Blood Stain on Military Rifle Help

pcvando said:
That seems to be the overwhelming consensus. I really wish I could see the history of the rifle and everything its been through. Interesting stuff.
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yup, definitely. For my part, I'd actually find it to be added value if I was looking at buying the rifle.
 
I can't believe you would even consider cleaning it. You probably couldn't even clean it off at this point without sanding down the rifle and refinishing it or else it would have been wiped off by now.
The DNA testing is pointless, you would either need some other DNA to compare it with or access to national DNA database to figure out any sort of relation to anyone.. and I doubt anyone here has that access.
 
PPCLIGullyPlatoon said:
I'd keep it, it's cool, and there's bound to be a story ----- just make one up when you go to sell it!!!
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lol I wont make up a story like some sellers do. A little off topic.. but one guy at a local gun show is trying to sell a fake flintlock pistol off as being the gun that shot peter pan, and it was excavated from Captain Morgans shipwreck. Too many things wrong with this lol
 
Matty308 said:
I can't believe you would even consider cleaning it. You probably couldn't even clean it off at this point without sanding down the rifle and refinishing it or else it would have been wiped off by now.
The DNA testing is pointless, you would either need some other DNA to compare it with or access to national DNA database to figure out any sort of relation to anyone.. and I doubt anyone here has that access.
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I thought about cleaning it because I felt that it may turn off certain people if I were to sell it. Would you like to own a rifle that shot some POW? Some would. I guess the good part is that I don't know where it came from. Also there is no way I am going to be able to get it off without sanding.
 
PPCLIGullyPlatoon said:
Okay, well, I wasn't implying that the fish should be THAT long!!!!! That's a WHOPPER!!!
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HaHa! The pistol also looks like its entirely made of wood, by a 3 year old, using cheap paint and glitter. He said it was part of the aging process, and the result of being "underwater for 2000 years." "its patina, or frosting" I almost crapped myself laughing.

The even funnier thing is I believe he is a member here on CGN, but I don't know his username!
 
pcvando said:
I thought about cleaning it because I felt that it may turn off certain people if I were to sell it. Would you like to own a rifle that shot some POW? Some would. I guess the good part is that I don't know where it came from. Also there is no way I am going to be able to get it off without sanding.
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It's a 100ish year old milsurp rifle with obvious signs of use. Anyone who gets into that game and is squeamish about the chance that the rifle killed or injured someone at one point in time is a special kind of stoopid. I wouldn't worry about it if i were you.
 
that's cool. i also own a 1942 m1 garand ammo belt and it has some blood stain on it. i wish i could follow up but i don't have the money to run a DNA test on it.
 
Dorian Gray said:
It's a 100ish year old milsurp rifle with obvious signs of use. Anyone who gets into that game and is squeamish about the chance that the rifle killed or injured someone at one point in time is a special kind of stoopid. I wouldn't worry about it if i were you.
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Personally I think it adds to the cool factor, maybe even the value. I just wasn't sure about others. I am glad to see most people seem to share the same opinion.
 
deagle2008 said:
that's cool. i also own a 1942 m1 garand ammo belt and it has some blood stain on it. i wish i could follow up but i don't have the money to run a DNA test on it.
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I'm glad my neighbor had the test kit. Now he wants to buy the rifle. I'll ask him where he got his kit. He has several.
 
Yes send it for DNA test.
If your lucky enough you'll get a match from the government WWII DNA data bank.

As Abraham Lincoln said, you miss all the shots you don't take. Like Moses when he split the Red sea in 1950 with the Chinese army.
 
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