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Posted: 9/14/2012 1:50:04 PM EDT
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Anyone wanted to see CPT Crunch...here it is...lots of XMs and retro rifles met their demise here at Anniston!CPT Crunch
Love this comment! Its kind of sickening! Each of the employees, who all have an interest in guns, particularly enjoy seeing older weapons,( AS THEY ARE GRINDED INTO ALUMINUM AND STEEL DUST!) or weapons they haven't dealt with before, come in. "It's like Christmas," said Kirkpatrick. "You open up a box and say 'I've never seen this before. What is this?'" 
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Holy dog feces bat man! They're destroying complete guns, not just lowers! This is criminal, literally. See the triangular handguard, stripped upper, BCG, extension tube, and every other part being dumped into that machine.
Shut that place down NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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That poor green handguard! 
http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e2/c/images/2011/09/02/218687/original.jpg Wow....Good Eye. No Doubt,. It's just a piece of plastic, How dangerous can it be. |
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It's weird how this this subject has arose as I was talking with a friend of mine just 2 days ago that was the armourer for his unit (retired 2010). He was telling me about (just before his retirement) being ordered to destroy crates (yes I said crates) of Thomson's still packed in cosmolene, MG42's, PPSH-41's, AKM's and a plethora of various magazines and drums (including 100rd AK drums and a variety of German WWII drums).
Apparently, his Company Commander didn't want this "crap" around there any longer. My friend requested and was denied the ability to remove various weapons to be used for their historical museum. 
Needless to say, I was sickened when hearing this story. All I could think of "what a way to destroy history" and "what a waste of our tax dollars". 
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That poor green handguard!
http://usarmy.vo.llnwd.net/e2/c/images/2011/09/02/218687/original.jpg Ouch. Didn't know what you meant until I zoomed in there. That is definitely a 601 HG. How can that be a coincidence? I bet they saved that for the photo shoot, just to ruin my day.... Ok. Our day.
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Each of the employees, who all have an interest in guns, particularly enjoy seeing older weapons,( AS THEY ARE GRINDED INTO ALUMINUM AND STEEL DUST!) or weapons they haven't dealt with before, come in. "It's like Christmas," said Kirkpatrick. "You open up a box and say 'I've never seen this before. What is this?'" Hope there's a special level of Hell reserved just for this guy, and a bunch of bored demons who run his soul through a grinder for all of eternity, endlessly fascinated by the act... 
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Please tell me that's not an Edgewater buffer in the early receiver extension 
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Anyone wanted to see CPT Crunch...here it is...lots of XMs and retro rifles met their demise here at Anniston!CPT Crunch Love this comment! Its kind of sickening! Each of the employees, who all have an interest in guns, particularly enjoy seeing older weapons,( AS THEY ARE GRINDED INTO ALUMINUM AND STEEL DUST!) or weapons they haven't dealt with before, come in. "It's like Christmas," said Kirkpatrick. "You open up a box and say 'I've never seen this before. What is this?'"
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I found this info about captain crunch.
According to the May 1994 issue of American Rifleman magazine: Small Arms Destroyed as of March 15, 1994 (presumably at Anniston): M1911A1 Pistols - 110,000 M14 Rifles - 50,000 M1 carbines - 45,000 M1903A3 Drill Rifles - 40,000 M1 Garands - 30,000 M3 Submachine Guns - 20,000 M1903-A3 Rifles - 6,000 M12 H&R 5200 Cal. .22 Rifles - 6000 |
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Yep such a waste. They could have a few employees strip them completely.Sell all the parts at auction. Demill receivers.Hell people buy those too.The government would make a ton of $$$$.All I can say is WTF!!!!! I've had this same thought many times. Its pretty sad when the .gov doesn't even want you to have a surplus ammo can though. And they wonder what they can do to reduce the debt? |
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I bought this M16A1 receiver that met Captain Crunch She may have lost her fate to the Captain, but I vow to resurect her with a Braceman 80% lower to go along with a Colt M16A1 kit that's been sitting around waiting to be built.
http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj634/pro2ndam/P1010001_zpsae393857.jpg How much did that demil run you, if you don't mind me asking? |
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I bought this M16A1 receiver that met Captain Crunch She may have lost her fate to the Captain, but I vow to resurect her with a Braceman 80% lower to go along with a Colt M16A1 kit that's been sitting around waiting to be built.
http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj634/pro2ndam/P1010001_zpsae393857.jpg How much did that demil run you, if you don't mind me asking? Got it off EE for $25 bucks shipped before I found out PK had them for $15. |
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I found this info about captain crunch. According to the May 1994 issue of American Rifleman magazine: Small Arms Destroyed as of March 15, 1994 (presumably at Anniston): M1911A1 Pistols - 110,000 M14 Rifles - 50,000 M1 carbines - 45,000 M1903A3 Drill Rifles - 40,000 M1 Garands - 30,000 M3 Submachine Guns - 20,000 M1903-A3 Rifles - 6,000 M12 H&R 5200 Cal. .22 Rifles - 6000 Guesstimates of loss to taxpayers of non-NFA weapons M1911A1 Pistols - 110,000 x $750 = $82,500,000 M1 carbines - 45,000 x $500 = $22,500,000 M1903A3 Drill Rifles - 40,000 x $300 = $12,000,000 M1 Garands - 30,000 x $600 = $18,000,000 M1903-A3 Rifles - 6,000 x $500 = 3,000,000 M12 H&R 5200 Cal. .22 Rifles - 6000 x $350 = $2,100,000 Total = $140,100,000 give or take a few mil. |
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No way a 1903 drill rifle is worth $300! Where you getting that figure? Drill= plugged, deactivated, welded, non firing..... There's a 1903 drill rifle for sale at Collector's Firearms for $400. Collector's Firearms is normally overpriced, so I'd say $300 isn't too far off. Check IMA prices for replica firearms and you'll see that people spend a lot of money for fake firearms. Heck I've got several antique firearms that can't be fired but are worth more than a new firearm. |
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