Rocket launchers turned in at gun buy back ???

[BigDee]

All of the guns taken in from the buy back are sent to a steel mill in Fontana, CA. They are melted down and turned into rebar that will be used to build freeways.

[Byte Stryke]

I'm surprised they got anything for turning it in. It is seriously just a tube... certainly not a firearm and is not reloadable, even IF you could find a suitable projectile..

I liken it to finding a SPLIT shotgun shell casing.

Yeah, that was dangerous... once.

[raymill]

I have one of the AT-4 trainers in my garage. Its just fiberglass and plastic with an aluminum sleeve.

[KestrelBike]

Since we're talking dummy/spent AT-4s, just curious, but what kind of damage could a live one do if you shot it at your average house from 100yds? Just put a whole in the wall and beat the crap out of whatever room was behind the wall?

[hammer03]

Again?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...-firearms.html


Wonder how many times each of these guns get turned in? Ya know, keep the budget low, keep the numbers high, and the shock factor up. Just have some off duty types go turn in some already confiscated guns?

[rondog]

I saw that at one of the buybacks, a lady brought in a genuine STG 44 and the cops told her that they would not accept it because its value. I guess her grandfather or father picked it up in Europe during WW2. At least those cops were nice enough to tell her it was worth more than a grocery card!

Yeah, we all heard about that, but has anybody heard any MORE about it? Hmmm?

<crickets>

[clublights]

Again?

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...-firearms.html


Wonder how many times each of these guns get turned in? Ya know, keep the budget low, keep the numbers high, and the shock factor up. Just have some off duty types go turn in some already confiscated guns?

Or someone figured out they can buy these "rocket launchers" for cheap and sell them for 200 bucks every time they have one of these buy backs ...

[fitz19d]

I am speaking just out of my ass guessing, but as far as I knew the AT4 was more of a melted superheated penetrator for tanks, so it might just put a big round hole and blast through the whole house. Maybe they do have more HE variety available. I've seen plenty of video's with Javelins and such though used on rooms/floors/roofs with insurgents in them overseas.

Since we're talking dummy/spent AT-4s, just curious, but what kind of damage could a live one do if you shot it at your average house from 100yds? Just put a whole in the wall and beat the crap out of whatever room was behind the wall?

[alxone]

Or someone figured out they can buy these "rocket launchers" for cheap and sell them for 200 bucks every time they have one of these buy backs ...

the funny thing is , unless they took it off base , they usually cost around 150-250 depending on condition .