Texas couple finds M16s in storage cases purchased from govt surplus site

[DispositionMatrix]

The surplus site has a DoD contract.
Couple finds fully-automatic M16s in storage cases bought online
As opposed to semi-automatic M16s.

The couple called "authorities," then the ATF raided their storage facility.

 

[Chevy 2 65]

 

[Fetch]

 

[Boghog1]

Darn wasn't quick enough

 

[slugworth]

 

[appraiser]

guns? what guns?

 

[tuna]

M-16s and shipping crates too? Wow, that's a better deal than joining the Taliban or Isis to get free guns from the DoD.

 

[EMTDAD]

more .gov fail..

 

[PATRON]

I wonder what gang those guns were meant for.

 

[Chevy 2 65]

I wonder what gang those guns were meant for.

 

[MGnoob]

I knew a guy who found a mountain of cash and called it in… In theory hes supposed to get the money back.. I think that was like maybe 12 years ago.

That guy was a f***ing idiot

He was scared the owner would come looking… I’d take that risk

 

[fishgutzy]

I'm shocked they didn't arrest everyone, lock them up on no bail until a trial date 20 years in the future.
After all, they arrested a guy for illegal machine gun simply because the trigger failed.

 

[enbloc]

He was scared the owner would come looking… I’d take that risk

 

[HarryPottar]

Obligatory Meme

 

[HarryPottar]

One would have thought, if you're packing, shipping empty cases the weight would give it away.

Also wonder how often this happens and people keep their mouths shut

 

[Dennis in MA]

That Pastor Whomever meme is a freaking riot, but not 3x. LOL

 

[cams]

I just ordered 100 empty cases. This is like scratch tickets right now. lol

 

[snax]

Note to self: create fake identity to buy off surplus sites.

 

[HarryPottar]

Obligatory soundbite

 

[rscalzo]

I knew a guy who found a mountain of cash and called it in… In theory hes supposed to get the money back.. I think that was like maybe 12 years ago.

That guy was a f***ing idiot

He was scared the owner would come looking… I’d take that risk

Unless it was a money from a drug cartel. All they would find in bloody remains after they took the money back.

 

[Kevin_NH]

One would have thought, if you're packing, shipping empty cases the weight would give it away.

When moving batches of cases around on pallets, it is easy to miss a weight discrepancy.

Not quite as epic a story, but I bought a lot of eight packing cases from the Segway facility auction, described as "empty". These were mostly air transit cases used by service technicians (several still had luggage tags from transiting MHT or BOS).

7 were empty, one was... not.

As I was loading my purchase in my truck, an employee came up looking frazzled and asked if he could check the cases. Seems a laptop loaded with a $10,000 software package had gone missing, and they were desperate to find it.

I was nice enough to go through the cases with him before I left. No $10K laptop, just $1K in Bondhus and friends.

 

[powerman]

But big Joe left how much stuff in Afghanistan.

 

[eddy1953]

Same with the M16s. Underground cache on public land, with extra magazines and plenty of ammo would be a good place for them. Keep mouth shut. Wear gloves during cache preparation and burial. That cash you mentioned? Probably paid law school tuition for some cop's daughter.

I knew a guy who found a mountain of cash and called it in… In theory hes supposed to get the money back.. I think that was like maybe 12 years ago.

That guy was a f***ing idiot

He was scared the owner would come looking… I’d take that risk

 

[enbloc]

Would love a Mk 19 "leftover"...

 

[MaverickNH]

Military insider theft gone awry?

I recall a story about the Army offloading crates from a truck along the shoulder of a road to fix a flat then driving off without crates of M16s.

 

[paul73]

Obligatory Meme


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now they will have fun with ATF proving that only 'some' cases had guns in them and not an every single case.
people here cannot live without snitching, and if they have no one to snitch on - they then snitch upon themselves.
it is fecking tradition.

 

[jkelly1229]

One would have thought, if you're packing, shipping empty cases the weight would give it away.

Also wonder how often this happens and people keep their mouths shut

Idk but i guess I'm gunna have a f*** ton of empty crates now

 

[enbloc]

Military insider theft gone awry?

I recall a story about the Army offloading crates from a truck along the shoulder of a road to fix a flat then driving off without crates of M16s.

Delta Force Resupply? Jade Helm?

 

[cams]

Delta Force Resupply? Jade Helm?

 

[cams]

Great old Cold War type movie btw.