My dad tried to "acquire" a 1911 after WWII. It was pretty common. He had it in his duffel wrapped in a towel. When he got home, the Cosmoline outline of a 1911 on a towel was all he had.
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My dad tried to "acquire" a 1911 after WWII. It was pretty common. He had it in his duffel wrapped in a towel. When he got home, the Cosmoline outline of a 1911 on a towel was all he had.
I guess Vet bring back was a poor choice of words the seller I bought the last Inland from posted it as being owned by a WWII Vet I guess I just assumed it was something he brought back and since he has since passes away there is no one to ask at this point. The collector I bought it from I've bought rifles from in the past his stuff is usually top notch and in really good condition. Here's a quote from his listing "All as found in a WWII Vet's closet before he passed Never changed any parts" I really don't care how the old guy got it it's mine now and it's nice LOL ;)
About 5 or 6 years ago my brother purchased a large amount of military collectibles from a Korean/Vietnam war veteran who was terminally ill and had no children to leave the goods too. The lot included a prestin Korean War era M1 carbine, matching bayonet, mag pouches, and a crap ton of GI mags in original wrapping. When asked if this was his issued weapon he said no not that exact one however when the army is switched from one weapon to a newly issued rifle (M16) there is typically a lot of commotion, paperwork, and sometimes things go missing and are never found. I think there was a wink in there at the end from the older gentleman.
In any event my brother has a beauty of a rifle and a ton of other cool stuff spanning a few conflicts. He promised the an he wouldn't resell it or split it up.
If you're asking if I have the original owners war trophy papers (if they exist) for the rifle I posted the answer is no I bought it from another collector. I thought your original question was you were trying to find out what people mean by "Vet Bring Back" firearms which is why I posted the link to the info. I thought covered it but as others have said that's probably not the case for US issued firearms and if that's true than the original owner who was a WWII Vet per the info in the ads description where I got it probably just purchased it after the war somewhere just like I did. Not sure where all the confusion came into play unless it was my poor wording of my original post.
LOL I guess I was the one confused my response in that post was trying to explain my opinion of what a "Vet bring back" is. in answer to your original question which was
"So it's stolen US property?
I've never understood the "vet bring back" when it's a US issued weapon.
I'm seriously asking here.
Was it really stolen or was it actually purchased at some point by said vet?"
Not a big deal I'm thinking some came back with papers and other were just sold off as military surplus. I'm under the impression that when I see Vet Bring Back it means that it was one that was sent home by said Vet with the proper paperwork.
I have documents that my Dad got from the military for items he brought back from when he was in WWII but none of the items were US issued firearms just foreign military items like swords, a cool pocket watch, a pair of pearl handle derringers and some other misc stuff.
EDR