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Pistol found in hollowed-out book donated to Ellsworth [Maine] Goodwill
BDN ^ | Feb. 6, 2015 | Ryan McLaughlin,

Posted on 02/06/2015 11:06:23 AM PST by Daffynition

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To: Daffynition

is it even real and it’s not a book


21 posted on 02/06/2015 11:35:08 AM PST by molson209 (Blank)
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To: Daffynition
It never occurred to me to look inside books for money or suchlike.

Grandma liked a Maxwell House coffee can on the bottom row of the kitchen cabinets behind every other can in the world. Oh, yeah; in The Peoples Encyclopedia. But we found that. No telling though how much cash we took inadvertently to Goodwill and Salvation Army.
22 posted on 02/06/2015 11:35:38 AM PST by Resettozero
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To: Sacajaweau

I didn’t think of that! LOL...Down East fer sure!

http://www.blairhouse.com/murder.php

I believe Mendocino, CA is where many episodes were filmed.


23 posted on 02/06/2015 11:36:55 AM PST by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Daffynition

How much you reckon they want for it?
:-)


24 posted on 02/06/2015 11:38:34 AM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: livius

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/book-donated-maine-goodwill-spy-like-gun-smuggler-article-1.2104746


25 posted on 02/06/2015 11:41:53 AM PST by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Daffynition

Company named Barska sells gun safes exactly like this.


26 posted on 02/06/2015 11:42:32 AM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: Redbob

Don’t pay more than a quarter! That’s my limit, anyway!


27 posted on 02/06/2015 11:44:34 AM PST by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Steven Scharf

Seems You’re Very familiar with This

“non-story”

:-)


28 posted on 02/06/2015 11:46:58 AM PST by Big Red Badger ( - William Diamonds Drm - can You Hear it G man?)
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To: Steven Scharf
Much is being made of this non story.

Well, if you don't like what you read in The Grit, quit buying it!
29 posted on 02/06/2015 11:49:05 AM PST by Resettozero
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To: Daffynition
That hollowed out book may be how it came to an owner. Keep it on your desk or credenza.... and surprise....

Any derringer fans out there??

Looks like a repo though....or the gang that couldn't shoot straight...hence the directions.

30 posted on 02/06/2015 11:51:43 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: livius

I live in Maine, and I visit that store a couple of times a week.

All kinds of interesting items pass through. I’ve bought books, videos, DVDs, cameras, vintage framed items, all kinds of neat stuff.

The hollowed-out book had what looked like an antique firearm inside it. As others have said on this thread, it may be a reproduction.

This story was on the evening newscast broadcast from a CBS affiliate in Bangor, ME the other night.

The woman police detective said the firearm may be Italian, and there are no serial numbers, so it might be hard to find the original owner, according to the detective.

On another note, since January 24th, Ellsworth, ME received 5 feet, 8 inches of snow from five different storms, along with sub-zero temperatures at night. This global warming is rough.

I know a guy who bought an old 8-track cassette in a Salvation Army store in Bangor, ME. He found $80 inside.
Another guy I know of purchased a bunch of books at a yard sale north of Bangor some years ago. When he got home, he found $400 inside the books.


31 posted on 02/06/2015 11:52:58 AM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Everytime the cash register rings in a gun store, a Founding Father gets his wings.)
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To: smokingfrog

I believe Hobby Lobby sells similar hollowed out books.


32 posted on 02/06/2015 11:54:31 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Daffynition

I recall that one of the reproduction arms companies in the 1970s made a firearm like this that was sold in a book casing. . . I am pretty sure this is one of those. Possibly Navy Arms? If I recall correctly the binding had faux leather and a title something like “Arms and the Man” or equally cutesy. . . There were several models available.


33 posted on 02/06/2015 11:57:42 AM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users contnue...)
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To: Daffynition

Stupid democrat employee!


34 posted on 02/06/2015 11:59:04 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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35 posted on 02/06/2015 12:00:32 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: Swordmaker

There were no pages at all, just simply a hollow box, nestling the gun. A sticker said it was built by a gun-box seller in Arkansas.

Police are trying to figure out who owned the gun, but have little to go on. They ran the pistol’s serial number through a national database, but got no hits, the paper said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/book-donated-maine-goodwill-spy-like-gun-smuggler-article-1.2104746


36 posted on 02/06/2015 12:02:06 PM PST by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

but...but....he has such an honest face!


37 posted on 02/06/2015 12:06:00 PM PST by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Daffynition

Hmmmm....interesting.

The detective said the other night on TV there was no serial number.

I guess they found one after all.


38 posted on 02/06/2015 12:10:17 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Everytime the cash register rings in a gun store, a Founding Father gets his wings.)
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To: Resettozero

Where I grew up in western NY. There was a little corner store that had been there for a hundred years. He had a safe behind the counter. However, he could not lock the safe. So, he kept the cash in Coffee Can on the shelf at night right there with all the other coffee cans. Kind of like hiding in plain site.


39 posted on 02/06/2015 12:39:50 PM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: livius

The is a CVA replica in new unfired condition. A new one coast about 50 bucks. It’s black powder , not even considered a firearm.


40 posted on 02/06/2015 12:56:03 PM PST by Clean_Sweep
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