Anteater1717
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I'm sad now
Gun Horror Story--no, really
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I'm sad now
Geronimo45
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Think Lawdog mentioned a story like that. Some high-end safari rifle that was stolen and later sawed down.
Awful shame.
Awful shame.
KiltedClaymore
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this made me cry on the inside.
Stickjockey
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That one may be urban legend, but this one isn't, although somewhat tamer (sheds a tear for lost Purdey)
My Grandfather hated cats. No, I mean he hated cats. After he died, we found a couple of cut-down .22 smoothbores he had for going after them, as well as something that if you didn't know what you were looking at, would seem to be a single-shot .410-bore shotgun made into a pistol. Of course, if you did know what you were looking at, it was a genuine 1875 Trapdoor Springfield, cut down to about ten inches on the barrel and the stock cut off, the tang bent down and a pistol-grip fitted. Evidently, he'd put a turn or two of electrical tape around the base of a .410 shell, and use that for ammo. Yes, we found the NFA paperwork later going through his papers, but only after we'd turned the guns into the local cop-shop.
My Grandfather hated cats. No, I mean he hated cats. After he died, we found a couple of cut-down .22 smoothbores he had for going after them, as well as something that if you didn't know what you were looking at, would seem to be a single-shot .410-bore shotgun made into a pistol. Of course, if you did know what you were looking at, it was a genuine 1875 Trapdoor Springfield, cut down to about ten inches on the barrel and the stock cut off, the tang bent down and a pistol-grip fitted. Evidently, he'd put a turn or two of electrical tape around the base of a .410 shell, and use that for ammo. Yes, we found the NFA paperwork later going through his papers, but only after we'd turned the guns into the local cop-shop.
hexidismal
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If the officer had the shotgun, it's most likely that the criminal in question had been caught with the weapon. In addition to serving whatever sentence the offender may have, I think one of the worst punishments you could give him would be to tell him what he had done.. and that he probably could have gotten at least $75,000 from a blackmarket collector (not that I endorse crime, but he WAS a criminal anyway) instead or robbing 7-11s.
Gunnerpalace
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If I was that cop if the owner was to get rid of it I would pick it up register it and keep it, I'm sure it still has value and it would make for a great conversation piece.
This reminds me of an actual news story. A guy robbed a casino or some place with an 1800s S&W revolver. Ended up with just pocket change and was caught after non-fatally shooting a policeman. Turns out the gun was legally owned and he could have sold it for thousands.
SMMAssociates
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Right after the end of WWII, a now-deceased uncle of mine ended up with the keys to a warehouse in Italy that was full of captured weapons. The usual Lugers and Mausers and a bunch of high-priced hunting rifles.
He was so anti-gun at that point, that when his turn to come home arrived, he gave the keys to his successor and got on the boat.
Moose had six kids. I reminded him that if he'd shipped home some Lugers he might have been able to put his kids through college with them. Or at least made a dent. And if he'd brought home a couple of those drillings he could have put me through college, too....
The cut down shotgun, real or not, is yet another example of the criminal mind....
Regards,
He was so anti-gun at that point, that when his turn to come home arrived, he gave the keys to his successor and got on the boat.
Moose had six kids. I reminded him that if he'd shipped home some Lugers he might have been able to put his kids through college with them. Or at least made a dent. And if he'd brought home a couple of those drillings he could have put me through college, too....
The cut down shotgun, real or not, is yet another example of the criminal mind....
Regards,
mesomorphcujo
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That criminal needs to be kicked in the groin every remaining day of his worthless life. 
1911 guy
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Ugh. Aside from it being a fine firearm, traditional english doubles are works of art, quite literally. The crook just destroyed years of painstaking labor by several skilled craftsmen. I repeat, ugh.
Seancass
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i really hope some day i find a shot gun just like this for $100 in a pawn shop. and we'll just say its the same one so this fate doesnt happen to two perfect guns.
Davo
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Yup Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
Oh, man...I LOL'ed HARD at that post.
As far as the OP...that is disgusting. I hate the state of the world we live in...that's just injustice. I hope the piece of trash got what he deserved.
EDIT: Damnit. Got linked here from another thread, and didn't even notice the date of the last post. SORRY, FELLAS.
Speedo66
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It wasn't a Purdey, but I had a deft. who did the same thing with a nicely engraved Winchester 21 he had burglarized from a home.
At a turn in I was at recently, I saw a Colt SAA with US markings, several Garands and Carbines, and various other Mausers and SXS and U/O shotguns handed in for $200.
These are not urban legends, I was present at all the above.
At a turn in I was at recently, I saw a Colt SAA with US markings, several Garands and Carbines, and various other Mausers and SXS and U/O shotguns handed in for $200.
These are not urban legends, I was present at all the above.
BruceRDucer
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What we need, is a law against it!
Crow1108
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Hope the crook is getting some retribution in prison.
Reminds me of the story a few years back about the kid who took his dad's Enzo Ferrari and promply totalled it. This was back in '05 or '06 if I remember correctly.
effengee
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That may have been on Cops...
I think it may have been on a recent episode of cops, where some guys threaten some people with a sawed-off that when inspected by the officers on camera looked remarkably similar to a well-made double with exposed hammers and fine engraving...
I saw another police reality show where the bad guy was running around with a museum-quality broomhandle Mauser...
Several years ago, a good friend of mine had a few guns, including an heirloom 1911, stolen from him by an Ex-girlfriend and her little buddies...
Fortunately for him the guns were easily recognized at the next town over where unbeknownst to the idiot thieves, they tried to sell them to the very gunshop where 3 of the firearms were purchased. He got them returned promptly and she and her buddies got to meet our local A.T.F. agent...
AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!! I hate criminals!!!!:banghead:
I think it may have been on a recent episode of cops, where some guys threaten some people with a sawed-off that when inspected by the officers on camera looked remarkably similar to a well-made double with exposed hammers and fine engraving...
I saw another police reality show where the bad guy was running around with a museum-quality broomhandle Mauser...
Several years ago, a good friend of mine had a few guns, including an heirloom 1911, stolen from him by an Ex-girlfriend and her little buddies...
Fortunately for him the guns were easily recognized at the next town over where unbeknownst to the idiot thieves, they tried to sell them to the very gunshop where 3 of the firearms were purchased. He got them returned promptly and she and her buddies got to meet our local A.T.F. agent...
AAAAARRRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!! I hate criminals!!!!:banghead:
Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow
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Now that's funny right there!!
Many I hope that original story is more urban legend than truth, because it also makes me a saaaaaad panda.
engineer151515
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