Rocket launchers turned in at buybacks....

**GunLawyer001** · December 20th, 2018, 04:45 AM

Baltimore had a gun "buy back", and they claim to have taken in a rocket launcher tube.

Rumors have been circulating for years that various PD's will lend each other scary-looking weapons to enhance the "success" of these events, which helps explain all the minty AR-15's and AK's and such that they claim were turned in by little old ladies who found them in the garage. We might be able to follow these rocket launchers around the country.

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LAPD 2017:
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San Francisco 2017:
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**USMC3531** · December 20th, 2018, 06:57 AM

Honestly there are thousands of those tubes in circulation, they are 1 time use cardboard tubes and can be had for as little as $25 at surplus stores. It wouldn't surprise me if a vet left it in a garage and moved out and somebody turned it in, same as the dummy grenades that the bomb squad gets called in for every year.

**:-)** · December 20th, 2018, 07:05 AM

They are buying back tubes that used to hold rockets? I got a lot of boxes that used to hold bullets. How much are they giving out?

**chauncey** · December 20th, 2018, 07:52 AM

Originally Posted by USMC3531

Honestly there are thousands of those tubes in circulation, they are 1 time use cardboard tubes and can be had for as little as $25 at surplus stores. It wouldn't surprise me if a vet left it in a garage and moved out and somebody turned it in, same as the dummy grenades that the bomb squad gets called in for every year.

C'mon 3531, you should know these are deadly fiberglass tubes not deadly carboard tubes.
We need to get these dangerous tubes off the street. A cat could get their head stuck in one.
Think of the cats.

**:-)** · December 20th, 2018, 07:59 AM

I got a bunch of big tubes made of Polyvinyl chloride, that sounds scarier then fiberglass.

**USMC3531** · December 20th, 2018, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by chauncey

C'mon 3531, you should know these are deadly fiberglass tubes not deadly carboard tubes.
We need to get these dangerous tubes off the street. A cat could get their head stuck in one.
Think of the cats.

Hell even the metal LAW tubes are floating around but I think they go for more like $200. I bought a demilled Spanish 3.5" "bazooka" for $75 at knob creek a few years ago

**unclejumbo** · December 20th, 2018, 10:20 AM

I think I'm going to hit up some carpet stores for their empty rolls. A little olive drab paint, a few stencils and assorted scary bric-a-brak and I can turn a nice profit on "launcher" tubes.

**Walleye Hunter** · December 20th, 2018, 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by unclejumbo

I think I'm going to hit up some carpet stores for their empty rolls. A little olive drab paint, a few stencils and assorted scary bric-a-brak and I can turn a nice profit on "launcher" tubes.

From the looks of things you could do well with that.

**bogey1** · December 20th, 2018, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by unclejumbo

I think I'm going to hit up some carpet stores for their empty rolls. A little olive drab paint, a few stencils and assorted scary bric-a-brak and I can turn a nice profit on "launcher" tubes.

I made one from pvc. I'll take 50bucks for it at a buy back any day.