Bonnie and Clydes Guns In Auction

[raven818]

Man, if I ever wanted any, I want these.

http://tinyurl.com/7g6gswf

[woolleyworm]

It will be very interesting to see what they bring.

[BETH]

Wow pretty cool

[fleetwood1976]

If that tommy gun is still full auto and not demilled. I would expect it to bring well over $25,000.

[flyingtiger85]

I saw the Bonnie & Clyde death car on display at a Casino in Jean,Nv. when I was a kid.That thing was shot up like swiss cheese.

[Little Rooster]

Originally Posted by flyingtiger85

I saw the Bonnie & Clyde death car on display at a Casino in Jean,Nv. when I was a kid.That thing was shot up like swiss cheese.

I remember seeing it when I was a kid also (probably in late 60's) Paid 50 cents to see it.

Didn't Clyde Barrow run a BAR during his hayday as a crimnal?

[The Duke]

Yea...I agree with Fleetwood...it should bring a lot more, but I suspect a demil somewhere along the line...Heck, a licenseable M-28 will fetch about 18K...IF the original paperwork and serial number cant be found on a fully automatic weapon, it cant be transferred in any way I know.....May have got in under the amnesty thing, I dunno...If its well documented as a Bonnie and Clyde weapon and can be legally transferred...figure Id add at least 100K to that figure...

I have seen a brand new condition original BAR with extra mags, mag pouches,sling, oiler, cleaning kit, bag of dessicant in the original box at one of our sheriffs office...No one knew when the department bought it or otherwise came by it, but it was sometime before the regisration was required...They had it for years and years in the amrory and can never sell it because there is no paperwork trail... The serial number could not be traced back, so it prob still sits in the armory...what a shame....

Bonnie and Clyde were eradicated about 60 miles from here...The small museum there was overseen by the son one of the officers who participated in the ambush...He may have passed on by now, but what interesting stories he told....Wasnt no Clyde Beaty and Mia Farrow thing at all...

[raven818]

You've read the story of Jesse James
Of how he lived and died
If you're still in need for something to read
Here's the story of Bonnie and Clyde.

Now Bonnie and Clyde are the Barrow gang,
I'm sure you all have read
how they rob and steal
And those who squeal are usually found dying or dead.

There's lots of untruths to those write-ups
They're not so ruthless as that
Their nature is raw, they hate all law
Stool pigeons, spotters, and rats.

They call them cold-blooded killers
They say they are heartless and mean
But I say this with pride, I once knew Clyde
When he was honest and upright and clean.

But the laws fooled around and taking him down
and locking him up in a cell
'Till he said to me, "I'll never be free
So I'll meet a few of them in hell."

The road was so dimly lighted
There were no highway signs to guide
But they made up their minds if all roads were blind
They wouldn't give up 'till they died.

The road gets dimmer and dimmer
Sometimes you can hardly see
But it's fight man to man, and do all you can
For they know they can never be free.

From heartbreak some people have suffered
From weariness some people have died
But all in all, our troubles are small
'Till we get like Bonnie and Clyde.

If a policeman is killed in Dallas
And they have no clue or guide
If they can't find a friend, just wipe the slate clean
And hang it on Bonnie and Clyde.

There's two crimes committed in America
Not accredited to the Barrow Mob
They had no hand in the kidnap demand
Nor the Kansas City Depot job.

A newsboy once said to his buddy
"I wish old Clyde would get jumped
In these hard times we's get a few dimes
If five or six cops would get bumped."

"The police haven't got the report yet
But Clyde called me up today
He said, "Don't start any fights, we aren't
working nights, we're joining the NRA."

From Irving to West Dallas viaduct
Is known as the Great Divide
Where the women are kin and men are men
And they won't stool on Bonnie and Clyde.

If they try to act like citizens
And rent a nice little flat
About the third night they're invited to fight
By a sub-gun's rat-tat-tat.

They don't think they're tough or desperate
They know the law always wins
They've been shot at before, but they do not ignore
That death is the wages of sin.

Someday they'll go down together
And they'll bury them side by side
To few it'll be grief, to the law a relief
But it's death for Bonnie and Clyde.

[wsas7816]

I came across this item about the gun "used" by Frank Hamer in the B&C ambush see http://thegreatmodel8.remingtonsociety.com/?page_id=434. (I believe someone had posted here about info regarding a Model 8). Somewhere in my search was a photo of the guns pulled out of B&C's car, laid out on the roof or trunk but I can find it now. If I do I'll repost. It might be some that are head to the auction.

[gunguy25]

That is cool stuff.

[BillM]

" exact quantities of weapons found in Bonnie and Clyde's 1934 Ford V8 death car are a matter of some debate. The following is a summary of the lists of weapons reportedly found in the 1934 Ford V8:

Three 30-caliber Browning automatic rifles (BARs) (definite)
One ten-gauge sawed-off shotgun (definite)
One twenty-gauge sawed-off shotgun (definite)
Six or seven Colt 45-caliber automatic pistols (definite)
One Colt 32-caliber automatic pistol (probably)
One Colt 38-caliber revolver or pistol (probably)
One Colt 45-caliber revolver (probably)
2000-3000 rounds of ammunition (definite)
The most heinous weapon of all: one saxophone (definite)"

[raven818]

I've always heard they also had a BAR.