breaks my heart

esquif said:
this kind of post breaks my heart...

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=469148

dont get me wrong he has every right to sell thoses before the gouv get them but ... thoses are pices of history being destroyed... :kickInTheNuts:
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Al least by deactivating them they can still be admired. I'm in the same boat... executor of an estate with Prohib pistols. Before I close the estate I'll have to sell them or deactivate them, and I want to keep a couple of them, so I'll have to deactivate them.
 
It breaks your heart? Imagine how he feels! Wilke has shown lots of his collection, most of which cannot be fired legally in this country, never mind trying to find a buyer willing to pony up the bills to buy them, knowing they can't fire them! That's if you can find someone with the magic numbers on their p.a.l. Deactivation is desperation to recoup something from a significant investment.
 
like i said he has every right... but as an historian (MA. Hist) it kills me a bit inside when i think of the tommy gun
 
From another perspective I am not in the least upset about the prospect of deactivating these firearms. As Non-firearms I can now purchase them and add them to my collection whereas before there was absolutely no way I could.
BTW, I have already shot the M1928, M1, M1A1 and MP-40 as pictured in the post and had fun, though it boils down to never being able to own one, and it made me sick thinking about it. I would rather own it and not shoot it then shoot it and never be able to own it.
 
It made me sad to read that post, Those firearms should be considered heritage items and should not need to be modified for someone to own. They haven't been up to anything illegal since, why would they start now? Just kidding. Seriously tho I do consider them pieces of history and we do have heritage homes that are not the age of these items. Dewatting them will let someone own them, thereby saving them, BUT to me just the action of modifying them is wrong. The history that they represent is significant and they should be saved, especially these ones, they look to be in excellent shape. Just another example of extremists in power.
 
robertf said:
Al least by deactivating them they can still be admired. I'm in the same boat... executor of an estate with Prohib pistols. Before I close the estate I'll have to sell them or deactivate them, and I want to keep a couple of them, so I'll have to deactivate them.
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If you're a direct descendent you can inherit them if they're older prohibs. You would be in the 12(7) class.
 
a real heart breaker was at the NB show this weekend. An ANTIQUE Webley mkI sporting hideous welds locking it into one solid mass of metal. Felt like I got kicked in the balls when I saw that.
 
I'll try and grab you a pic of one of the worse deactivating job ever. What it seems they did is that they welded a metal bar in the barrel, then they welded the bolt to the reciever.....from the outside! The welder completely burnt through the reciever and now has this gaping hole/weld down one side of the reciever :'(
 
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