billybobjoe
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Make a lamp!!!
(Gun Recycling) What to do with a firearm at the very end of it's lifecycle
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leadcounsel
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Destroying guns is just plain dumb. There are better options. Donating it is a much better option. Or sell it and donate the cash to a charity or the NRA. Heck donate the gun to the NRA.
Make a wall hanger out of it...
I just get sick when I see pictures of the piles of guns worldwide that were shoveled into the ocean or run over by tanks and steamrollers, and piled and set ablaze...
Make a wall hanger out of it...
I just get sick when I see pictures of the piles of guns worldwide that were shoveled into the ocean or run over by tanks and steamrollers, and piled and set ablaze...
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R.W.Dale
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What part of "stripped" are you guys not quite getting.
Making a wall hanger is out as there's no furnature,bolt or anything else. It would be nothing more than a chunk of pipe on the wall
Donate it really???? That'd be like donating a worn out ball joint to one of the auto
charities. AKA an insult to the charity
Sell it??? Shipping and xfer fees will be about $30 it's worth NOTHING. Any takers.......didn't think so
trust me guys before you get all kinds of Wayne LaPierre on me would you please take the title and my assurance at face value that the firearm in question is indeed at the end of it's life cycle. If this thing were a car it would be the burnt out hulk from a 89 chevy Corsica
Making a wall hanger is out as there's no furnature,bolt or anything else. It would be nothing more than a chunk of pipe on the wall
Donate it really???? That'd be like donating a worn out ball joint to one of the auto
charities. AKA an insult to the charity
Sell it??? Shipping and xfer fees will be about $30 it's worth NOTHING. Any takers.......didn't think so
trust me guys before you get all kinds of Wayne LaPierre on me would you please take the title and my assurance at face value that the firearm in question is indeed at the end of it's life cycle. If this thing were a car it would be the burnt out hulk from a 89 chevy Corsica
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Dnaltrop
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melt it down, cast the remains as a ballast for a toy boat and name it the SS Ballistic Scrap
Tacbandit
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If you don't like any of these suggestions, just call ATF and see what they would have you to do with it. Granted, you can't really make a lamp or wallhanger from a piece of pipe... I'd cut it into as many pieces as I could, melt em down and bury it. Save the piece with the ser. # Take pics...
R.W.Dale
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That may be what I do and in the process give it a spetacular and noisy send off to where ever a guns spirit goes after death.
I'm thinking about arc gouging the thing into slag and vapor save a cut away of the chamber/throat and the side panel with the SN#
I'm thinking about arc gouging the thing into slag and vapor save a cut away of the chamber/throat and the side panel with the SN#
fireman 9731
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I thought all guns went to heaven after they died in boating accidents?
I would cut up the receiver into little pieces and use the barrel as a tent stake.
I would cut up the receiver into little pieces and use the barrel as a tent stake.
jbauch357
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I had an old deerfield 12-gauge given to me for free because it was so badly beat up and covered in rust. After a good deal of cleaning I ended up using that old shotty for 4 years or so, with next to no issues. One day while shooting trap the slide bar that connected to the bolt broke off, and basically rendered the thing useless. I broke off any jagged parts I could get pliers on, then hung it on the wall. Not useful for a shotty any more but makes decent decoration in the garage...
evan price
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Gas axe, apply liberally.
Chuck the chunks in the scrap bin.
Chuck the chunks in the scrap bin.
Cosmoline
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I don't get this fixation on slicing it up. What's the point? If it's garbage and useless, why not toss it? Are you folks under the impression that you have to slice the receiver before throwing it away? There is no such federal law.
So it's a barrel and a receiver. So what? Just grease it, pack it and stow it. You never know if it might come in handy on a project. I'm not a pack rat by any stretch of the imagination, but receivers and barrels have inherent value and utility. If nothing else, it's a very tough piece of steel.
I must be missing something. Why on Earth would you do this? Why go to the trouble? Why save the serial number and take a picture? What are you trying to accomplish?
So it's a barrel and a receiver. So what? Just grease it, pack it and stow it. You never know if it might come in handy on a project. I'm not a pack rat by any stretch of the imagination, but receivers and barrels have inherent value and utility. If nothing else, it's a very tough piece of steel.
I must be missing something. Why on Earth would you do this? Why go to the trouble? Why save the serial number and take a picture? What are you trying to accomplish?
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ilikepancakes
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Then why are you afraid of throwing it in the scrap bin
Ohio Gun Guy
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Cut the reciever and toss into trash bin......
If your worried, throw half in one time, half in another.
If your worried, throw half in one time, half in another.
rattletrap1970
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I'm not a big fan of the gun buyback thing, but for a completely unusable scrap, I might do that for the gift certificate. It sort of balances out all the idiots that bring good guns in. Otherwise just turn it in to LEO to dispose of it.
