Attention: all you well-heeled members!

[Perplexed]

You know who you are

Bonnie Parker's back-up piece is up for grabs: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/09/2...r-made-federally-compliant-will-be-auctioned/

 

[backspur]

The well heeled individual would probably want the companion piece, as well.

http://www.rrauction.com/bidtracker_detail.cfm?IN=38

 

[Seansworth]

"Bonnie Parker's .38 Special made legal by ATF ahead of auction"

When I saw this I was genuinely worried they had made it incapable of firing live rounds.

"prompting Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) officials to issue a new number to make the handgun legal."

Holy cow, the ATF did something that makes sense.

 

[AKguy1985]

Guess it didnt have a serial number maybe?

 

[bettingpython]

Guess it didnt have a serial number maybe?

scratched out

 

[AKguy1985]

scratched out

Makes sense

 

[okie98]

We could all pool our pennies and buy it!

 

[Perplexed]

We could all pool our pennies and buy it!

But who would get to keep the piece?

 

[XD-9Guy]

Me of course.

 

[flatwins]

This brings up a couple of thoughts: The gun has a patent date of 1926 but IIRC, the first Detective Specials appeared in 1927. Who knows, maybe this is a prototype. Couldn't tell, though, since the original serial # is gone.

Also, I find it interesting that the ATF would make an outlaw's gun "legal". I think that today's ATF would either destroy the gun or make it inoperable.

At any rate it's a neat story. Thanks for posting it, Todd.