Stolen Ammo?

[jemrey81]

Hey All... a guy I was talking to earlier (seriously... it's not me) was telling me about how he was approached by someone that asked him if he wanted to buy some ammo..... it was a large quantity for a very low price - 500 plus or minus in a mid-sized handgun caliber for $20-ish. Makes me suspect foul play.

I don't want to put too much detail out there for just anyone to say "hey that's my ammo!", but enough detail that you can see that it's a ridiculous deal.

Is there any way to check into it?

[joelogic]

Is this a joke? Maybe the guy just wanted to get rid of it or he is being nice. If your friend doesnt feel comfortable tell him to pay market price.

[jemrey81]

Who said he didn't buy it? I didn't say friend either.

Personally, I like to help others. If someone on here had a bunch of cr@p stolen and this is part of it I would like to get that taken care of if possible.... that is all.

[Shellshocker66]

Might be someone who sold the gun that used that caliber. I know I have passed on "DEALS" to people I know when I have found a caliber I don't use anymore in the back of the closet.

500ish is really not a large amount. If the person is offering multiple 500 rounds in various calibers I would be more suspicious.

[taladeganite]

Look at it this way... stolen ammo could be used for good... or bad... I would've bought it to keep it out of the hands of any number of gangbangers... but that's me. I would NOT however do the same for a firearm.

[perpetual otter]

Look at it this way... stolen ammo could be used for good... or bad... I would've bought it to keep it out of the hands of any number of gangbangers... but that's me. I would NOT however do the same for a firearm.

My dad traded a six pack of beer for a hi point some crazy bum had and turned it into the police. Thats how my dad rolls.

[Burbur]

Look at it this way... stolen ammo could be used for good... or bad... I would've bought it to keep it out of the hands of any number of gangbangers... but that's me. I would NOT however do the same for a firearm.

I would feel it would be my civic duty to buy it, if not to get it out of a criminals hands, but to hold it for safe keeping until the true owner could be identified

[23 Blast]

Well - if a person wanted to sell me a good-condition car for say, $500, who am I to say no?

But on ammo? Who knows. More info needed here. Did the seller look shady? Or did he look like a person who, as another poster said, might have sold the guns he had in that caliber and was just looking to get rid of it?

[Cali-Shooter]

Buy the ammo, even if half that ammo were duds, it's well worth the $20 (think reloading components).

[Turbinator]

If a price is too low and seems too good to be true, there probably is a catch of some kind.

Except, if the ammo is .22lr @ 500 rounds, then that's about the right market price.

Turby

[jemrey81]

thanks for your input guys.... I'll let it go.

[Rivers]

I'd buy it. I'd also make sure that the boxes had plenty of the seller's fingerprints on it. I'd also see if I could get photos of the seller or a license plate. Then I'd contact PD to see if the ammo matched anything stolen, and offer that I had info and prints of the seller for PD to follow up on. I'd risk $20 to get vermin off the streets if the ammo wasn't his to sell.

[diginit]

But it and resell it as reloading components only. Before he sells it to someone that would use it for something illegal or he sells it to a kid that hits it with a hammer. That way he can get his fix and everyone but him is safe.

[chim-chim7]

I would have jumped on it. I don't automatically assume that people who need to sell things in a hurry are crooks. Especially in these hard times. Pawn shops are overrun from people selling just to make it another month.

[Fishslayer]

If it was factory ammo in sealed boxes, maybe.

If it was .357 Magnum I'd jump on it and disassemble for components. Can't think of any other ammo I really need that bad...

Depending on circumstances I'd probably be having a discussion with the local constabulary...