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I've never scrapped an entire firearm, although I have scrapped dangerous or out-of-spec parts. I do have a worn-out R/G that's about to have the action poured full of hard lead to turn it into a paperweight.

Good greif, what's wrong with having the action of a dangerous gun welded shut and the chamber and bore permanently plugged and used as a historical wall hanger?

Actually I had 3 handguns that my father left us. I got them from a South Vietnamese Capt who used to visit us. He wanted my father to mail them to him in Viet Nam. This was after the 68 GCA so dad would not take the chance. They were some of the most poorly made revolvers I have ever seen. Cheap Knock offs. I cut them up with the torch and recycled the pieces.

They had one buyback in Portland but it would cost more to drive up there than the gift card was worth. That and I will not support the group who put it on, even if it meant getting a few buck out of them.

Never had a need to "destroy" a gun - doubt I ever will. I'd do that though before engaging in a buy-back. I'll never feed their numbers so that they can report even more of a "success". The more guns that get turned in the more it looks like the public is buying into their propaganda.

I guess I have to much skill as I have been able to make them serviceable. I have one H&R 32 SW left that I need to chase down some springs for but it will be fine once that is done.

I had a single-shot 410 shotgun that was loose and wobbly, with a cracked stock and a badly rusted barrel. It got sawed up in the bandsaw. Also had a really junky Ring of Fire 22 that got smashed with a vice and a machinist's hammer. Parts went in the scrap metal bin.

People ask "Why destroy it", well it's not because of some nefarious plot or that I think guns are more dangerous than anything else...a gun is a malfunctioning machine, and if it is dangerous and unable to be repaired, I would rather destroy it than have somebody decide it's worth their time sticking a round of ammo in there and seeing what happens.

Same reason I destroy old safety gear like fall harnesses and carabiners and hard hats. Trash picking is quite the industry anymore and I would hate for someone to get hurt when I could have prevented it, or someone THINKING they can safely use something that is dangerous.

As far as welding it up for a wall hanger...sure, I've got a couple of old top-break 32's and some antique shotguns that are pretty worthless and might be wall hanger quality.

But I'm not going to take out the firing pins and let my kids have them for toys. There's enough kids getting killed because cops think a squirt gun is a real one, I bet an actual real one would be even worse chances. Things are not 1952 Mayberry anymore and police are not Officer Friendly.

Our local PD had a couple of collections of confiscated guns, mostly trash when they were new. With their supervision, I cut them in half through the action or frame to disable them. Some of the usable left over parts were donated to a local dealer and the half frames, etc. were retained by the PD as proof of distruction.

I don't agree with all these people tossing leftovers in the lakes/ocean. This planet is polluted enough already.

If you cut a gun into pieces and smash it up with a hammer, you cannot just weld the seams and feed it ammo. Scrapping the metal is perfectly fine.

As for $0.30 worth of peace-of-mind, put one piece of it in the recycling each week until you've gotten rid of it. If someone ends up with 2" of your leftovers, its unlikely they will be able to fashion a new firearm from it.

I don't have any pictures,,,

I don't have any pictures,,,
But I have made objects of art from dead firearms.

I had a S&W Pump 12 gauge that was dead,,,
A piece of the inner frame had snapped completely off.

I disabled the gun by welding the action shut,,,
Then I mounted it vertically on a base I made from driftwood.

I ran the electric cord through a hole I drilled through the butt of the stock,,,
I then mounted a lamp harp on the muzzle of the barrel,,,
It really made a great looking table lamp.

It was functional as well because I built a hidden drawer in the base,,,
I lined the drawer with green felt and made it big enough to hold my S&W 629,,,
I also made a spot in the drawer for speed ammunition, speed loaders, or a spare magazine.

The woman who purchased it from me (for $275.00 I might add),,,
Said this would be perfect in her husbands business office,,,
He's an attorney who hunts and shoots a lot.

I had an old dead RG snubbie,,,
I filled the action, cylinder, and barrel with epoxy,,,
Then I mounted it in a shadow box with a 45 RPM record of "Saturday Night Special".

I have made several standing floor lamps using old shotguns,,,
I can usually get anywhere from $200.00 to $300.00 apiece for them.

I have a standing request for old dead rifles and shotguns,,,
My Evil Pawn Shop Guy has come through for me on several occasions.

Aarond

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I've cut up a couple of POS/broken pistols but only after stripping them out and selling the parts on Ebay. Somebody needs those parts for their POS/broken pistols. Barring that, take them to a police buy back and get something for it. Let them destroy it for you.

Cracked Beretta Tomcat frame sanded into oblivion on a 6" x 48" belt sander. Just kept sanding till the crack was gone. So were the frame rails. Liked that little popper too.

My old girlfriend's mom took apart her husband's revolver, as best she could, and threw a piece of it in the garbage each week. She thought because he was a lawyer he would get in a lot of trouble for having one. Shes the kind of person who doesn't ask questions, just decides things based off what "makes sense" to her and then defends those ideas aggressively. I don't think she has learned anything new since she was 15. Nice person, just not interested in information from sources other than herself.

As I was in charge of the police armory court ordered firearms for destruction came to me. Reluctantly (some very reluctantly with tears falling) I supervised the destruction of thousands including Colt first gen SAA, 1911's, guns modified to illegal status, special commemoratives etc. etc. on some occasions I could get the order amended to "dept. use" but most went into the furnace. Police property rooms have a way of taking your pristine Browning and returning (if that happens) a mishandled, scratched , beat up piece of metal.

I have only scraped a firearm once and I regretted it. I had an old hex receiver 1903 dated Tula imperial Mosin mix master I cut up. I shot a bunch of corrosive ammo through it and never cleaned it. It had rusticles in the barrel. I pulled every useful part off and used a Sawsall to cut the receiver. I then sold it for scrap price. No big monetary loss because the rifle cost me $59, but it was still functional. Imperial Mosin rifles are a little tough to find as of late and I could have made a little bit of cash on that one.

I live 13 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. My friend has a boat. Enough said.

I was giving a sawed off shotgun in a estate sale. I plasma cut the the receiver. I couldn't find a barrel for it. It was in bad shape. And someone cut the buttstock. So no good parts in it.

interesting responses... I would part a gun out if it was dangerous... maybe destroy bad parts or maybe make a wall hanger of some sort... I wouldn't ever scrap an entire gun let alone an 870. Lots of useable parts... but your gun your choice as always.

Esoxchaser said:

Cracked Beretta Tomcat frame sanded into oblivion on a 6" x 48" belt sander. Just kept sanding till the crack was gone. So were the frame rails. Liked that little popper too.

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HA,,A friend of mine had the EXACT same model+cracked frame--He sent it to Beretta and they sent him back a NEW 3032 TomCat..Bill

Me and Dad melted a ring of fire 22 revolver I found on the Levee when I was 12.