Wanting to throw away a pistol

[shotgunkevin]

I have a beat up old Llama .32 ACP pistol in utter disrepair. It is rife with bent pins, worn out disconnecter, some rust, bent magazine, etc. It is horribly unreliable, jamming twice per magazine, sometimes spitting out live rounds along with the empty case. The slide bites my hand and draws blood within 15 or so rounds.

So I want to get rid of it, but how. I couldn't imagine selling it to some poor soul at a gun show. They never could be happy with it, and may even get injured by it. I only paid $70 for it a decade ago, so I'm not out any real money.

I'd like to just throw it away, maybe a piece a week or something, to where the major parts would scattered throughout the landfill. I'd wreck the frame somehow, maybe with a Brenneke.

I haven't heard of a gun "buyback" in my city. I hate everything about them, but I'd gladly take their money for this piece of junk. I guess I could turn it in to the police.

Any suggestions? Legal ramifications?

 

[Doggy Daddy]

Pawn it.


Lose the ticket.

 

[Hoppy590]

torch it if you have the means.

 

[jhunter]

melt it down and sell it as scrap. Or dig a post hole about 3 feet deep and bury it in the cement you pour into the hole.

 

[cold dead hands]

Recycle baby!

I had a Bryco/Jennings model 58 (380 acp) that was less than junk. I COMPLETELY disassembled it, strung the parts on a piece of steel wire and took it to the metal recycler. Got $3.50 for a gun I paid $125 for. I did throw a couple of key parts in the trash in order to insure that it could never become a functioning gun again.

 

[No_Warning]

If it were me, I would keep it just because but that is me. I don't support "buybacks" only because it is viewed as "Getting evil guns off the street". I would find a local gunshop and just donate it. I know my local shop has an old whiskey barrel full of $5 guns that are basically free if you want them.

 

[hso]

Take it apart. Sting the parts on wire. Beat with sledge on hard surface until adeqately deformed/cracked. Remove from wire. Toss in trash.

 

[Geno]

In Michigan, we have to turn such pistols over to the police to be sent to State Police to be destroyed. Here, the serial number cannot be destroyed by the owner.

 

[vesmcd]

As has been discussed on this forum before, there is ALWAYS someone who wants/needs parts for a firearm that others consider a POS. Numrich Gun Parts Corp. is a major purchaser of gun parts, sell it to them or Bob's Gun Parts or any of the gun parts sellers. Please don't just throw perfectly good parts away

 

[Gator]

If you filled out a 4473 when you bought it you might not want to just throw it away, no matter what you do destroy it. The chances are next to nothing this will happen to you, but the ATF has made mistakes in the past with serial numbers, and I don't think they would accept "I crushed it" as an explanation of the guns whereabouts.

Just playing the Devil's advocate

 

[Sir Aardvark]

If it is actually registered in your name then you might want to get a record that you disposed of it.

If, for some reason, somebody (like the cops or ATF) come looking for it later, you can actually prove that you got rid of it legally.

Saw it in half and give it to the local police station and get a receipt (don't obliterate the serial number).

 

[Professor K]

Uh, I'll take it...

I'd say sell it to Numrich gun parts, they'll give you OK money for it, and it will go back to the community, instead of lying abandoned in some landfill forever.

 

[PotatoJudge]

Shoot it. Pitch remains in stock tank.

 

[glockman19]

Hand it in to one of those police drives to get guns off the street they will give you $50 gift certificate.

 

[Geronimo45]

Give it to one of those crazed Glock torture test guys - they throw it out of an airplane, run over it with tanks, shoot it with hellfire missiles, and see if it still works. You'll at least be sparing the poor Glocks a bit of misery, if only for a moment.

 

[VARifleman]

I like the idea mentioned by a previous poster about selling it to one of the gun part supply companies.

 

[DWARREN123]

Use it as trade material, you will usually get more for it that way.

 

[Christianninja]

Fill the bore with lead, spray paint it gold, then put on a chain on it.

You now have a necklace.

 

[nibb]

Sell it on Gun-Trade.com For 1$ Buck.

The shipping will cost more then that but let the buyer pay, i mean 1$ buck because it doesnt allow 0$ so its just like a gift. Im sure someone will be happy with it, or you can sell it by parts, or exchange it for some little thing you need or want.

I would not trow it away, its an old gun, a spanish one, which isnt made anymore. It people just stick with they old guns or sell the parts you would make so happy another owner of this gun that needs to make his gun functional again. Myself has looked several times in the past for that wear part of my 1908 gun i could not find anywhere. Old guns or the parts marketplace exist because people dont just trow his gun again.

Make someone happy, someone could be looking for that tiny part of your gun that you want to trow away. If you love guns dont destroy it. Thats a crime for me at least.

 

[Stickjockey]

Would taping it between a couple bottles of Tannerite and shooting it from the 200-yard line work?

 

[Eleven Mike]

Shoot it. Pitch remains in stock tank.

That's a pond for you city-boys.

Give it to one of those crazed Glock torture test guys - they throw it out of an airplane, run over it with tanks, shoot it with hellfire missiles, and see if it still works. You'll at least be sparing the poor Glocks a bit of misery, if only for a moment.

NO! No Glock should ever be spared the least misery, horror and/or travail. Such is the judgement of God and of his prophet, John Moses.

 

[CajunBass]

Why not just keep it? It ain't eating nothing.

One of these days it might come in handy for the same reason the "Liberator" pistol was made. (Rather it was ever used for that is another question.)

 

[armoredman]

Ditto for Numrich. There's some guy out there who checks Numrichs' Llama page every day, looking for X part to come in, the one part in your gun still in excellent shape. Help the guy out.

 

[Model 624]

Give it to your gunsmith, or a gunsmith near you. They always keep junk guns to strip off parts for repairs. Might be some brownie points for you the next time you need a rush job.

 

[Coronach]

1. Keep it.

2. Pawn it, and don't pick it up.

3. Detail strip it and offer its functional parts for sale.

4. Soak the Brady Bunch for $50-$100.

5. Turn it over to the police for destruction.

6. De-mil it and turn it into a trainer.

I like option 6 myself. Is the gun a DA/SA? If so, it can work great for training. Plug the barrel and chamber and block the magazine so a round cannot be fired. Remove the firing pin. Keep the trigger functional. Paint it red.

Works great for disarm drills (be careful of the trigger guard, it can break fingers), and is good for general up close training. I still remember the drill in academy where we were taught that action beats reaction...that was done with de-milled guns; the second-loudest CLICK you'll ever hear.

Mike