1st_shooter Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Saw this in the paper a few days ago though it deserved a laugh but police sent a granny a G36 in the post by accident, luckily it turned out to be a training weapon only, but it still made me chuckle! http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/P...rset_By_Mistake Ps to any bungling officals please send my G36 to Alex James 24... Edit: pic of the parcel! Im guessing from the hookups its something thats used on a sat' range Link to post Share on other sites
Cannonfodder80 Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Saw that too, yep it's a laser tag style training aid. Still would have made a nice pre xmas present Link to post Share on other sites
Fin Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 I read it as a laser training weapon, personally i'd nick the sights and blame it on parcel farce Link to post Share on other sites
LordElpus Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 I would have been tempted swapped the dual optic out for the acm 3x rail... edited to make sense. Link to post Share on other sites
The Badger Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 I read it as a laser training weapon, personally i'd nick the sights and blame it on parcel farce at least The Badger isnt the only one whos first thought was this... Link to post Share on other sites
snorkelman Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Amazing how harmless it is when the police that are forever telling us anything remotely gun shaped can be converted to live fire even when made from cream cheese... Should count herself lucky she didnt have big windows and passers-by taking a nosey while she was opening the box Link to post Share on other sites
thewallhitme Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 i wouldent hand it back. if they arent responsible enough to get it mailed to the rigt place, they arent responsible to have a gun. Link to post Share on other sites
Ginger_Biscuit Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Completely agree with the above! What would there mothers' say eh? Biscuit Link to post Share on other sites
RSM Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Assistant chief constable Adrian Whiting, of Dorset Police, said: "Because this item isn't actually a firearm... I dunno, looks like what the VCRA would call a Replica Imitation Firearm to me....and its reassuring to see that I'm not the only one who would have stripped it down for the cosmetic/practical bits Link to post Share on other sites
Corvid Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Saw that article at work, and thought "Yes please!" like everyone else on here! Would be fun to have a look at, never held a real G36 before. Not quite as fun as a live one, even though this one was once real. Probably on its way back from being permanently converted into a simulator piece. Ahh, poor old Dorset Police, nowhere near the funding Thames Valley gets! The Firearms officers round here use the same sort of simulator that the gun here hooks up to, but with a rather nice compressed air recoil system that cycles the action of the gun. That one looks like it just... does nothing when you fire it, the huge air line normally hooks up to the grip. Great fun to play around with, kinda like the worlds most advanced arcade game Link to post Share on other sites
evansy Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 I would have been tempted swapped the dual optic out for the acm 3x rail... edited to make sense. And the stock And the foregrip And the rather solid looking case Link to post Share on other sites
ollie_ty Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 Theft FTW! Link to post Share on other sites
ReverseFlank Posted December 25, 2008 Report Share Posted December 25, 2008 dont know if they would have got that back.... Link to post Share on other sites
FN2000 Posted January 4, 2009 Report Share Posted January 4, 2009 am i the only one quite amazed that parcel force handles their weapons? esspecially the way they screw up all the time Link to post Share on other sites
mike174 Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 damn wish i recieved that would love some real g36 bits on mine but how did the company not manage to send it to the right place not hard to find a police station Mike Link to post Share on other sites
Dominion28 Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 I love how everyone could have had big mssive rants over parcelforce and police blundering in sending some poor old dear a G36 (which in todays climate must've scared the **** out of her), but instead we have a drooling session over the spare parts ;-) God bless arnies Link to post Share on other sites
mike174 Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 I love how everyone could have had big mssive rants over parcelforce and police blundering in sending some poor old dear a G36 (which in todays climate must've scared the **** out of her), but instead we have a drooling session over the spare parts ;-) God bless arnies oh sorry we were ment to rant rite parcel farce are rubbish and screw everythin up and poor granny being scared s**tless but look at the optics oh sorry i spoilt the rant Mike Link to post Share on other sites
Cannonfodder80 Posted January 5, 2009 Report Share Posted January 5, 2009 For once this wasn't parcel farce's (or who delivered it) **** up. The bloke in the place it came from put the wrong post code on the box and thats what delivery companies go by, although the delivery bloke probably could have read the whole address Link to post Share on other sites
ollywilson29 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 wish someone sent me a G36 in the post, would help me shake off this boredom immensely Link to post Share on other sites
FN2000 Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 ah the enjoyment that would bring Link to post Share on other sites
l85 guy Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 Nick the sights for an airsoft gun,, see about getting some decent railed carry handle to replace the integrated optics carry handle, build a battery pack for it, and open up my own laser tag stadium to raise money for airsoft. thats what I would do, because that way I can play laser tag with the most realistic laser tag gun ever, and get my airsoft/gun addiction fix pretty easy, too. I'm trying to decide if I would rather have a gun like this sent to me by mistake, and police never finding out and me keeping it forever, or if I would rather win the lottery and join the army later to get my gun fix. either way, drools.... Link to post Share on other sites
L4byr1nth Posted January 7, 2009 Report Share Posted January 7, 2009 I love how everyone could have had big mssive rants over parcelforce and police blundering in sending some poor old dear a G36 (which in todays climate must've scared the **** out of her), but instead we have a drooling session over the spare parts ;-) God bless arnies Shut up Rayden! Ben. Link to post Share on other sites
bomba1385 Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 its like the glock that was found un a restrunt bogs i wound have not told any one and had it put on my wall with my outers baby Link to post Share on other sites
Mat Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Ah trying to necro-post your way to 100 eh? Link to post Share on other sites
Blackweell! Posted March 4, 2009 Report Share Posted March 4, 2009 Ah trying to necro-post your way to 100 eh? +1 for that...the amount of revived threads in the past 24 hours is 'interesting'... Link to post Share on other sites
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