SEVENTEEN firearms and 790 rounds of ammunition were handed in at Leigh police station during the amnesty following the Dunblane massacre.
The haul consisted of eight pistols, two air rifles, six shotguns and a flare gun.
Chief Inspector Steve Westcott described the response from the Leigh sub division as "encouraging".
He said: "An elderly lady handed-in three weapons, including two revolvers, which had belonged to her late husband."
Throughout Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire, over 1,000 weapons were handed over.
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