Just so you know, if I have the process right, the state does this with both seized and surplus weapons. We are replacing our old S&W 4043's and I just found out how this works (I think I understand it). We first have to post them for sale to other agencies for 10 days. The state has a surplus property sight that other governmental agencies can purchase stuff for. On this we get to post a price for them. For the 4043's I think it will be $250. Sometimes small municipal agencies will look for the old weapons. If we do sell them this way, the agency gets the money back into our budget.Mike1951 wrote:Remember the good old days when LE agencies would auction off their seized firearms rather than destroy them?
If they do not sell there, we send them to the state property disposal office. They will auction them off to anyone via gunbroker.com. Price is whatever they can get (again, I think). If we do this, the agency gets a small percentage of the money but most goes back into the general fund for the state.
Anyway, I think there will be a group of about 75 S&W 4043's placed on gunbroker.com by the state in April or May. I am also asking to get rid of some of the seized guns in the training inventory that we do not need any more. Most of them are useless, but there are a couple in decent shape.