Which one of you was it?

[Cameramonkey]

A lot of honor and integrity being displayed in this thread. I would love to have one of those rifles but am not willing to go to pound-me-in-the-ass prison for keeping something that wss obviously stolen.

Its cool. I'd just identify as the owner. Thats how it works now, right?

 

[Twangbanger]

A lot of honor and integrity being displayed in this thread. I would love to have one of those rifles but am not willing to go to pound-me-in-the-ass prison for keeping something that wss obviously stolen.

 

[Robert Richardson]

Take them, get caught with them just say" bought them from a guy at the 1500"

 

[pitbulld45]

I wonder if people take a come along with then when doing this in case the magnet gets stuck to something beyond their ability to pull loose.

I lost a magnet before, had to cut the line and leave it.

 

[pitbulld45]

What strength magnet would one use for this ?

I went to Harbor Freight and bought the biggest flat magnet they had ( had to put an eye hook on them, they have a hole through the middle) I think they were $15 each, my son and I use them and have had a blast.

 

[mark40sw]

The waters must be full of guns.
I constantly read about how others are always loosing all their gun collections in "boating accidents".

 

[Leo]

The waters must be full of guns.
I constantly read about how others are always loosing all their gun collections in "boating accidents".

yes, that is what happened to all mine.

 

[BigRed]

Those "tragic boating accident" stories are real?

Absolutely.
I have had nothing but bad luck with boats.
What they say about them is true.

 

[ditcherman]

A lot of honor and integrity being displayed in this thread. I would love to have one of those rifles but am not willing to go to pound-me-in-the-ass prison for keeping something that wss obviously stolen.

Why would you go to prison for doing the “finders keepers” thing vs the “honor and integrity” thing?
Heaven/hell I get but not prison.
And is the threat of prison what motivates honor and integrity?

ETA: is your logic because the serial numbers were gone??

 

[tude]

Florida boy reels in .50-caliber Barrett sniper rifles while fishing

Magnet fishing duo reels in two sniper rifles.

www.militarytimes.com

Duane Smith was shocked when his grandson Allen Cadwalader pulled in two .50-caliber Barrett sniper rifles while magnet fishing, the Miami Herald reported.

Seems a little "fishy" to me.

 

[MRockwell]

Florida boy hauls in two .50-caliber Barrett sniper rifles on fishing trip

An 11-year-old Florida boy decided to try out magnet fishing with his grandpa in a canal and discovered two .50-caliber M82A1 Barrett sniper rifles submerged beneath an overpass.

www.foxnews.com

From this article: "On the other hand, neither weapon had a barrel – which complicates ballistics testing, he said."

"The weapons were bundled up in shrink wrap, he said."

Definitely boating accident.

 

[rutheborger]

I've heard that there's a magnet fisher's paradise under the bridges in Gary.

 

[GRAVES219]

I've heard that there's a magnet fisher's paradise under the bridges in Gary.

on my way!

 

[BiscuitsandGravy]

https://www.kjmagnetics.com/

https://www.kjmagnetics.com/products.asp?cat=20

Enjoy in your magnet fishing adventures!

 

[GRAVES219]

https://www.kjmagnetics.com/

https://www.kjmagnetics.com/products.asp?cat=20

Enjoy in your magnet fishing adventures!

It'll be ice fishing unfortunately

 

[pitbulld45]

This was a picture from the same article but different source.

 

[DadSmith]

Florida boy hauls in two .50-caliber Barrett sniper rifles on fishing trip

An 11-year-old Florida boy decided to try out magnet fishing with his grandpa in a canal and discovered two .50-caliber M82A1 Barrett sniper rifles submerged beneath an overpass.

www.foxnews.com

From this article: "On the other hand, neither weapon had a barrel – which complicates ballistics testing, he said."

"The weapons were bundled up in shrink wrap, he said."

Definitely boating accident.

I wonder if ballistic tests are like fingerprints and have to be interpreted by a specialist. I can't believe out of 1 million Glock 17's several thousand can't look alike. Like DNA there is 1 in around 1 million that have the same DNA as you and are not related. So at least 34 other people in the United States has identical DNA as you do. Worldwide its in the thousands.

 

[shootersix]

They said the serial numbers have been ground off, so I wouldn’t want to be caught with one!

And just wondering if they weren’t “stolen” and the owner filed a insurance claim on them, cause that’s about 18 thousand dollars worth of guns, and reporting them as stolen might be a way to solve the problem of “do whatever you want!” From the wife!

 

[tbhausen]

Bet the guy that sunk them is pretty pissed!

 

[bullet]

These were only the lowers. Barretts are like AR15s, as most of the cost of the gun is in the upper and if these lowers were missing the bcg than they aren't worth that much.