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Valuable WWII Gun at Police Buy-Back (Sturmgewehr 44)
Yahoo! ^ | 12/10/12 | Annie Rose Ramos

Posted on 12/11/2012 8:38:58 AM PST by GOPsterinMA

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To: GOPsterinMA
"...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.

21 posted on 12/11/2012 10:01:50 AM PST by Flag_This (Real presidents don't bow.)
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To: GOPsterinMA

Bleh, that’s an AK-47!

/BSM


22 posted on 12/11/2012 10:20:48 AM PST by chainsaw56 (Do you have the right to defend yourself??)
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To: Future Snake Eater

Is there such a thing as drool ping?


23 posted on 12/11/2012 10:23:23 AM PST by chainsaw56 (Do you have the right to defend yourself??)
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To: GOPsterinMA
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.

24 posted on 12/11/2012 11:15:20 AM PST by backwoods-engineer ("Remember: Evil exists because good men don't kill the gov officials committing it." -- K. Hoffmann)
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To: GOPsterinMA

I would love to have one.


25 posted on 12/11/2012 11:16:14 AM PST by Perdogg (Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA4) for President 2016)
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To: GOPsterinMA

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.


26 posted on 12/11/2012 11:21:35 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (SAVE THE SUMATRAN RAT MONKEY!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

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


27 posted on 12/11/2012 12:27:45 PM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: GOPsterinMA

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.


28 posted on 12/11/2012 1:23:10 PM PST by ExGeeEye (I'll give y'all 90 days for the wounds to heal; then we start on 2014. Carpe GOP!)
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To: Nashvegas
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.

29 posted on 12/11/2012 2:05:47 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: GOPsterinMA

I wanna shoot me some nazzys!


30 posted on 12/14/2012 2:56:36 AM PST by Impy (All in favor of Harry Reid meeting Mr. Mayhem?)
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To: Impy

Very good, Lt. Raine! :)

I’m having SOA withdrawal...


31 posted on 12/14/2012 5:30:12 AM PST by GOPsterinMA (Time to musk up.)
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To: GOPsterinMA

Me too.

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

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


32 posted on 12/17/2012 11:14:09 PM PST by Impy (All in favor of Harry Reid meeting Mr. Mayhem?)
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To: GOPsterinMA
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.

33 posted on 12/17/2012 11:27:18 PM PST by Stonewall Jackson ( "I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.")
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