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Posted: 9/26/2022 9:11:11 PM EDT
Last week, the couple - who runs a side hustle of buying surplus lots, dividing up the products, and reselling them on eBay - received delivery of 108 empty storage cases sold by a government surplus website. Over the weekend, a friend helped the couple stack and store the cases. As a thank you, they gave one of the cases to the friend. When that friend opened the case, he realized it was not empty. Inside were 12 fully-automatic M16s, all of them still with various tags designating the military branch and name of service members who handled the weapons. View Quote https://abc13.com/resellers-receive-guns-military-surplus-boxes-m16s-shipped-to-houston-ebay/12269500/ |
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It’s always idiots that win the lottery. I order something on eBay I’m lucky if it even shows up with some bubble wrap to protect it
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People are so stupid.
There was nothing wrong with those parts kits. |
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At the very least I'd be stripping the parts off the lowers. And then destroying the lowers.
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Mmmmhmmm. Always set the heavy "surplus military case" aside as a thank you gift.
Crazy he found 11 M16 rifles. |
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The only reasonable excuse for telling the .gov you found 12 M16s in one of the cases is if you actually found 1,728 (108 cases x 12 M16s) and are throwing them a bone.
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This is one of those cases (lol) that would normally seem to be impossible.
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Why do people have to talk when they find cool shit. This is when you STFU, TELL NOBODY, and hide them for a rainy day and when the Chicoms or Russians decide to invade, whoop'em out like party favors
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People REALLY need to learn how to keep their stupid fucking mouths shut.
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"One of the strictest things we have in the military is weapons accountability. So these weapons are missing somewhere from a U.S. armory, and somebody doesn't know it. That's the scary thing about that for the U.S. military right now." View Quote LMAO this shit is fucking common. I had a M242 (bradley main gun) in an army arms room that was supposedly in 2 different places in the US. The receiver was supposed to be in California, and the feeder was supposed to be in Texas. Yet I had them in fucking Kuwait. The Army fucks up their weapons accountability all the damn time and shit goes missing for sometimes years before anyone notices. |
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"It's unbelievable to think military-grade weapons would be shipped in containers across state lines. It's pretty shocking," View Quote People have no comprehension of the crap that goes through the mail system every day. And I'm not talking the rubber fists from Mr. Bezos. |
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The thing that PO'd me in the article was the AFT getting a search warrant. Versus just asking the couple(who contacted them in the first place).
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How much would 12 M-16 brand new parts kits be worth?
I'd have thrown the receivers in the ocean and sold the kits. |
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Nice try Mr Government Surplus Viral Marketing Guy, almost got me
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Cartels are mad but being tight lipped. Eric Holder had no comment but has doubled hid security.
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When the CID and ATF show up looking for my new cases:
Superman - Family Guy |
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Quoted: How much would 12 M-16 brand new parts kits be worth? I'd have thrown the receivers in the ocean and sold the kits. View Quote If it was the full auto stuff, and not the shit with the burst cams, maybe $70 each. The burst stuff would be a bit more due to the extra disconnecter and the burst cam. So figure $1000 for the lot. You can buy auto sears for like $20. Just cant drill the hole and install em. |
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As a reward for their honesty, they get the ATF crawling up their ass for the foreseeable future.
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