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12-11-2012, 11:05 AM
http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/valuable-wwii-gun-police-buy-back-022155231--abc-news-topstories.html
Valuable WWII Gun at Police Buy-Back
<CITE class="byline vcard">By Annie Rose Ramos (http://www.debatepolicy.com/blogs/author/annie-rose-ramos/)
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By Annie Rose Ramos (http://www.debatepolicy.com/blogs/author/annie-rose-ramos/) | ABC News Blogs (http://www.debatepolicy.com/blogs/abc-blogs/) – <ABBR title=2012-12-11T02:21:55Z>13 hours ago</ABBR></CITE>
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http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rPwBlRzXu67uizEzADZ.ig--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYwMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/590/2012/12/11/ht-gun-historic-hartford-nt-121210-wmain-jpg_125436.jpg(Image credit: NECN)Just like a scene out of "Antiques Roadshow," a woman in Hartford, Conn., turned in an old rifle to her local police station's gun buy-back, only to discover the gun was worth anywhere from $20,000 to $25,000. The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, inherited the gun from her father who had brought it home with him from Europe as a memento from World War II.
The two officers conducting the gun buy-back, who are resident gun experts for the Hartford Police Department, informed the owner she was in possession of a Nazi Assault Rifle, the first of its kind, that dates back to 1944.
The gun is called a Sturmgewehr 44, literally meaning "storm rifle," and is the first "modern assault rifle ever made, eventually replaced by the AK 47 in 1947 by Russia, who copied the German design of the Sturmgewehr 44," Officer Lewis Crabtree, one of the two officers who discovered the gun, told ABC News.
"It's like finding the Babe Ruth of baseball cards," said Officer John Cavanna. "The rarity, it was made for such a very short period."
Most people, however, who aren't avid gun fans would have no idea what role this gun played in history.
25,000 dollars for a WW2 keepsake her dad brought home! IF IT WERE MINE I WOULDNT SELL IT AND I'D WRITE IT IN MY WILL IT COULD ONLY BE PASSED DOWN WITHIN THE FAMILY BUT NEVER SOLD.. -Tyr
Valuable WWII Gun at Police Buy-Back
<CITE class="byline vcard">By Annie Rose Ramos (http://www.debatepolicy.com/blogs/author/annie-rose-ramos/)
Posts (http://www.debatepolicy.com/blogs/author/annie-rose-ramos/)
By Annie Rose Ramos (http://www.debatepolicy.com/blogs/author/annie-rose-ramos/) | ABC News Blogs (http://www.debatepolicy.com/blogs/abc-blogs/) – <ABBR title=2012-12-11T02:21:55Z>13 hours ago</ABBR></CITE>
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http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rPwBlRzXu67uizEzADZ.ig--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYwMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/590/2012/12/11/ht-gun-historic-hartford-nt-121210-wmain-jpg_125436.jpg(Image credit: NECN)Just like a scene out of "Antiques Roadshow," a woman in Hartford, Conn., turned in an old rifle to her local police station's gun buy-back, only to discover the gun was worth anywhere from $20,000 to $25,000. The woman, who wishes to remain anonymous, inherited the gun from her father who had brought it home with him from Europe as a memento from World War II.
The two officers conducting the gun buy-back, who are resident gun experts for the Hartford Police Department, informed the owner she was in possession of a Nazi Assault Rifle, the first of its kind, that dates back to 1944.
The gun is called a Sturmgewehr 44, literally meaning "storm rifle," and is the first "modern assault rifle ever made, eventually replaced by the AK 47 in 1947 by Russia, who copied the German design of the Sturmgewehr 44," Officer Lewis Crabtree, one of the two officers who discovered the gun, told ABC News.
"It's like finding the Babe Ruth of baseball cards," said Officer John Cavanna. "The rarity, it was made for such a very short period."
Most people, however, who aren't avid gun fans would have no idea what role this gun played in history.
25,000 dollars for a WW2 keepsake her dad brought home! IF IT WERE MINE I WOULDNT SELL IT AND I'D WRITE IT IN MY WILL IT COULD ONLY BE PASSED DOWN WITHIN THE FAMILY BUT NEVER SOLD.. -Tyr