Garage Sales

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Legal Status. All hawks and owls are federally protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (16 USC, 703-711). These laws strictly prohibit the capture, killing, or possession of hawks or owls without special permit.
Controlling bird damage from hawks and owls
icwdm.org/Handbook/birds/HawksOwls.asp

In the UK at the time (don't know how it is now) barn owls were pests.  People used to shoot them, trap them, poison them...whatever.  It was simply my good fortune that someone had the foresight to stuff a couple.

Boru

Yep, when legal go for it. In the US it's a major no-no.

[chimp3]

Found a Le Creuset saucepan for $6. Limited edition enameled cast iron. Love it when people don't know what they have.

[onlinebiker]

Found a Le Creuset saucepan for $6. Limited edition enameled cast iron. Love it when people don't know what they have.

Where you are can make a difference... I frequently find Herman Miller stuff ( they' re local) for pennies on the dollar. 

I' ve bought mint early Eames chairs ( fiberglass) for $1.

It's a rush..

[Gawdzilla Sama]

LOL, "North Woods Law", Animal Planet, Season 3, epi 1, has a bit on illegal owls. The guy who sold it to a pawn shop stole it from the family camp.

[Succubus]

Got these (not the actually guns, but a handy image) from the yard sale across the street. Dude forgot some things when he took off with his new girlfriend.

Sawn off's are out; people want a bit more range these days.

[chimp3]

Got these (not the actually guns, but a handy image) from the yard sale across the street. Dude forgot some things when he took off with his new girlfriend.

Sawn off's are out; people want a bit more range these days.

The 2 guns above look like kit guns. Hobbyists would finish and reassemble them. Flintlocks. Perhaps CVA .50 caliber Hawken  rifle and .30 caliber dueling pistol?

[Rev. Rye]

It's really more flea markets for me (and maybe come antique stores if I'm in Door County), and even then, I don't go very often. And then, I can find some interesting things. At a flea market in Grayslake last year, I got this:



and this:



and also these:



And i almost got a third, at least until I looked closely at it and discovered it wasn't actually the same movie as this:

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Sawn off's are out; people want a bit more range these days.

The 2 guns above look like kit guns. Hobbyists would finish and reassemble them. Flintlocks. Perhaps CVA .50 caliber Hawken  rifle and .30 caliber dueling pistol?

TVA (Tennessee Valley Arms).

[chimp3]

The 2 guns above look like kit guns. Hobbyists would finish and reassemble them. Flintlocks. Perhaps CVA .50 caliber Hawken  rifle and .30 caliber dueling pistol?

TVA (Tennessee Valley Arms).

TVA? They are more ornate than the CVA models.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

TVA (Tennessee Valley Arms).

TVA? They are more ornate than the CVA models.

The ones in the picture were obviously professionally finished. I prize functionality over beauty. The two I got work very well, I've seen them in action. (Neighbor owned them, but he won't be shooting any more.)