Got a Spare $200k?

Then you have a shot at buying Bonnie Parker's (of Bonnie and Clyde) Colt Detective Special. How cool would that be?

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The .38-caliber revolver taped to Bonnie Parker’s inner thigh when she and Clyde Barrow were killed by a Texas posse in 1934 has been made federally compliant and will be auctioned later this week.


The Colt .38-caliber Detective’s Special revolver, which was recovered from Parker’s body by Texas Ranger Capt. Frank Hamer, had its serial numbers obliterated in the heyday of Bonnie and Clyde's reign of terror, prompting Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) officials to issue a new number to make the handgun legal.

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Story HERE.

OOOOOOOoOOoOoOoOOOOooOOooooo...... Johnny want.... :)

I wonder how many bodies does that thing have on it.... I thought weapons were destroyed when confiscated by authorities?

Well, I hope this auction money brings my Tax Stamps home quicker [Tooth]

Depends...some are destroyed, some are sold at auction or to FFLs, some languish in evidence vaults for decades.

I would rather invest in a firearms business... but it is a cool gun.

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Originally Posted by Bailey Guns

Depends...some are destroyed, some are sold at auction or to FFLs, some languish in evidence vaults for decades.

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fascinating... I wonder what else do they have in their safes [Coffee]


[Beer]

Looks like the guns went for more than anticipated:

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NASHUA, N.H. – Two guns once in the possession of notorious gangsters Bonnie and Clyde when they were killed in a hail of gunfire have sold at a New Hampshire auction for more than half a million dollars.

The guns were two of 134 artifacts that sold Sunday for a total of $1.1 million at the auction in Nashua. About two-thirds of the items were from Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker. Items also came from other notorious criminals.

Bobby Livingston of RR Auction said Bonnie Parker's .38-caliber Detective Special that she had taped to her thigh when she was killed in 1934 in Louisiana drew the highest bid and sold for $264,000. Livingston said Clyde Barrow's 1911 Colt .45-caliber automatic sold for $240,000 to the same bidder, who didn't want to be named.

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man it would be nice to have 500,000 to blow on guns.....ive been trying to get together 450 to get a glock 19 :D

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Originally Posted by islandermyk

I wonder how many bodies does that thing have on it.... I thought weapons were destroyed when confiscated by authorities?

Well, I hope this auction money brings my Tax Stamps home quicker [Tooth]

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That's what I was hoping for!