Sturmgewehr 44 Discovered At Connecticut Gun Buy-Back

[Walter63a]

One woman hit the bullseye last week when she attempted to toss out a dusty old rifle at a local gun buy-back in Hartford, Conn.

Unbeknownst to the owner, the rifle was identified as a World War II-era German assault rifle valued between $30,000 and $40,000, NECN reports.

The gun is a Sturmgewehr 44, which holds a 30-round magazine, shoots 500 rounds per minute and is the basis for "every modern assault rifle produced today," Officer John Cavanna of the Hartford Police told NECN.

Exchanges vary from city to city, but buy-backs offer gun owners everything from $50 Walmart gift cards, to $250 cash, to flu shots.

Usually, guns purchased at buy-back programs are melted down or destroyed. The idea is that every gun taken off the streets is a step toward reducing gun violence.

In the case of the Stg 44, officers said they would allow the woman to sell the weapon -- keeping a piece of history alive and most likely netting a hefty sum for the unsuspecting owner.

 

Source: http://www.huffingto...l?ncid=webmail6

[Walter63a]

A gun buy-back event in Hartford, Conn. led cops to a piece of World War II history.


A woman turned in a Nazi assault rifle dating back to 1944 and worth around $35,000, local news station NECN reported.


The unnamed woman who owned the historic weapon had no idea of its value, but cops did.


"The chance to see a piece of history — this…is absolutely unbelievable,” said Officer Lewis Crabtree of the Hartford Police Department, according to the news station.


Cops allowed the woman to keep the gun.
"This is a gun that should actually be in a museum rather than in a shredder,” Crabtree said.


The gun — which appears to be a Sturmgewehr 44, which means “storm rifle”— carried a 30-round magazine, fired at a rate of 500 bullets per minute, and is considered the first modern assault rifle.


Officer John Cavanna, who is also a gun historian, told the broadcaster that the woman’s father, who served in the Army, brought home the weapon after fighting in the European theater.


“You could kill a soldier back then, and if the captain of your fighting unit signed off on it, you could send that gun home to your family or kid brother or cousin — anything you wanted,” Cavanna said.


 

Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/gun-buy-back-hartford-conn-historic-early-assault-rifle-found-article-1.1216973

[ron_brock]

"This is a gun that should actually be in a musum rather than in a shredder" why would that not apply to many of the old guns that get turned in during buy backs? Wonder how it's registered and who the owner is? Great news story, only reports half of the truth and sensationalizes what is reported. Gotta love it.

 

- Ron

[CPD1975]

Is it true that even if an MP44 was legally brought home with paper work prior to April 1945, BUT was not registered in 1968 that it is still destined for scrap?

[RoscoeTurner]

Is it true that even if an MP44 was legally brought home with paper work prior to April 1945, BUT was not registered in 1968 that it is still destined for scrap?

 

 

Not in all cases.

[The Lone Ranger]

It did not in need to be registered in the amnesty - could have been done w/a F-6 upon return to the US, w/a F-1 for any number of years prior to the Haynes case, or in the amnesty. I have seen several people on the net claim that a capture paper was the equivalent of a Treasury registration and that firearms are routinely added to the registry based on them, but any time I have asked not a single one has been able to explain the mechanics of the operation (how the certificate was transmitted from military to Treasury) or how the info required to register such as SN, model, caliber, registrant address, etc was provided to Treasury to effect registration, provide verifiable reference materials (statutes, regulations, rulings - past or present), names of people who have had it done, NFA employees that handle the process.... nothing. If you go over to the Sturm board, you can see an example.

 

http://www.sturmgewe...cgi?read=114582

Edited December 23, 2012 by The Lone Ranger

[CPD1975]

Thanks for the info. "Clearly" a gray area.