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Originally Posted by Temporary_User
The cops doing the right thing by not destroying the gun, allowing the lady to keep it and sell it.
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Totally agree. I know there are many on this site that hate firearms but some of them are important pieces of history. This one very much being one of them, what a find.
That the one thing about these guns for cash things that cops set up that concern me. some valuable pieces of history are being turned in and melted down.
Had the exact same thing happen to me. My parents had an old WW2 rifle down in their basement. My mom really wanted to turn it in but it was my Grandfathers rifle and I wanted to keep it in the family. Got my licence and got busy trying to see if I could get it back into working condition.
Managed to do that and when I brought it to a gunsmith to confirm it was safe to shoot, his eyes just about popped out of his head. Turned out that I had a rare Lee Enfield No4 Mk (T) that was very rare and valuable. Not as valuable as this one but he descirbed it as the firearm equivalent of finding a Picaso in your basement.