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Houston: Couple finds fully-automatic M16s in military surplus storage cases bought online
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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3865673" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>I think it was a legit mistake. The military has auctions all the time, some are boxes unopened having been in warehouses for years with the paperwork lost. </p><p>When stationed at Ft Monmouth NJ in the early 70's they had multiple warehouses with unopened crates, some from the WWII era they sold unopened at auction. Military folks had first and final bid. </p><p>Buddy and I bid on two wood crates and won that went for $100 each which was most of a months pay for us, but we sold a lot of plasma to get extra money. </p><p>Each crate had a Harly Davidson 45 courier motorcycle in them still in cosmoline. </p><p>The tires were rotted away. A guy offered us 3X what we paid for them which was a fortune for us and we took it. </p><p>Those machines would be worth a small fortune currently if we had the money to keep them at that time. </p><p>I've bid on military issue items over the years. It's online now. The best thing I bought was a trailer from 1970 that was stored at Tinker AFB. 1 1/4 ton on road capability and they put two new tires on it along with a new spare. I bought it for $175 a few years ago. </p><p>Duece and a halves were going for a couple thousand dollars with under 2000 miles on them. 5 tons for about double that.</p><p>Point is that the couple that got those M-16's got them by oversite or a mistake in the paperwork. </p><p>They did the right thing to report them as if they had shot them or attempted to sell them, their time in jail along with lawyer fee's would have negated any fun factor of owning them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3865673, member: 5412"] I think it was a legit mistake. The military has auctions all the time, some are boxes unopened having been in warehouses for years with the paperwork lost. When stationed at Ft Monmouth NJ in the early 70's they had multiple warehouses with unopened crates, some from the WWII era they sold unopened at auction. Military folks had first and final bid. Buddy and I bid on two wood crates and won that went for $100 each which was most of a months pay for us, but we sold a lot of plasma to get extra money. Each crate had a Harly Davidson 45 courier motorcycle in them still in cosmoline. The tires were rotted away. A guy offered us 3X what we paid for them which was a fortune for us and we took it. Those machines would be worth a small fortune currently if we had the money to keep them at that time. I've bid on military issue items over the years. It's online now. The best thing I bought was a trailer from 1970 that was stored at Tinker AFB. 1 1/4 ton on road capability and they put two new tires on it along with a new spare. I bought it for $175 a few years ago. Duece and a halves were going for a couple thousand dollars with under 2000 miles on them. 5 tons for about double that. Point is that the couple that got those M-16's got them by oversite or a mistake in the paperwork. They did the right thing to report them as if they had shot them or attempted to sell them, their time in jail along with lawyer fee's would have negated any fun factor of owning them. [/QUOTE]
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