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D.C. museum acquires rifle of America’s ‘first active shooter’

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charles whitman Remington 700 ADL, 6 MM CAL with Leupold scope

Perhaps one of the most infamous firearms ever carried by a criminal in his final act, the bolt-action rifle among those used by Charles Whitman in the 1966 University of Texas shootings, is now on display in the nation’s capital.

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The gun, a Remington 700 ADL in 6mm with a vintage Leupold scope, believed to be the same one that Whitman climbed to the top of the 28th floor observation deck of the UT main building and among the guns used to kill 12 people with, was acquired in a private transaction by the National Museum of Crime and Punishment in Washington D.C. for an unknown sum.

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The gun had been offered for sale for $25,000 in September and still has handwritten scope ballistic adjustments (aka “come ups”) on a piece of tape affixed to the rifle’s butt stock.

Its morbid, but its still history.

More over in my column at Guns.com

Rifle of America’s “first active shooter” up for grabs

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So in recent years a number of high-profile guns owned by nefarious people have come on the market. These include everything from Goering’s shotgun to Bonnie’s FitzColt that she had strapped to her during the last shootout she was ever invited to.

Well, it looks like another notorious gun has surfaced. The Remington 700 ADL of Charles Whitman, the 1966 UT Tower shooter, has come up for auction. They are asking $25,000 which, in my opinion, the rifle should be donated to a museum and put on somber display rather than sit in somebody’s man room, but hey, nobody asked me.

charles whitman Remington 700 ADL, 6 MM CAL with Leupold scope

If you are interested in the story, I covered it at Guns.com