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Posted: 6/27/2012 2:14:06 PM EDT
This is great:
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=665334 
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Posted: 6/27/2012 2:46:53 PM EDT
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Suck it Rahm. Suck it long, suck it hard. |
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Posted: 6/27/2012 2:52:30 PM EDT
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Really wish I knew about this earlier.... I got 6 Junkers I would love to turn into an upper.
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Posted: 6/27/2012 3:14:19 PM EDT
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 Look at all those high-powered sniper rifles, fully automatic ak47's and dangerous pistols with huge capacity banana clips they took off the streets  |
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Posted: 6/27/2012 3:28:28 PM EDT
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I have a bubba'd Mosin I wouldn't mind turning into $100... after I take the bolt out of course
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Posted: 6/27/2012 5:13:14 PM EDT
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http://www.gsldefensetraining.com/photos/GSLJunk2012.jpg Look at all those high-powered sniper rifles, fully automatic ak47's and dangerous pistols with huge capacity banana clips they took off the streets
Everything they collected was either an AK-47 or a Glock. It says so on the poster, so it must be true. 
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Posted: 6/28/2012 4:39:13 AM EDT
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So no questions asked means anyone can participate, not just IL residents?
If I walk up and "pretend" to be afraid of guns and hand them an arm load of cheap shit that technically functions, they are going to hand me $100 visa per gun? This is an entitlement program I can get behind. I drive an F-150 Supercrew. I can comfortably transport 4 adults and a truck load of guns to this next year. Technically this could be a great investment. |
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Posted: 6/28/2012 6:12:50 AM EDT
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Be sure to read his 2007 story, if only for the cop describing a falling apart, tube fed, pump .22 rifle as a "WWII sniper rifle".
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Posted: 6/28/2012 6:45:54 AM EDT
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Whole lotta stupid in Illinois
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Posted: 6/28/2012 7:24:01 AM EDT
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sad to see that M44 in the pyle
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Posted: 6/28/2012 9:28:11 AM EDT
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sad to see that M44 in the pyle all firearms were non functioning and/or not safe for fire. Their wroth was valued at what you would get for scrap. |
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Posted: 6/28/2012 4:59:43 PM EDT
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I have a bubba'd Mosin I wouldn't mind turning into $100... after I take the bolt out of course Oh shit. Thats a great idea. I have one too. Completely worthless POS bore. I got 12 inch groups with it at 100 yards. 6 inch if I was lucky. Does Madison have a program like this? Im only 15 minutes away from moronville. |
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Posted: 6/28/2012 7:01:43 PM EDT
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So no questions asked means anyone can participate, not just IL residents? If I walk up and "pretend" to be afraid of guns and hand them an arm load of cheap shit that technically functions, they are going to hand me $100 visa per gun? This is an entitlement program I can get behind. I drive an F-150 Supercrew. I can comfortably transport 4 adults and a truck load of guns to this next year. Technically this could be a great investment. Girlfriend lives in Illinois, ergo, illionois plates on the Honda, I'll meet you there next year and we can fill the trunk with guns for turn in |
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Posted: 6/28/2012 7:12:04 PM EDT
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When I lived down there I turned in a broken Raven .25acp that my Mom found in her BF's dresser after he died.
I spent the 100 bucks on ammo. ckmorley |
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Posted: 6/29/2012 6:10:57 AM EDT
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Mosins are what, $80? Sounds like a way to make $20 pretty easy...
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Posted: 6/29/2012 7:33:04 AM EDT
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Thanks for sharing
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Posted: 6/29/2012 11:16:52 AM EDT
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Mosins are what, $80? Sounds like a way to make $20 pretty easy... Not anymore, unless you live in driving distance of someplace like AIM. And even then, they're $90 or higher mostly. The $89.99 Mosin shipped to your house is still probably at least $100, even if you have your C&R. It's $125 factoring in FFL if you don't. I've been waiting for a $100 "cash" buyback program too. From my grandfather's estate I have a no-name .32 revolver from the 1900's that's so beat up it won't even lock and a DAO Iver Johnson that's got a trigger pull worse than a Nagant in DA and is so out of time it shaves .22's in half when trying to fire them. I shot it once for S&G's and lead flakes went flying around and cut my face. But all the buybacks in the MKE area I've seen to date have been cheap ones for $5-25 Walmart gift cards, or coupons for shoes and what not. |
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Posted: 6/29/2012 12:07:28 PM EDT
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Girlfriend lives in Illinois, ergo, illionois plates on the Honda.... Dude.... 
