Over a balmy winter weekend in South Miami-Dade, Florida, a young boy and his grandfather set out to fish along a canal. What they reeled in weren’t fish, but holy mackerel were they a catch.
Duane Smith was shocked when his grandson Allen Cadwalader pulled in two .50-caliber Barrett sniper rifles while magnet fishing, the Miami Herald reported.
back in he mid 1980's knew a guy who was fishing off the bank when a dump truck polled up to the river, they didn't see him as it was getting dark as he said. anyway, it seems like the KC cops dumped all of the guns they took of people in the river ? needless to say, he bought a big ass magnet to go fishing with. he got himself a rather big pile of good guns and a lot off cheap shit. not sure what he did with the cheap ones, but I know he kept the good ones or gave a few away as gifts after cleaning them up. I helped a bit with that and got a few for my time. I gave away a browning auto 5 that some asshole took a hack saw to, needed a new barrel and stock, but he didn't mind.
I saw this story, and was dumbfounded. It had to be crime related. I mean, who could afford to toss two perfectly good weapons into the drink just like that? Unless they never expected them to be recovered. If it had been a hunting rifle, I might have been tempted to keep it and take it home. But something like that, with 2 of them? Nope, have to call the cops on that one. Those might well have been involved in some major criminal activity. Not many people have the wherewithal to buy a gun like that, yet alone 2 of them, and then to toss them, in the river to hide them? That is where the police have to do their jobs of tracing them down to see if they can find out who bought them, and when. I myself would love to say that I owned one, but I really would have no use for one. The cost to shoot it alone would be too rich for my blood, and finding someplace where I could shoot it, unless I drove back where I am from, and went to a farmers field, during the right time of the year, would be pretty much impossible down where I am now, also. I wonder if they don't find an owner, if the finder gets to keep the guns? It would seem fair. I know that if it were me, I would donate them for auction to help out a good cause, like a youth sports shooting or gun safety group.
A different report stated that the barrels and actions had been removed. So then, they didn't pull up two rifles. They pulled up two stocks with no working parts. Kinda sketchy. And the pics on the other article were not too clear, but many commenters stated that it didn't look like any barrett rifle stock either. So who knows.
"The rifles consisted of the lower receiver and bolt carrier group," he said. "I did not recognize them when they were pulled out because they were wrapped like a mummy."
What were they using for bait?
ReplyDeleteMagnet fishing. You drag a big magnet along the bottom and see what you bring up.
DeleteI hope the bore and the bolt were packed with grease and they weren't down there for very long.
DeleteOtherwise, it's about $20,000 worth of scrap and a great tragedy.
The Lady of the Lake upped her game!
ReplyDeleteback in he mid 1980's knew a guy who was fishing off the bank when a dump truck polled up to the river, they didn't see him as it was getting dark as he said. anyway, it seems like the KC cops dumped all of the guns they took of people in the river ? needless to say, he bought a big ass magnet to go fishing with. he got himself a rather big pile of good guns and a lot off cheap shit. not sure what he did with the cheap ones, but I know he kept the good ones or gave a few away as gifts after cleaning them up. I helped a bit with that and got a few for my time. I gave away a browning auto 5 that some asshole took a hack saw to, needed a new barrel and stock, but he didn't mind.
ReplyDeleteBarretts aren't sniper rifles. They're anti materiel rifles.
ReplyDeleteIt was meant to be. Hope they make good use of them...Ohio Guy
ReplyDeleteI saw this story, and was dumbfounded. It had to be crime related. I mean, who could afford to toss two perfectly good weapons into the drink just like that?
ReplyDeleteUnless they never expected them to be recovered. If it had been a hunting rifle, I might have been tempted to keep it and take it home. But something like that, with 2 of them? Nope, have to call the cops on that one. Those might well have been involved in some major criminal activity. Not many people have the wherewithal to buy a gun like that, yet alone 2 of them, and then to toss them, in the river to hide them? That is where the police have to do their jobs of tracing them down to see if they can find out who bought them, and when.
I myself would love to say that I owned one, but I really would have no use for one. The cost to shoot it alone would be too rich for my blood, and finding someplace where I could shoot it, unless I drove back where I am from, and went to a farmers field, during the right time of the year, would be pretty much impossible down where I am now, also.
I wonder if they don't find an owner, if the finder gets to keep the guns? It would seem fair. I know that if it were me, I would donate them for auction to help out a good cause, like a youth sports shooting or gun safety group.
i would have stfu and kept fishing.
ReplyDeleteA different report stated that the barrels and actions had been removed. So then, they didn't pull up two rifles. They pulled up two stocks with no working parts. Kinda sketchy. And the pics on the other article were not too clear, but many commenters stated that it didn't look like any barrett rifle stock either. So who knows.
ReplyDeleteI saw the same pictures, just looked like a couple of plastic stocks. Must have been some metal or the magnet woulnt have pulled them.
Delete"The rifles consisted of the lower receiver and bolt carrier group," he said. "I did not recognize them when they were pulled out because they were wrapped like a mummy."
DeleteI remember somebody or other talking about his terrible boating accident, and I thought he was just being funny.
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