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capture guns

1FMJ1FMJ Member Posts: 1,556 ✭✭
edited January 2012 in General Discussion
How many believe that selling a gun and representing it as a capture gun.But do not have documents as to being so.Is it really a capture gun,or seller asking for the moon in terms of dollars.<1FMJ>
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  • andrewsw16andrewsw16 Member Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    His claims are worth the paper they are written on. [;)] Without any provenance, it is just milsurp. [:)] An old diary entry from a veteran, a military form identifying the gun as a bring back, etc. are what is needed to corroborate the story.
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  • DocDoc Member Posts: 13,898 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I attached no added value to a gun because it was brought home by a GI over one imported commercially so the question is moot to me.

    But as with anything, documentation is required. If you will pay more for a genuine "capture" gun then you must demand documentation before paying the added tariff.
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    there was an old lady when i was young that would by old cars, resale them and claim she was original owner of every car she sold, "her husband passed and she had to re title every one of them"
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  • andrewsw16andrewsw16 Member Posts: 10,728 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If the gun was used by an enemy we defeated, it is by definition, a "capture" gun. Does it really change the value of the gun if it was brought back by PFC Sad Sack or brought back in a 40 ft shipping container with thousands of others? Unless there is some provenance that THIS rifle was the one and only rifle that killed XXXXXXXX, a bring back by a soldier is the same as a bring back by anyone else.
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  • COLTCOLT Member Posts: 12,637 ******
    edited November -1
    ...I'm not sure what you're asking or stating?

    The written & documented provenance of a gun is the only accepted "proof" of a guns history to a collector, word of mouth doesn't add a penny of value.

    The historical road down which a gun has traveled does add value to the specific gun depending on the collector and niche, the exact amount placed on that history depends on the collector more so than the market.

    That said, here in the U.S. a seller of anything is entitled to ask any amount for their item they care to...whether or not they get their asking price is another matter...[;)]
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