and destroying it is childish. Now COMPUTERS are almost human, and with as much trouble as I am having with mine makes me ALMOST feel like shooting it! ;)
 
Almost any other gun would have gotten fixed, but that one needed to be put down.:D:D Like a rabid dog, you don't want to sell it knowing its going to turn on its owner. For the record it had been into the gunsmith atleast twice I know of, it was just its time to go.:(:D
 
I took a Sawsall to my Cobray/Ingram 9mm. Cut it into 4 pieces threw one piece a week into the Garbage.

Kept the Mags and Bolt for Trading now their gone.
 
I would just wait for a PD sponsored handgun buy back -- you get a little they'll end up destroying the gun -- at least your not totally out on it
 
cornbush said:
Almost any other gun would have gotten fixed, but that one needed to be put down. Like a rabid dog, you don't want to sell it knowing its going to turn on its owner. For the record it had been into the gunsmith atleast twice I know of, it was just its time to go.
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The rabid dog in question, with integral supressor:

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That picture sure brings back memories..............I can still see where I nailed it with my .270 :)

It may have been sophmoric for some of you, and you would never do that to one of your guns. But, at the time, there was no demand for the parts, it was unsafe to look at let alone shoot, and it was ethically wrong to try and sell it to someone else knowing the problems it had. So, it was put to good use one last time (and did make for a very interesting reactive target), and now has a special place of honor on the wall.
 
I did that with an old 32cal break open I had. I smashed the cylinder, hit it at the joint of barrel and frame, then heaved it into an old quarry that's about 150 feet deep. It will never be seen again
 
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