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Posted: 6/29/2012 2:32:20 PM EDT
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Brilliant.
Now that's how you fund the next generation of Arfcommers. |
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Posted: 6/30/2012 10:28:58 AM EDT
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From my grandfather's estate I have a no-name .32 revolver from the 1900's that's so beat up it won't even lock and a DAO Iver Johnson that's got a trigger pull worse than a Nagant in DA and is so out of time it shaves .22's in half when trying to fire them. I shot it once for S&G's and lead flakes went flying around and cut my face. But all the buybacks in the MKE area I've seen to date have been cheap ones for $5-25 Walmart gift cards, or coupons for shoes and what not. I envy you. If I was lucky enough to own a gun one of my grandfathers owned and maybe even carried, I would have it repaired and maintained. There is no way on God's green earth I would ever trade them away to some corrupt inner-city mayor so he could have them melted down for a photo-op. No matter how many nicer guns you may have, you or your descendants will never be able to trade a gift card to get that heirloom back. Take it from someone who wasn't fortunate enough to have anything like that passed down to them: guns from your ancestors are priceless no matter what condition they are in. |
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Posted: 6/30/2012 11:05:35 AM EDT
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From my grandfather's estate I have a no-name .32 revolver from the 1900's that's so beat up it won't even lock and a DAO Iver Johnson that's got a trigger pull worse than a Nagant in DA and is so out of time it shaves .22's in half when trying to fire them. I shot it once for S&G's and lead flakes went flying around and cut my face. But all the buybacks in the MKE area I've seen to date have been cheap ones for $5-25 Walmart gift cards, or coupons for shoes and what not. I envy you. If I was lucky enough to own a gun one of my grandfathers owned and maybe even carried, I would have it repaired and maintained. There is no way on God's green earth I would ever trade them away to some corrupt inner-city mayor so he could have them melted down for a photo-op. No matter how many nicer guns you may have, you or your descendants will never be able to trade a gift card to get that heirloom back. Take it from someone who wasn't fortunate enough to have anything like that passed down to them: guns from your ancestors are priceless no matter what condition they are in. 
I'm keeping the M1 Carbine, the 1873 Springfield Trapdoor, the 1911, the Pattern 1917, the Winchester 1890, and the .44 Lefaucheux pinfire, the S&W 66, and the S&W 60... Relax okay? Oh, don't forget to take the soapbox with you. Someone might trip over it. Thanks. |
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Posted: 6/30/2012 3:47:31 PM EDT
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I've got a spanish mauser in .308 I was going to sporterize. Removed the sights (permenantly), forstock handguard, etc. threw em away.
