Woman Turns in Valuable WWII Gun at Police Station Weapon Buy-Back

[Jeebus]

“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.”

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.

Another prime example of the stupidity of anyone who participates in a "gun buy back" program in exchange for a Walmart gift card.

[BlandFood]

Sickening, at least it wasn't the missing P08 in 45 ACP.

[Gopher]

It would be interesting to know if the weapon was in the NFA Registry and, if not, how the ATFE will handle it.

[BlandFood]

I suspect it will either wind up in a museum or cut up in 50 pieces.