Or maybe some Weatherby connection.

What an abomination!

Brian those remains should be mounted on a board and displayed as a reminder what people in government are capable of doing. It should carry a warning sign that apathy and ignorance result in this kind of assault on our 2nd amendment rights.

Now the powers at be are trying to ban certain types ammo, A certain way to render an arm useless, reloaders will be next in the glass! gary

My Dept. of Game saws in half their confiscated guns and then stands around at the annual big hunting show in the capital city and imply to you "just look what happens when we catch you with one dove over the limit" or whatever. No matter the value of the gun. Then each year they increase the license fees because they need more money.

I asked my legislator to introduce a bill that required them to auction them off to the highest FFL bidder, use the money for them instead of increasing fees, but I got a kind reply that there was no interest in doing this.

Now let me get this straight… Feds catch drug dealers. Then seize their Porsche and Lear jet as a result of the "crime." They then auction off the Porsche and Lear jet for money.

But when they seize a highly engraved Parker SC as part of a "crime," they chop it into bits.

Makes sense to me.

had a friend whose brother was a officer (i forget capt or lt) in a city police department- and was at one of those buy backs

an old lady came in with a pair of colt saa she said belonged to her great uncle who was a buffalo soldier. He asked if he could put the woman in touch with a licensed collector - the guns were a piece of history and the woman could obviously use the cash

he was told no- and they were destroyed

hear say - but i had no reason to doubt him

What I find particulalry odd is that the local PD here sell their used guns on an auction site when they're finished with them. Doesn't make sense.

Texas Parks and Wildlife does a private auction for FFL holders only, at least they used to.

State law in Texas permits police departments to sell confiscated weapons as long as they are not evidence that needs to be held for a crime--No Contests plea bargains and such.

Most of the larger departments don't though. Mostly because all the weapons they sieze are largely junk and not worth the trouble. Though I have been told that Harris County (houston) at one time did and may still hold a private auction for FFL holders.

Some police department bought it from some fool for probably $100.