the dreaded "gun buy-back"

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I am almost ashamed to admit I participated in my city's gun buy-back program yesterday. I am looking for validation that I did not so much "participate" as I did "get one over on them". City was offering $75 for functioning long guns and $100 for functioning handguns.$50 for non-working guns of any type. All done anonymously, no questions asked. Paid in "gift cards", I think so no one would go out and buy new guns with the cash, if offered. I brought them three of the oldest, rustiest examples of two H+R Topper single-shot shotguns I hadn't used in 20+ years, a junk, cut-down Sears shotgun and a totally non-functioning H+R break-top .32, model 1904, I believe. I got $325 in gift cards for the lot. After bringing the non-working revolver to one site and being offered only the $50 advertised, I took it back and brought it to a different collection site and convinced the cop that it was a working model and got the full $100. I felt stupid "participating" but satisfied myself that I got more than twice what these useless guns were worth. (Got a free large pizza for each gun , too!). Also, grabbed a couple of free gun locks while I was there. Am I a traitor, or did I get over on them?? They collected 136 firearms (after successfully collecting 142 only a couple of months ago at a similar exchange). Unfortunately, a lot of citizens brought in some decent guns (destined for the crusher) for the money offered. The guy in front od me got $100 for a rusted old pot-metal RG .22 revolver that probably cost $30 brand-new back in the seventies. But then the guy behind me turned in a nice Chief Special 2-inch for the same $100. Wish I could have set up a table to buy outside the collection sites! Anyone else have any stories regarding these dreaded gun buy-backs?? Tell me I did the right thing. Oh, and I traded the $100 gift card I got for the junk revolver to a friend for a working .25 auto pocket gun!!
 
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dreaded gun "buy-back"

The money was donated, I believe, by the local Shaws supermarkets and WAL-MART!! Organized by the city and local churches. I am thinking seriously about buying every $10 pot-metal gun I can get my hands on for the next buy-back scheduled for the Spring.
 
IMHO you did just fine. You safely disposed of some junk guns AND got paid a premium to do it. And, best of all, I'm sure you can figure out a way to convert your new found wealth into real currency that you can use to buy more guns or ammo. You already did that on the .25

I'm with ya...

That said, don't get me started on the whole gun buyback premise.
 
As long as its private, anti-gun money, its a good thing. It takes the bribes right out of liberal politician's mouths, so to speak.

I'm still kicking myself for not buying a "stringer" of .32s years ago.

Our gun shows used to be pretty casual back in the day. At a show downstate, a vendor had made a stringer like we used for fish in my youth. He made it out of an old coat hanger. Then he strung 5 of the most scary revolvers on it and twisted it shut. Just like we did with catfish.

They were all .32s, and one even had ".32 S&W Long" on the barrel, probably all Spanish. The price for the stringer (on a ragged piece of cardboard, also strung on the coathanger) was $75 takes it all. And the seller said he would guarantee each would go off at least once! What a guy. Had I used any common sense, I could have done pretty well on the investment.

Always keep in mind there are folks who are clueless on values, and they somehow think every gun they can get off the street is an advantage. No reason not to help the doo-gooders.
 
Dick, you are only half there...

If they offered half as much for "non functioning" pieces, why not strip all the parts off each that can be sold, and then turn in the non-functioning pieces for the gift cards.

I'd be hawking the gift cards in front of the store for cash.

Problem is, I haven't heard of a gun buy back around Atlanta in a while.

Also, do they argue with someone if they say it isn't an "assault" piece? If so, I'd duct tape a broken AR mag to a busted .22 and viola! It's $200 in "buy back" cash! :D Surely, they'd part with the cash to keep it off the street.
 
did I forget to mention...

Did I forget to mention....I DID strip the revolver of original Bulls-eye grips and a couple of other parts!!
 
Anti-gun California State Senator Don Perata had a gun buy-back in Oakland in 2008. It was $250 a gun. I left with $1500 in cash for some junk guns, one of which was a rusty Belgian pinfire. I bought a USFA Single Action revolver with Paul Persinger ivory grips with the money I got from Don Perata. Anytime you can unload worthless junk on the anti-gunners, do it!
 
