Bonnie and Clyde guns sell at auction
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lawandorder
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A lot to pay without a stronger pedigree.....
The guns were not listed on the published Missouri Highway Patrol inventory of guns taken from the apartment in Joplin. Also they do not show up in any of the photos left behind by the Barrow gang in the apartment nor in news photos taken and published after the incident.
A lot to pay on simply oral history alone.
Mark Larimore of the Tulsa PD was a well known and well thought of Officer who worked with several agencies and dealt with the notorious outlaws of the era .
If he was given the weapons I doubt that he gave much thought to wither they were what they were purported to be or not.
The guns were not listed on the published Missouri Highway Patrol inventory of guns taken from the apartment in Joplin. Also they do not show up in any of the photos left behind by the Barrow gang in the apartment nor in news photos taken and published after the incident.
A lot to pay on simply oral history alone.
Mark Larimore of the Tulsa PD was a well known and well thought of Officer who worked with several agencies and dealt with the notorious outlaws of the era .
If he was given the weapons I doubt that he gave much thought to wither they were what they were purported to be or not.
feralmerril
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OT, I brought up that article on the lead and found this. I found it interesting.
'Bonnie and Clyde' Crime Spree Suspects Arrested Without a Fight - Yahoo! News
'Bonnie and Clyde' Crime Spree Suspects Arrested Without a Fight - Yahoo! News
Gunslinger808
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I thought Bonnie and Clyde used BARs, not "Tommy guns".
squidsix
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Colt Monitor, I thought. Pistol-gripped and shortened BARs.
What are BARs?
squidsix
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Browning Automatic Rifle
30-06 full auto rifles. 20 round box magazines. Heavy, but impossibly effective.
30-06 full auto rifles. 20 round box magazines. Heavy, but impossibly effective.
Browning Automatic Rifles. The first Squad Automatic weapon, and some think the best. Google images for a look, I don't have any photos. Also look at the Colt Monitor, a civilian and police version. It'll make you drool.
As we both know B&C didn't use thompsons. If someone has more money than they have sense and wants to buy a story someone will sell 'em one. Say; does anyone want to buy the s&w model 19 that doc holiday killed Ike Clanton with? I got it for $30,000. That's cheap for a piece of history and I guarantee it to be as authentic as Clyde barrow's tommy gun.
squidsix
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I thought it was a Glock that killed Clanton. The guy at the local pawn shop swears he has the very one.
mc5aw
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NKJ ... I have one of the Mossberg level guns from the Butch and Sundance shoot-out in Bolivia. I know it's real because it's common knowledge that the Bolivian Army was the first military in South America to issue tacticool Mossbergs with collapsible stocks and rails on their lever action rifles. It even has a jen-yu-wine COA and letter of provenance that says it was used in the historic event. I wouldn't let it go for less than $50K, and I'll include free shipping FFL to FFL, as well as wave the 3% PayPal fee.
Please read the article. It says the guns are beleived to have belonged to Bonnie & Clyde.
Someone paid a quater million dollars for something that may have belonged to anyone but Bonnie & Clyde.
As to the Thompson, there are some photos showing them with one.
Someone paid a quater million dollars for something that may have belonged to anyone but Bonnie & Clyde.
As to the Thompson, there are some photos showing them with one.
mc5aw
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In all seriousness, Bonnie & Clyde have been romanticized through film and history. Whatever weapons they did own, were used as tools for robbery and killing. If I had the $ to spend, I wouldn't want to own something that may have been responsible for taking the life of an innocent civilian or LEO ... irrespective of its historical value and authenticity.
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Bonnie and Clide used a variety of weapons commonly available at the time, including shotguns, rifles and pistols. Most of the shotguns recovered from the raid and the car had cut down stocks and barrels. Made for easier concealment and handling in a car. Recovered shotguns included an 1887 Winchester 10 gauge; a Remington Model 11; Bonnie's "WhipIt"; at least two BARs from the Beaumont, Tx NG Armory; various S&Ws, mostly .38, maybe a .44; 1911's. They are reported to have owned a Thompson but it jammed too much. There was also a BAR that Clyde had both the stock and barrel cut down.
For those that are interested in Bonnie & Clyde, we have a Bonnie & Clyde museum in the area (Arcadia, LA) and a regular Bonnie & Clyde Trade Days Festival.
It is a lot of fun and some good buys can be had then. Also the museum is interesting to visit.
There is a recreation at the site of their demise as well.
It is a lot of fun and some good buys can be had then. Also the museum is interesting to visit.
There is a recreation at the site of their demise as well.
kraigwy
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The .45-caliber Tommy gun fetched $130,000. The 12-gauge 1897 model Winchester shotgun brought $80,000.
I would have bought them but I had to miss the auction because I went to my Granddaughters basketball game.
I would have bought them but I had to miss the auction because I went to my Granddaughters basketball game.
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They DID belong to THE Bonnie and Clyde. But they were not THAT Bonnie and Clyde.
Nice to know that some people have money to spend.
Nice to know that some people have money to spend.
Common knowledge. Bonnie & Clyde preferred stainless steel guns.
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