US Army disposed of captured firearms -K98 G43, etc (June 1959 Article of Guns)

[Winchester Cowboy]

"I Burned Guns You'd Buy"

The June 1959 Edition of "Guns". On pages 28-30 there's a short article about how the US Army disposed of captured firearms. There are many other interesting articles, and an Ad on Page 3.


http://jeffersonian.name/g1959/G0659.pdf

 

[Alkali]

Captured Krag

Cowboy - Thanks for posting this. The article titled "I Burned Guns You'd Buy" was very pertinent to our interests today. I was gratified to see "my" Norwegian 1894 Krag in the hands of an admiring US GI. He could not possibly have imagined what this rifle would bring at auction nearly 70 years later.

 

[jack944]

Thanks.

"I Burned Guns You'd Buy"

The June 1959 Edition of "Guns". On pages 28-30 there's a short article about how the US Army disposed of captured firearms. There are many other interesting articles, and an Ad on Page 3.


http://jeffersonian.name/g1959/G0659.pdf

Great reading...$44 dollar MP-44 would be around $340 in today's dollars !!!! Average value today is $15,000. Not a bad return at all......