Newfoundland Fishermen Pull Case Of Guns From Ocean

[9945]

My wife is a Newfy.....friends of her family just pulled a case of 20 percussion rifles up from the ocean ( caught in the nets)....all still in a wooden crate and look in really nice condition...appear to be Civil War era guns......they have photos on facebook.....found them 150 miles out N.E. of Newfoundland.

 

[jamesthomas]

Can I have one? :thumbsup:

 

[MSW]

way cool ... who has salvage rights? any maritime lawyers out there?

 

[Skychief]

Can you post any pics here please?

I would love to see a catch like that! :shocked2:

 

[trent/OH]

Ah, THAT'S where they went! I've been looking for those for a couple years now. I knew I shouldn't try to balance them on the transom. Let me know, please, where I should pick them up. Thanks!
:redface: :bow:

 

[Skychief]

Yea, I told you that was a dumb move Trent! :nono:

Let me know where we can pick up our guns, will ya? :haha:

 

[bwhoffman]

hotoSmile:

 

[east texas]

man id sure like to see pics of that! rifles in salt water for 100-150 years in decent condition?

 

[rabjr]

Can you be a little more specific on where these pics are? I haven't been able to get anything to come up on facebook that has them.

 

[hanshi]

Those are mine! I lost them overboard in a storm trying to run a blockade.

 

[Stumpkiller]

This is Newfoundland, remember.

You have to search under: "NEW FANGLED WEAPONRY RECOVERED BY LOCAL INDUSTRIALISTS"

 

[east texas]

:rotf: :rotf:

 

[9945]

I guess, you have to be on my wife;s friends list on facebook to see them.......I'm going to ask them to send me the pics and ,then, I'll try and figure out how to get them here....I'm not too good with computers.

 

[rabjr]

This is Newfoundland, remember.

You have to search under: "NEW FANGLED WEAPONRY RECOVERED BY LOCAL INDUSTRIALISTS"

That does not work!! :wink:

 

[msuspartan]

Guess the U.S. sent them up there to protect Canada from maurading Vikings......just never know..... :rotf:

Cheers, DonK

 

[hanshi]

I have ancestry going back to the Nordic countries waaay back. So maybe they are still my guns. :rotf: :hmm:

 

[Tumblernotch]

Sounds like something I'd like to find. Where in South Central PA are you? My in-laws live near Chambersburg.

 

[F.G. Ford]

I'll have you dumb Yankees know, that the case of guns, are standard issue for our military.
We stash them every where.....mostly to keep them from our long gun registry.
Most likely one of our canoes were on shore/ border patrol, and probably lost a case or two.
We tried to mount them on our fighter planes, but the caps kept falling off.
Our gunners really have to work on a strafeing run!
Old Ford :blah: :blah: :surrender:

 

[rabjr]

You have a Military??

 

[Stumpkiller]

(Gust kidding - I like Molsen and everything).