Or cut it up and bury it. Or use up some old car batteries, pour the acid into a plastic tote, toss the item in it and let the acid reduce it to dust. Takes a couple days. Neutralize it with baking soda afterward and pour it out.
Or cut it up and bury it. Or use up some old car batteries, pour the acid into a plastic tote, toss the item in it and let the acid reduce it to dust. Takes a couple days. Neutralize it with baking soda afterward and pour it out.
Cosmoline
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Worried about what? So far nobody has explained this fixation on cutting the receiver up. What exactly is the fear? Someone is going to come along, dumpster dive for the rusty old receiver, restore it, get a bolt for it, and rebuild a rifle out of it? Even if that happens--SO WHAT? That's not a transfer--he stole it from your trash bin. And furthermore I've never heard of dumpster diving bums having the tools to rebuild a rifle.
R.W.Dale
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If you weren't so myopic Cosmolone you might realize there are other considerations besides legal ones for tossing a firearm in the trash.
I once carried the guts for a Ford9" to work and tossed em in the scrap bin. I had to throw the ring gear away 5 times before my easily fascinated coworkers stopped digging it out. Now I work the night shift and have a fairly gun sympathetic employer. However I'd prefer to avoid any potential drama that could result from someone wondering where the rifle floating around the shop came from.
Since you're odiously so concerned with this rifle's fate why don't you send me $30 for shipping and transfer and I'll send it to you where you can put it out to pasture.
The scrap generated at my facility gets sold to recyclers, If it happens to contain a rifle then guess what??? It is a transfer of ownership.
I once carried the guts for a Ford9" to work and tossed em in the scrap bin. I had to throw the ring gear away 5 times before my easily fascinated coworkers stopped digging it out. Now I work the night shift and have a fairly gun sympathetic employer. However I'd prefer to avoid any potential drama that could result from someone wondering where the rifle floating around the shop came from.
Since you're odiously so concerned with this rifle's fate why don't you send me $30 for shipping and transfer and I'll send it to you where you can put it out to pasture.
The scrap generated at my facility gets sold to recyclers, If it happens to contain a rifle then guess what??? It is a transfer of ownership.
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inclinebench
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See if you can find a blacksmith to pound it into a knife for you. Not the greatest knife steel, but would be a interesting way to get a second life out of an old sidearm.
If you're worried about a felon making a gun out of it, cut the receiver and chunk it. You know there are much easier ways for criminals to get guns. Most thugs probably wouldn't know what they were looking at,oh wait,they could bludgeon someone....
Just throw the damn thing out.
Just throw the damn thing out.
evan price
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Cosmoline, I work with scrap metal every day. I guarantee you that if that rifle receiver and barrel got sent to the yard with a load of scrap, somebody would find it. Not saying there's anything wrong with throwing it away. Depending on who the person was who found it, they could do a variety of things. One of them would be call the police to say they found a gun. Then you have to have the hassle of a cop coming to ask questions in your busy day. Again, not that you did anything wrong, or have anything to be worried about, just that a cop asking questions takes valuable time out of your day.
If the thing is junk, no value other than junk, it's easier to destroy it according to ATFE procedures (chop it up) and know that it's gone forever.
I went through this with a patent-infringement Spanish revolver I found at a construction site. It was rusty, locked solid, no value, junk. I chopped it with the band saw and put it in the junk barrel.
I also had a co-worker once who made a rubber band launcher that looked surprisingly like a real gun of some sort, and somebody else who made an air-powered golf ball launcher.... During a shop cleanup, they got thrown out. We had two dumpster divers put them back on our loading dock, and one visit from the local cops about the "zip gun", before I finally put them into the band saw and chopped them up too.
If it were me, I'd lop the barrel off right at the chamber, chop the reciever into 2-3 pieces, and toss it into scrap. No need to record serial numbers or anything else. It's yours, it's trash, and off it goes. Like a lawn mower, a car engine, or any other scrap metal.
If the thing is junk, no value other than junk, it's easier to destroy it according to ATFE procedures (chop it up) and know that it's gone forever.
I went through this with a patent-infringement Spanish revolver I found at a construction site. It was rusty, locked solid, no value, junk. I chopped it with the band saw and put it in the junk barrel.
I also had a co-worker once who made a rubber band launcher that looked surprisingly like a real gun of some sort, and somebody else who made an air-powered golf ball launcher.... During a shop cleanup, they got thrown out. We had two dumpster divers put them back on our loading dock, and one visit from the local cops about the "zip gun", before I finally put them into the band saw and chopped them up too.
If it were me, I'd lop the barrel off right at the chamber, chop the reciever into 2-3 pieces, and toss it into scrap. No need to record serial numbers or anything else. It's yours, it's trash, and off it goes. Like a lawn mower, a car engine, or any other scrap metal.
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