[lkblair]

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3539497&thesection=news&thesubsection=world


According to this, he was packing a makarov!

I was hoping to find out I was over at FNHIPOWER and they posted this link.

I wished it was a HP to further collector intrest, but it is a MAKAROV.

I wonder if it was a Bulgiran?

 

[CraigC]

damn... they should auction it off to collectors. might fetch a good price

 

[Yakko77]

damn... they should auction it off to collectors. might fetch a good price

Maybe in the future. I've seen a History Channel documentary that focused on "infamous" guns and the price they got at auction.

 

[lkblair]

Yea, I would LOVE to see it on gunbroker.com!!!!!!



haahah!

 

[Mus]

They should auction it and give the proceeds to some charity over there. It would probably fetch a large sum.

If you think about it it being a mak over an hp makes sense. A mak is easier to conceal, and he was all about flying under the radar, thats why he had the home bum look goin.

 

[dsk]

Yeah, it's wonder he could conceal any handgun given that huge gut of his. Actually, I still wonder how he even fit down that hole. :hrm:

 

[Mus]

According to this, he was packing a makarov!

Also note that according to that article he had 2 AK47 semiautomatic rifles. Somehow I doubt that.

 

[gestalt3]

I would bet the soldiers that found him are keeping his weapons. I would also doubt that they are semi auto AKs....somehow i believe that the US in the only place on earth with semi auto AKs.

 

[totoy bumbilya]

even saddam realized the worthiness of makarovs... even in a "TIGHT" situation.

 

[UnSafe]

The Mak would bring a really good price if it was spattered with (Saddam's) blood, skull fragments and brain. Now, the lawyers will defend his right to a fair trial while our troops and Iraqi citizens continue to die as a result of his actions.

 

[GES]

I would think that any of the weapons captured would be carefully accounted for (especially because they were in his possession at the time of capture) and they would most likely wind up in that division's historical museum. I'm not even sure that soldier's can keep war prizes like captured weapons anymore.

Weren't the troops that captured him part of the 4th (Ivy) Division?? That was one of my dad's many different divisions he was assigned to during his 37 years of active duty (6/29 Field Artillery)!!

 

[BillD]

That probably explains why he didn't fight back

 

[hjk]

He must have pawned his gold plated High Power. That's probably how he got the $750k found in his possession.

 

[Mastrogiacomo]

All that money he had with him and he couldn't get a decent Beretta?

 

[dsk]

The Mak would bring a really good price if it was spattered with (Saddam's) blood, skull fragments and brain. Now, the lawyers will defend his right to a fair trial while our troops and Iraqi citizens continue to die as a result of his actions.

You ain't heard nothin' yet. Already a member of the Vatican is lambasting the USA for our "undignified" treatment of Saddam.

 

[jhaake]

I'm sure before it's over we will hand Saddam over to the French who will promptly pardon him, give him their nations highest medal of honor and sue in international court to get those AK's and the $750K back for him.

 

[lkblair]

Those darn French. Remember the Chautchaut WW1 machine gun? That thing was a PEICE OF JUNK. You could take parts from one gun and put them on another because every gun was a little differnt.


Same old stuff, now its funny because the French and the Germans are in bed together.

 

[KAS]

Now, the lawyers will defend his right to a fair trial while our troops and Iraqi citizens continue to die as a result of his actions.

You ain't heard nothin' yet. Already a member of the Vatican is lambasting the USA for our "undignified" treatment of Saddam.

They shouldn't have been debating on throwing a grenade in the hole. In the words of one combat veteran I know, "grenades are cheap, throw one in any place that looks suspicious."

 

[ClarkK]

I'd like to see him tossed into a cell with Noriega. Vegas would go wild setting odds on which one would end up wearing the skirt.

 

[hjk]

ClarkK,

That's the best idea yet.