2006 Boston gun Buyback

[Scrivener]

At least one of the "guns" is obviously a fake. Look at the grey "automatic" w/black grips - an obvious mold line and NO mag well.

Some nice guns utterly wasted.

 

[Adam_MA]

Scrivener. If you look at the other picture, you can see the lips on the back of the "slide" This is a tell tale sign of a spring activated BB gun.

Wonder if they got the $200 for it?

 

[Admin]

Wonder if they got the $200 for it?

Of course they did. It's not the city's money they are spending. Besides that thing can take your eye out!

 

[tele_mark]

Here are some pics of the 2006 Boston Gun Buyback

 

[LoginName]

 

[Bruce for NH State Rep]

I was so thinking of doing the same thing.

Well done.

"Hey, wait a minute. That looks like my gun!"

Gold.

 

[depicts]

Oh man, drool, I see a mint Colt Woodsman. Damn, some widows are making their husbands spin in their graves

 

[LoginName]

I was so thinking of doing the same thing.

Well done.

"Hey, wait a minute. That looks like my gun!"

Gold.

It's the kind of picture that screams out for a Photoshop opportunity.

 

[Nickle]

I did see a P14 or P17 in one of the pics. Heaven forbid if it was a P13.

 

[dreppucci007]

There should have been a 'graphic warning' posted in the title of this thread

 

[JuergenG]

At least one of the "guns" is obviously a fake. Look at the grey "automatic" w/black grips - an obvious mold line and NO mag well.

Some nice guns utterly wasted.

Do you mean this one on the left ?
http://archusa.typepad.com/photos/2006_buyback/img_7959.jpg
That's what once was a WW I era Dreyse 07 pistol, definitely calling some
$ when in the right condition.
Here is what she is supposed to look like

 

[PatMcD]

The rifle pile has a M1917 and a M1 Carbine. Both worth WAY more than $200 and a piece of American history, to boot.

 

[tele_mark]

The rifle pile has a M1917 and a M1 Carbine. Both worth WAY more than $200 and a piece of American history, to boot.

Soon to be a piece of a manhole cover.

 

[dwarven1]

Please... there was a Detonics in one of the photos I saw. I couldn't look too close at the ones posted here or I'd cry.

I mean... has a Ruger Mark 1 or 2 EVER been used in a murder?? Yeesh.

 

[tele_mark]

Please... there was a Detonics in one of the photos I saw. I couldn't look too close at the ones posted here or I'd cry.

I mean... has a Ruger Mark 1 or 2 EVER been used in a murder?? Yeesh.

Isn't it a favorite with the Mafia?

 

[dwarven1]

Isn't it a favorite with the Mafia?

Is it?

And would the Mafia turn in a perfectly good Ruger for a Target gift card???

 

[tele_mark]

The "New Mafia" probably would, or what's left of 'em .

 

[SiameseRat]

I particularly applaud whichever enterprising youth sawed off the stock and barrel of the break action shotgun. I love the electrical tape grips.

That was SO worth $200...

 

[Len-2A Training]

Remember they gave $0.00 for long guns of ANY TYPE!!

 

[Scrivener]

Do you mean this one on the left ?
http://archusa.typepad.com/photos/2006_buyback/img_7959.jpg

NO; I meant the gray one appearing in two photos, subsequently identified as a BB pistol.

Thanks for IDing the Dreyse, however; I wondered what that was. I presume that's the same Dreyse who invented the "needle rifle" which allowed Prussia to trounce Austria and go on to create Germany.

 

[Lynne]

What I want to know is:

1 - How many of them were stolen firearms?

2 - How many of them were used in violent crimes?

Bet those numbers won't come out.

 

[Moderator]

What I want to know is:

1 - How many of them were stolen firearms?

2 - How many of them were used in violent crimes?

Bet those numbers won't come out.

Roger that, Instead they will just be labeled "Street Guns"

 

[Buffalo Bill]

The "program is a "great sucess". I wonder how many criminals and gangbangers turned their guns in. Most probably belong to decent people, and are gathering dust in their attics.

 

[tele_mark]

Yep, probably people desperate for money to buy food and pay the rent, honest, law-abiding folks struggling to pay Boston's taxes.