Interesting that WalMart provided some of the money for this one. I have been boycotting WalMart for years for a variety of reasons, this is another one. And I hope other shooters take note of this.
 
Many years ago I was trading in a worn out, sawed off and stripped Mossberg bolt shotgun for a $50 gift certificate. I was in line behind an elderly couple when the old gent pulled a Chief's out of a sock. I immediately tapped him on the shoulder. I offered him $100 and we could do the transfer just down the street at a local gun shop. You should have seen the look on the face of the cop behind the table.:p

Anyway, the old gent beamed, and it looked to be a done deal until the crone on his arm started brow beating him. The old guy walked out with a $50 gift certificate and that beautiful old pistol went to the scrap heap. A crying shame... :(
 
They are not gun buy backs. The antis never owned the guns to begin with. They are gun buy ups. I try to never use the terms the antis use. I do not say " back ground checks" I say " guilty until proven innocent law". Once you let them choose the terms, you are fighting the battle they picked, and arguing with them on a subject they picked and using their terms. I hope I am not getting too political but every time I hear a presumably pro gunner use the antis terms it fires me up.
 
scootergirl69 said:
I am almost ashamed to admit I participated in my city's gun buy-back program yesterday. I am looking for validation that I did not so much "participate" as I did "get one over on them". City was offering $75 for functioning long guns and $100 for functioning handguns.$50 for non-working guns of any type. All done anonymously, no questions asked. Paid in "gift cards", I think so no one would go out and buy new guns with the cash, if offered. I brought them three of the oldest, rustiest examples of two H+R Topper single-shot shotguns I hadn't used in 20+ years, a junk, cut-down Sears shotgun and a totally non-functioning H+R break-top .32, model 1904, I believe. I got $325 in gift cards for the lot. After bringing the non-working revolver to one site and being offered only the $50 advertised, I took it back and brought it to a different collection site and convinced the cop that it was a working model and got the full $100. I felt stupid "participating" but satisfied myself that I got more than twice what these useless guns were worth. (Got a free large pizza for each gun , too!). Also, grabbed a couple of free gun locks while I was there. Am I a traitor, or did I get over on them?? They collected 136 firearms (after successfully collecting 142 only a couple of months ago at a similar exchange). Unfortunately, a lot of citizens brought in some decent guns (destined for the crusher) for the money offered. The guy in front od me got $100 for a rusted old pot-metal RG .22 revolver that probably cost $30 brand-new back in the seventies. But then the guy behind me turned in a nice Chief Special 2-inch for the same $100. Wish I could have set up a table to buy outside the collection sites! Anyone else have any stories regarding these dreaded gun buy-backs?? Tell me I did the right thing. Oh, and I traded the $100 gift card I got for the junk revolver to a friend for a working .25 auto pocket gun!!
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the fact that you got a "working"25 is pretty amazing!:D
 
I wish they wanted to buy some of my junk, I got a whole pile of H & R and Iver Johnson junkers......I was making shadow boxes out of them for a few years and have collected quite a pile........
 
Y'all realize that what these towns/cities/states are doing is illegal purchases of firearms don't you? They are breaking federal law with every single gun they take possession of without going through the same channels we go through to purchase them.

I think you did OK by getting something for junk that you did not want to hold on to, but it turns my stomach the way the anti gun media cannot wait to show the brainwashed public pictures of all the evil guns that were "taken off the streets". It just promotes their cause.

We, the gun owning public, all know that the vast majority of the guns turned in are useless junk that was never, and would never be used in a crime. That is not how they are portrayed when all is said and done though. The anti-gun towns and cities will use the media to show uninformed people who read the liberal rags and watch the lib TV stations what a great job they are doing in the fight against crime.

Those who turn in their "junk" for a few bucks are helping them do it. Without our help, they would have a dozen or so guns, maybe. Their propaganda would end there.


WG840
 
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Anytime you take take junk guns, pawn them off for WAY more than they are worth AND take money out of the pockets of the anti-gun crowd is a good thing.
 
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