mint WWII japanese rifle including bayonet handed over at 'gun buyback' program......

This prob. happens more than we know by a long shot. First thing i saw today on the yahoo page showed a nazi 1944 sturgewehr a woman turned in when her daddy died not knowing what it was. The good cops in that particular dept. were honest enough to tell her what she had and about what it was worth and give her the oppurtinity to keep it for private sale say to a museum or such. They say gun was valued around 20,000$:eek:
 
mike irwin

Well, judging by the picture, it's not mint.

Not even close.
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maybe this one wasn't but OP's point isn't any less valid(not saying you said otherwise)....check out this link crankgrinder mentioned:

http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blog...-buy-back-022155231--abc-news-topstories.html

while we're at it why don't we send our 1933 gold eagles worth millions to the us mint (since we have five, we'll send them all at once instead of just one so they can look at them and say that you can't have them back:D).

my point is some people just don't seem to have commonsense or respect for anything of historical and even monetary value yet $5 will get their blood boiling.
 
posts about old books

my dad used to get the FREE books left at the "take it or leave it" section of the dump. he has come across many many gems. Some are worth money, others are history and great for the home library, den, etc.

Back in the day, that is where knowledge and education came from(partially). once they are destroyed you can't get them back.

I know if I came across an old book I wouldn't throw it away. Many books one wouldn't even think for a second are worth money are worth very much. One totally random example would be the 1st edition alcoholics anonymous bigbook...it isn't all that old, it isn't a famous novel, but the demand is there.
 
griz posted:
I'll bet there are legislators voting on gun laws that do not know any more than she does about guns.
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I think most legislators who vote on guns know nothing about them. Why else would we get absolutely ridiculous gun laws like the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban? So the fact that my AR-15's stock was fixed, I didn't have a bayonet lug, and my flash hider was pinned on instead of threaded made it legal? But if it had those features it would be illegal and turn into some evil "assault weapon" of doom?
 
A friend of mine bought "an old army rifle" for $40 at a yard sale. It was on the table next to a .22 they wanted $100 for.

Virtually mint condition 1903 Springfield. I offered him DOUBLE what he paid for it, but NOOooooo!!! :) Some friend..:D
 
I have wondered how many pieces of evidence were turned in since it's no questions asked at them. Nice if the police destroy your murder weapon for you.
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Honestly, I seriously doubt there are very many. Most criminals don't think that in-depth about it. It's far easier and faster to just toss a murder weapon off a bridge than it is to hold on to it until the next voluntary turn-in comes around.
 
I tend to agree nickel. I think many of them would be paranoid to hand it over for whatever reason also.

I saw last year a guy turned in an actual gun, WWII pen I believe. Unbelieavable but true. They haven't made the pen firearms for years.
 
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