Gun Buy Back Poaching

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I'm sure everyone has thought of this but has anyone gone and actually bought guns off people at gun buy backs?

I'm going to go to the next one and scope it out. I bet the police would hate it. I'd obviously be rather quite about what I'm doing but a person to person transaction should be perfectly legal.


Unless I end up with a gun that had bodies on it. lol But someone has to have something decent at those buy backs.
 
Good luck, and be prepared for hassles from The Man. I'm sure such activities will be frowned upon. I'd also bet it won't be as easy to attract sellers as you may hope, and I'm sure a huge percentage of guns being brought in will be junkers.

But, ya never know. Watch for old women, might be widows looking to get rid of their husband's old guns. I'd avoid any young, punkish looking characters.

JMHO.
 
Nothing saying you can't poach here. I've thought about it but they haven't had a buyback in about 2 or 3 years. I'd like to go turn in a bunch of $70 Nagant revolvers for $200 then scope out some decent pieces to haul home.
 
Been done before....

Can't really remember which forum I read it on, several have done this and got away with it until the police chased them off public property for some obscure reason.. but if you have a FFL..... :evil:
 
you can arrange to go to the gunshop for the transfer, I've always thought about doing this.
 
A friend & I "poached" a gun buy back in Omaha NE about 15 years ago.

I netted a nice S&W 15 and a Rem. 870 at bargain basement prices..

Our heretical activity must have been noticed as gun buy backs after that were set up so the weapons were kept in the trunk of the vehicle.

You drove up to the "buyer", gave them the trunk key, they took the weapon out of the trunk, gave you the $50 and returned the key.

Oh, well. All good things, etc., etc..
 
I kinda like the idea but I think you'd probably be disappointed. I dropped two shot out J22s at a buy back here in Philly and stuck around to see what people dropped off. Almost all of it was in really rough shape. Depending on your state laws it might be difficult to do legally as well. Might not be a bad idea to have a C&R FFL handy in case someone is trading in some old military stuff though.:)
 
I have poached a couple at a pawn shop before. I don't think I would have the stones to do it in front of cops.
 
Poaching @ a pawnshop could get you run off & banned from future gun buying there
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That was the whole point of me doing it. The guy was a self described gun smith so I gave him my 1911. I paid to have a new set of sights, match trigger, and spring, and new hammer installed. The dude totally screwed up my gun. I was arguing with him over his work. A guy walked in with a remmington 870 wingmaster 12 ga 3" mag, a Winchester model 70 in 30/06, and a colt woodsman .22. He was telling the owner how they were left to him by an uncle and he didn't want guns in his house. So the owner looks them over and offers the guy $400 for everything. The seller was about to say yes and i piped up that I would give him $600 on the spot. I walked out with three new to me guns and a screwed up springfield.
The owner cursed me for screwing him and I told him I wanted to return the favor.
 
I'm going to read over the laws before doing this but I'll be attending the next buy back for sure. I have an Arminius revolver that isn't worth more than $50. I'll use that as a reason to be in line, I'll barter with people around me if anything is decent and just kind of observe.

In Ohio a face to face private sale is 100% legal. As far as I know and from every gun show I've bought at you flash your ID to each other and I usually state that I'm legally allowed to own a firearm.

I'll really make sure I'm not going to end up in hot water and of course I'd be avoiding thugs and junk. Just throught it could be interesting. I always picture dresser drawer 1911's being turned in that are nearly mint but I'm sure it's mostly junk.
 
The last buy back we had was conducted in a very large parking lot that was fenced off and guarded by the police. The sellers were required to drive into the fenced off area to transact business. To drive into the buy back area you had to have a gun to surrender, no one else was allowed. There was no chance to get to the sellers or to see what they were selling. My neighbor got a $100 gift card for a Bryco.
 
I did this, went with a friend, it didnt take long before my truck was getting searched to no evail and then asked to leave. Not worth the trouble to me.
 
I never thought of doing this, it sounds like it could be interesting though. I've heard most of the guns are junk, but you never know. Some of the sellers may not realize the value of what they have, and what they could actually get for it selling it to a dealer, or other private person at an undepreciated price.
 
At the buyback I attended, almost none of the guns were junk, many were extremely desirable.

However, depending on local laws, it could be detrimental to your continued mobility.
 
I'm going to gather a group of respectable, knowledgeable guys and sweep the next buy back. Nothing against the law about it. Seems Cleveland has them once a year in the fall.
 
Hmm - need to find out if there are any in my area. Unfortunately, I won't be able to do this with any handguns due to draconian NY handgun laws.
 
Even if buying the firearms from those in line is "frowned upon" couldn't you just show up and keep an eye out for the real desirable pieces, especially the little ol' ladies with the late husband's old war bring-backs, and let them know they could get 3 or 4 times what the buy-back is offering, at a gun shop? Even if I didn't get anything personally, I would still be satisfied knowing that I saved a few guns from the smelter (or worse yet, the unethical Chief who would just poach the turn-ins for his own collection before melting them down).
 
I hit the Ceasefire Oregon buyback last fall. Got there a little late. Turned out they had ran out of the Fred Meyers gift cards that were being used in exchange for the guns. I caught a guy heading back to his vehicle and snagged two handguns off him. A nice Russian Makarov and a 1922 Frommer Stop, paid $200 for both of them. I plan on attending again this year.
 
Sounds like the local PDs have a bit of a problem with "peaceable assembly" and "freedom of association" and "freedom of contract".

All of these terms have special Constitutional meanings.

A bit of clandestine cellphone cam recordings might come in handy.
 
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