Then I lost interest when I saw what iron sights were going to cost, even though I looked at this as a "gunsmithing experience" project. I didn't want to put a lot of money in it. Plus the vague low pressure limitation put a damper on my enthuaism. Thought that might be a good candidate for a buyback, after I remove the bolt. |
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Posted: 7/1/2012 6:20:46 AM EDT
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I envy you. If I was lucky enough to own a gun one of my grandfathers owned and maybe even carried, I would have it repaired and maintained. There is no way on God's green earth I would ever trade them away to some corrupt inner-city mayor so he could have them melted down for a photo-op. No matter how many nicer guns you may have, you or your descendants will never be able to trade a gift card to get that heirloom back. Take it from someone who wasn't fortunate enough to have anything like that passed down to them: guns from your ancestors are priceless no matter what condition they are in. If I take 3 or 4 POS guns that have zero value, even if they belonged to one of my Grandfathers, and invested that $400 in AR's for my Grandchildren (so they could defend themselves and possibly this country) I am sure they would both love that fact. Better to have a new AR than a 100 year old single shot shotgun, assuming it works. Not all guns can be repaired and after you haul them all over the country with you for a few decades they lose their luster. The first thing both my Grandfathers did when they got here was sign up with the Army to get their hands on better guns so they could go back and kill the Muslims that ran them out. I never knew either of them, nothing was passed down to me and I found them when we cleaned out an old family home. A photo op only means something if you let it have meaning. I would argue the photo op of showing how we raped the system and legally took the money to use it for guns for children is a better photo op. |
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Posted: 7/1/2012 6:46:16 AM EDT
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I just heard from a friend, who does not live in either IL or WI. One year in his State during a buy back, he dumped a few hundred guns and because he is also an FFL he also walked the line of people waiting and offered them more money then the buy back on certain guns. They also now limit how many guns one individual can turn in.
I know buying and selling guns in IL is a process in itself, but if programs like that are ever run here in WI, I would suggest people go walk the lines and make some offers. That is another way to exploit the program. |
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Posted: 7/1/2012 7:26:58 AM EDT
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Mosins are what, $80? Sounds like a way to make $20 pretty easy... No gun deserves to be destroyed, especially not one that has history behind it. |
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Posted: 7/1/2012 8:43:43 AM EDT
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Mosins are what, $80? Sounds like a way to make $20 pretty easy... No gun deserves to be destroyed, especially not one that has history behind it. I think I'll agree with this one. Mosins are cheap but if it still works well I see no reason to destroy it. I can understand if the Mosin is all rusted to crap or shoots horribly or something else is wrong with it. The majority of the Mosins from AIM and other places are actually in relatively decent condition that would not warrant their destruction. |
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Posted: 7/1/2012 1:50:32 PM EDT
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Seeing this almost wants me to turn in the Pimpmatic simply for the tv coverage I am sure it will bring.
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Posted: 7/1/2012 6:45:36 PM EDT
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Quoted: Whole lotta stupid in Illinois Chicago fixed, your welcome |
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Posted: 7/1/2012 9:33:44 PM EDT
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Mosins are what, $80? Sounds like a way to make $20 pretty easy... No gun deserves to be destroyed, especially not one that has history behind it. anthropomorphous, look it up. The way you could possibly rationalize it is the old gun dies so a new one can be born. The cold reality is a gun does not have history unless there is someone to attribute it to the object, or it is similar to one you had a history with. I would rather create a new history with my family and a .300 Blackout SBR then pretend I gave a crap about a Mosin. On the other hand, when I am dead if my Daughter wants to sell all my guns to buy something she wants, like more camera gear, I am good with that too. She has her own guns, she can decide what she wants to keep. There will be plenty of guns, fishing gear and cameras for her to choose from. Three generations from now, no one will give a shit who I was or why I loved my Winchester M42 that was my Fathers and is now mine. |
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Posted: 7/2/2012 4:48:50 PM EDT
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Mosins are what, $80? Sounds like a way to make $20 pretty easy... No gun deserves to be destroyed, especially not one that has history behind it. anthropomorphous, look it up. The way you could possibly rationalize it is the old gun dies so a new one can be born. The cold reality is a gun does not have history unless there is someone to attribute it to the object, or it is similar to one you had a history with. I would rather create a new history with my family and a .300 Blackout SBR then pretend I gave a crap about a Mosin. On the other hand, when I am dead if my Daughter wants to sell all my guns to buy something she wants, like more camera gear, I am good with that too. She has her own guns, she can decide what she wants to keep. There will be plenty of guns, fishing gear and cameras for her to choose from. Three generations from now, no one will give a shit who I was or why I loved my Winchester M42 that was my Fathers and is now mine. Not the same thing. An old battle ax that possibly took or save a life and played a small part in changing history vs. somebody's fantasy zombie slayer. At least something like that should be parted out to save other specimens. M44's haven't been 80 bucks for a long time. |
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