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Posted: 7/20/2008 6:48:19 PM EDT
Anyone know the firearms that were used in famous crimes?
I'm curious what James Earl Ray used to assassinate MLK. Here I'll start: The hillside strangler used a Dan Wesson 357mag...it can be currently found on gunbroker for sale..or it was there last week for sure ETA: Found it Hillside Strangler's gun |
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Remington 760 in 30-06. |
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James Earl Ray used a Remington Model 760 pump action with a Redfield 2-7x scope in .30-06.
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Mmmmmm that Dan Wesson looks nice. I love me a DW 15-2 esp. w/the 4" barrel. Too bad that one is so expensive |
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Thats what I think too. |
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i would say Reagan, however he wasn't assassinated. |
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correct. Actually I think Ruby's had a thinner barrel. But that's what google came back with. |
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Just today in another thread we got to talking about the handgun that "Tex" Watson used in the Manson murders.
It was a Colt Buntline Special. David Berkowitz (the "Son of Sam") used a Charter Arms Bulldog .44 revolver. |
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Creepiest. Gun auction. Ever. |
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+1. And I don't know who the hell in their right mind would want this. Bianchi was an animal. He raped and tortured women and girls (if I recall correctly) as young as 12. That gun should have gone to the blast furnace, AFTER they put Bianchi in it first. |
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That was |
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Jesse James? When the Soviets killed the Tsar, IIRC, it was Nagant revolvers & C-96's. |
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One of the most famous pistols would be the one that Hitler used to shoot himself in the Bunker. Not technically an assassination, but would be real valuable nontheless. The actual model is unknown, but believed to be either a Walther PP or PPK. Most likely a PPK as it was Hitler's personal pistol. Suposedly one of the people from the Bunker picked it up and carried it away and later tossed it somewhere in the heavily destroyed Berlin.
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John Wilkes Booth used it on Lincoln? |
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What did Sirhan Sirhan use to kill RFK with?
Wasn't it a .22 pistol? |
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Well its a S&W No# 3. Billy the Kid? John Wesley Hardin? |
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Iver Johnson .22 Cadet |
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That pic always cracks me up. |
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Thats the one. |
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Led to one of our greatest presidents. Its actually an Iver Johnson copy of the S&W |
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Attempt on Teddy Roosevelt? |
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McKinley |
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I don't agree that the Hillside Strangler's Dan Wesson should be melted down or destroyed.
I see it as just a gun that happened to be owned by a nutcase, but wasn't used in any crimes he committed. To me, its market value is exactly what a Dan Wesson .357 of that type and condition is normally worth. I would buy it for that much, and sell it for that much, not more. It's a "BFD" gun to me. (Big Freaking Deal. ) CJ |
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Yes, the Cobra barrel didn't cover the ejector like that until 1972. This photo shows that Ruby's also had the optional hammer shroud. Here's a clearer picture of it |
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I don't agree that it should be destroyed either. Might as well destroy an arfcom members John Wayne Gacy paintings because they were created by a sick murderer. For that matter, lets melt every firearm posted in this thread. Destroying the objects that belonged to a murderer doesn't help anything. Just makes people feel better about themselves. How righteous. |
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It would certainly make me feel better destroying weapons owned by someone who raped and murdered children, rather than seeing them being offered for sale at an asking price of $89,000 like they are some kind of "valuable souvenirs." If you would enjoy collecting that kind of stuff, I guess that's your business. |
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It did start a war however it took 3 trys to do it. The gun misfired 2 times. The duke's driver took a wrong turn and they met the assasin walking away from the parade route. Bang the duke was shot. Unfortunately according to medical historyians the duke could have survived but the driver took the longest route to the hospital because he did not know the city. |
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Teddy was never shot while President, Mckinley, Regan, and Bobby Kennedy were all shot with 22lr. Regan and Booby with 22lr revolvers made by Iver Johnson, McKinley I don't know. |
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Isn't that the one Sirhan Sirhan (sp) used to kill Robert Kennedy? |
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The gun that put TR in office? |
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The red X of doom? |
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I see em fine. ETA: DOh,,now they are gone. So now the link will give them away: couvisblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/patton-pistols.html |
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Maybe my computer is just being a douche bag then... |
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